Ontario Trail Network

The Ontario Trail Network (OTN) contains geospatial networks of trails in urban, rural and wilderness settings that are managed by a named organization for transportation, recreation, active living or tourism purposes.

The OTN relies on data sharing partnerships with local trail organizations and municipal, provincial and federal governments for ongoing updates and maintenance.

Trails in the OTN must be:

associated with a named trail organization
intended for free or paid public access
marked and maintained

The OTN collection includes two data classes:

Ontario Trail Network segment derived
Ontario Trail Network access points

Ontario Trail Network segment derived

This spatial dataset represents segments of trails in the OTN.

Trail segments define a linear corridor through the natural or urban environment. The corridors may be single segments or form a looping system.

The data includes characteristics about each trail, such as:

trail name
trail association
permitted use
description
length

Examples of trail types include:

hiking or walking
cycling
cross-country skiing and snowshoeing
paddling and portage
equestrian
snowmobiling, all terrain vehicle and off-road motorcycle
barrier free (wheelchair accessible)
ice skating

Some trail networks have official access points. You can find the location of these points in the OTN_ACCESS_POINT spatial dataset.

Ontario Trail Network access points

This spatial dataset represents the main access points to a trail system that is part of the OTN.

This layer should be used together with OTN Segment Derived.

Access points can be spatially related to a trail network based on relative location to a trail segment. Not all trail networks will have official access points.

Ministry contact: Geospatial Ontario

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Geographic coverage: Ontario
Maintainer: Geospatial Ontario
Maintainer branch: Digital, Data, Information and Business Services Branch
Last Validated Date: January 31, 2025
Update frequency: As required