Toronto Road Network Map
Toronto's road geometry originated from the British colonial concession grid system, framed by Lake Ontario and crossed by deep forested ravine parkways and Highway 401.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Toronto
Urban Grid Pattern
Orthogonal Concession Road Grid
Estimated Road Ways
36,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
43.58, -79.64 to 43.86, -79.12
Primary Arterial Corridors
Yonge Street, Gardiner Expressway, Don Valley Parkway, Queen Street, Highway 401
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Toronto roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Toronto', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Toronto roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Toronto?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.