Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/Naming

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Naming conventions

See also: List of Canadian highways by province

Although Wikipedia:Naming conventions (U.S. state and territory highways) does not technically apply to Canada, it should be applied as a guideline with the following table.

Province	Official name	Article title
Alberta	Highway x	Alberta Highway x
British Columbia	Highway x	British Columbia Highway x
Manitoba	Highway x Provincial Road x	Manitoba Highway x Manitoba Provincial Road x
(Winnipeg)	Route x	Winnipeg Route x
New Brunswick	Route x	New Brunswick Route x
Newfoundland and Labrador	Route x	Newfoundland and Labrador Route x
Northwest Territories	Highway x	Northwest Territories Highway x
Nova Scotia	Trunk x (1-2 digit) Highway x (100-series) Route x (200 and up)	Nova Scotia Trunk x Nova Scotia Highway x Nova Scotia Route x
Ontario	King's Highway x	Ontario Highway x
(County roads)	<County Name> County Road x	<County Name> County Road x
Quebec	Route x Autoroute x	Quebec Route x Quebec Autoroute x
Prince Edward Island	Route x	Prince Edward Island Route x
Saskatchewan	Highway x	Saskatchewan Highway x
Yukon	Highway x	Yukon Highway x

Hierarchy definitions

Provinces and territories, and counties, all have different hierarchies. Most provinces take care of county roads, numbering them as secondary/collector/trunk roads. Some provinces, like Ontario and Quebec, have secret designations for highways of some significance and importance, but not enough of such to actually be signed as a provincial highway. Ontario has its 7000-series roads, and Quebec has its R-series roads (Example: R-0920 is a secret designation, with R-0927 to the east, paralleling it).

Roads which have a secret designation are probably important enough to have Wikipedia articles, although these should generally be titled by the road's common name rather than with the secret highway number. The sole exception to this is Ontario's Highway 7051, which actually features road signs bearing that number.