Under the HTA, Ontario Regulation 389/19: Pilot Project – Electric Kick-Scooters, municipalities within Halton region must opt-in by passing a local by-law to allow e-scooters on their roads. The provincial pilot project is to evaluate the use and operation of e-scooters, and according to Section 3 of the Regulation:
No person shall operate an electric kick-scooter on a highway, sidewalk, trail, path or walkway or in a public park or exhibition ground unless:
- such operation is permitted by and in accordance with this Regulation; and
- where the highway, sidewalk, trail, path, walkway, public park, or exhibition ground is under the jurisdiction of a municipality, such operation is permitted by and in accordance with a municipal by-law.
Read more on the Ontario Government’s website.
Currently, e-scooters are only permitted to be operated in the City of Burlington as part of the Centennial Trail E-Scooter Pilot. They are not allowed to be operated anywhere else in the City of Burlington.
Find more information on the Centennial Trail E-Scooter Pilot on the City of Burlington website.
The use of electric kick scooters is prohibited in the Town of Oakville, the Town of Milton, and the Town of Halton Hills, unless operated entirely on private property.