What is the speed limit? What are the rules for using the street?
In the Town of Ajax, Ontario, default speed limit: 50 km/h; truck route rule: Heavy vehicles (>5 tonnes) prohibited on signed Schedule 19 highways; exempt for deliveries to abutting premises; reduced load period Feb 1–May 31; street obstruction: No person shall obstruct, encumber, injure or foul any highway or bridge by any means whatsoever; sidewalk or boulevard use: Driving on sidewalk or footpath prohibited except to directly cross at a driveway; parking on or over boulevard prohibited. Source: By-law Number 45-2020 (Office Consolidated through By-law 62-2022) - Traffic By-law, verified 2026-08-28.
By-law Number 45-2020 (Office Consolidated through By-law 62-2022) - Traffic By-law
adopted bylaw
default speed limit
50 km/h
s. 17.1
truck route rule
Heavy vehicles (>5 tonnes) prohibited on signed Schedule 19 highways; exempt for deliveries to abutting premises; reduced load period Feb 1–May 31
s. 19.1; s. 19.3; s. 19.4
street obstruction
No person shall obstruct, encumber, injure or foul any highway or bridge by any means whatsoever
s. 4.6
sidewalk or boulevard use
Driving on sidewalk or footpath prohibited except to directly cross at a driveway; parking on or over boulevard prohibited
s. 4.1; s. 8.1(j)
scout note
Regulates vehicular traffic on highways and municipal property; default speed limit 50 km/h unless posted otherwise (schedules list 40/60/70/80 km/h zones); establishes community safety zones and boulevard/ditch/street-obstruction rules.