The Connecting Link program is a provincial subsidy provided to municipalities to assist with road construction, maintenance and repairs in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. Roads which are designated as connecting links form the portions of provincial highways through built-up communities which are not owned by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO). Connecting links are governed by several regulations, including section 144, subsection 31.1 of the Highway Traffic Act and section 21 of the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act. While the road is under local control and can be modified to their needs, extensions and traffic signals require the approval of the MTO to be constructed.

The Connecting Link program was established in 1927. Today, 355.4 kilometres (220.8 mi) of roadway in 77 municipalities are maintained under the program. These links cross 70 bridges also maintained under the program.
In return for that particular road being downloaded, the town or county receives money and assistance in maintaining it, and is able to still sign and list it as a provincial highway, though not all connecting links are signed as provincial highways. Some connecting links, however, were never provincial highways at all, but rather county or regional roads, or even local streets that the town or city has assistance in maintaining.

Most connecting links are busy municipal or county roads that were once provincial highways, and are designated by small yellow squares or diamonds with the text "C/L" or "CL" on them at their start and end termini. These are similar to, but not always related to 7000-series highways.

Current links

The following table lists the current connecting links in the province by highway.

Highway	Location	Local street name(s)	Southern/western terminus	northern/eastern terminus	Length
	Windsor Windsor, Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...	Huron Church Road			6.35 km (3.9 mi)
	Alymer	Talbot Street			2.25 km (1.4 mi)
	Delhi	King Street James Street			2.1 km (1.3 mi)
	Simcoe Simcoe, Ontario Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....	Queensway West Queensway East			4 km (2.5 mi)
	Jarvis Jarvis, Ontario Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Jarvis is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Highway 6.- Facilities :...	Talbot Street			1.65 km (1 mi)
	Cayuga Cayuga, Ontario Cayuga is an unincorporated community and county seat in the province of Ontario, Canada located at the intersection of Highway 3 and Munsee Street and along the Grand River in Haldimand County. Cayuga is about a 20 minute drive from Lake Erie and 30 minutes south of Hamilton and 115 minutes south...	Talbot Road			1.25 km (0.776715920812258 mi)
	Dunnville Dunnville, Ontario Dunnville is an unincorporated community of 6,000 people located near the mouth of the Grand River in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada, near the historic Talbot Trail...	Broad Street George Street Main Street			4.65 km (2.9 mi)
	Lucan Biddulph	Main Street			2 km (1.2 mi)
	Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...	Main Street			3.15 km (2 mi)
	Clinton Clinton, Ontario Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...	Victoria Street			1.3 km (0.807784557644749 mi)
	Jarvis Jarvis, Ontario Jarvis is a small community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. Jarvis is located near the towns of Simcoe, Townsend, Cayuga, Port Dover and Hagersville. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Highway 6.- Facilities :...	Main Street			2.3 km (1.4 mi)
	Hagersville Hagersville, Ontario Hagersville is a community in Haldimand County, Ontario which gained international notoriety in 1990 for a gigantic uncontrolled tire fire which spewed toxic smoke for seventeen days...	Main Street			1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi)
	Guelph Guelph Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...	Woolwich Street Woodlawn Road			2.55 km (1.6 mi)
	Fergus Fergus, Ontario Fergus is the largest community in Centre Wellington, a township within Wellington County in Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Grand River about 25 km north of Guelph.-History:...	St. David Street Tower Street Bridge Street			3 km (1.9 mi)
	Arthur Arthur, Ontario Arthur is a community located just north of Hwy 6 and Wellington Road 109 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario, Canada. Formerly an independent village, Arthur was amalgamated into Wellington North on January 1, 1999.-History:...				1.9 km (1.2 mi)
	Mount Forest Mount Forest, Ontario Mount Forest is an unincorporated community located on the junction of the 6 and the 89 in the township of Wellington North, Ontario. The town's motto is "High, Happy, Healthy", which can be seen on the water tower when approaching the town from the south....				2.65 km (1.6 mi)
	Durham Durham, Ontario Durham is a community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Durham is located near the base of the Bruce Peninsula.-Location:...	Garafraxa Street			2.25 km (1.4 mi)
	Chatsworth Chatsworth, Ontario Chatsworth is a township in south-western Ontario, Canada, in Grey County, located at the headwaters of the Styx River, the Saugeen River, the Sauble River, the Bighead River, the Spey River, and the Sydenham River....	Garafraxa Street			0.55 km (0.341755005157394 mi)
	Owen Sound	9th Avenue East 10th Avenue West			3.85 km (2.4 mi)
	Wiarton Wiarton, Ontario Wiarton is a community in Bruce County, Ontario, at the western end of Colpoys Bay, an inlet off Georgian Bay, on the Bruce Peninsula. The community is part of the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario....	Berford Street			2 km (1.2 mi)
	Little Current	Highway 6			1.6 km (0.994196378639691 mi)
	Espanola Espanola, Ontario Espanola is a town in Northern Ontario, Canada, and is the seat of Sudbury District. It is situated on the Spanish River, approximately 70 kilometres west of downtown Sudbury, and just south of the junction of Highway 6 and Highway 17.- History :The name "Espanola" has been attributed to a story...	Centre Avenue			4.1 km (2.5 mi)
	Stratford Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...	Erie Street Ontario Street			7.25 km (4.5 mi)
	Guelph Guelph Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...	Woodlawn Road Wellington Street Windham Street York Road			10 km (6.2 mi)
	Acton Acton, Ontario Acton is a community located in the Town of Halton Hills, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.Acton is located on Highway 7 and the former Highway 25. Acton is served by GO Transit bus service on the Georgetown line corridor.-History:Acton was first named Danville when Settler Wheeler Green opened...	Highway 7			2.8 km (1.7 mi)
	Georgetown Georgetown, Ontario Georgetown is a community in the town of Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada and is part of the Regional Municipality of Halton. It is situated on the Credit River, located approximately 60 km west of Toronto making it part of the Greater Toronto Area...	Highway 7			5.1 km (3.2 mi)
	Omemee Omemee, Ontario Omemee is a community within the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, formerly known as Victoria County. Omemee is one of the major communities in the Kawartha Lakes, as the proclaimed "city" is vastly rural and has but one major population centre... , Kawartha Lakes Kawartha Lakes The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....	King Street			2.65 km (1.6 mi)
	Havelock	Highway 7			1.9 km (1.2 mi)
	Marmora Marmora, Ontario Marmora is the largest community in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the Crowe River and along Highway 7 between Havelock to the west and Madoc to the east, about the half way point between Ottawa and Toronto.-History:The village was named...	Matthew Street			1.3 km (0.807784557644749 mi)
	Goderich Goderich, Ontario Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town...	Toronto Street Huron Road Elgin Avenue			2.1 km (1.3 mi)
	Clinton Clinton, Ontario Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...	Huron Street Ontario Street			2.1 km (1.3 mi)
	Seaforth Seaforth, Ontario Seaforth is a Southern Ontario community in the municipality of Huron East, in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.-History:...	Goderich Street			1.45 km (0.90099046814222 mi)
	Mitchell Mitchell, Ontario Mitchell is a community in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Mitchell is located at the intersection of Highways 8 and 23, 20 km west of Stratford, and 60 km north of London, in the municipality of West Perth.-History:...	Ontario Road Huron Road			2.9 km (1.8 mi)
	Stratford Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...	Huron Street Ontario Street			5.8 km (3.6 mi)
	Mildmay Mildmay, Ontario Mildmay is a community in the Municipality of South Bruce, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada. Mildmay is located northwest of Minto and south of Walkerton on Highway 9. Formosa lies tothe northwest, and Neustadt to the east....	Elora Street			1.85 km (1.1 mi)
	Clifford Clifford, Ontario Clifford is a community in the Town of Minto in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.The village of Clifford was founded around 1855 as Minto Village. After the opening of the post office in 1856, the settlement was renamed Clifford by the first postmaster Francis Brown after Clifford in West...	Elora Street			1.75 km (1.1 mi)
	Harriston Harriston, Ontario Harriston is a community in the town of Minto in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Although Harriston was formerly a village, it was amalgamated with Palmerston and Clifford to create Minto. The village has one public school , as well as shops and restaurants...	Elora Street			0.8 km (0.497098189319845 mi)
	Shelburne Shelburne, Ontario Shelburne, Ontario is a town in Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada, located at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 89...	Highway 10 Owen Sound Street Highway 10 / 89 Main Street			2.15 km (1.3 mi)
	Flesherton	Sydenham Street Toronto Street			0.55 km (0.341755005157394 mi)
	Markdale Markdale, Ontario Markdale is a community in the Municipality of Grey Highlands, in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.Markdale was first settled in 1846 and originally called East Glenelg, after a nearby township. In 1864, it was renamed Cornabus after the Islay, Scotland hometown of then-postmaster Donald MacDuffie...	Toronto Street			1.45 km (0.90099046814222 mi)
	Kapuskasing	Highway 11			6.8 km (4.2 mi)
	Hearst Hearst, Ontario Hearst is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in Northern Ontario, approximately west of Kapuskasing, approximately north of Toronto and east of Thunder Bay on Highway 11...	Highway 11			1.75 km (1.1 mi)
	Fort Frances	Highway 11 Highway 11 / 71			8.9 km (5.5 mi)
	Rainy River Rainy River, Ontario The Canadian town of Rainy River is situated on the Ontario-Minnesota border, along the Rainy River opposite Baudette, Minnesota, USA, and southeast of the Lake of the Woods...	Highway 11			2.7 km (1.7 mi)
	Smiths Falls	Highway 15			4.65 km (2.9 mi)
	Sturgeon Falls	Highway 17			2.4 km (1.5 mi)
	Blind River Blind River, Ontario Population trend:* Population in 2006: 3780* Population in 2001: 3969* Population in 1996: 3152 * Population in 1991: 3355-Economy:Its main businesses are tourism, fishing, logging, and uranium refining....	Highway 17			4.4 km (2.7 mi)
	Sault Ste. Marie Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...	Highway 17			19.4 km (12.1 mi)
	Dryden Dryden, Ontario Dryden is the second-largest city in the Kenora District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located on Wabigoon Lake. It is the smallest community in the province of Ontario designated as a city...	Highway 17			4.7 km (2.9 mi)
	Tillsonburg	Broadway Street Oxford Street Simcoe Street Vienna Street			5.45 km (3.4 mi)
	Forest Forest, Ontario Forest is a small town located near Sarnia, Ontario in Canada. It is very close to the shore of Lake Huron and is part of the municipality of Lambton Shores and the county of Lambton.- Population :...	Main Street King Street			3.55 km (2.2 mi)
	Grand Bend	Ontario Street			3 km (1.9 mi)
	Goderich Goderich, Ontario Goderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time. The town...	Victoria Street Bayfield Road Brittania Road			2.55 km (1.6 mi)
	Port Elgin Port Elgin, Ontario Port Elgin is a community in the Ontario municipality of Saugeen Shores. Close to MacGregor Point Provincial Park in Bruce County, the community has several beaches on Lake Huron....	Goderich Street			4.25 km (2.6 mi)
	Southampton Southampton, Ontario Southampton is a community of approximately 3083 people on the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, located at the mouth of the Saugeen River....	Albert Street Railway Street			5.55 km (3.4 mi)
	Owen Sound	Highway 6 / 21 10th Avenue West			2.65 km (1.6 mi)
	Mitchell Mitchell, Ontario Mitchell is a community in Perth County, Ontario, Canada. Mitchell is located at the intersection of Highways 8 and 23, 20 km west of Stratford, and 60 km north of London, in the municipality of West Perth.-History:...	Blanshard Road St. George Street			2.1 km (1.3 mi)
	Listowel	Main Street Wallace Avenue			2.45 km (1.5 mi)
	Simcoe Simcoe, Ontario Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada located near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County....	Norfolk Street			2.55 km (1.6 mi)
	Brantford	King George Road			2.3 km (1.4 mi)
	Owen Sound	Highway 26 16th Street East			3.15 km (2 mi)
	Meaford Meaford, Ontario Meaford is a Canadian municipality in Grey County, Ontario. Meaford is located on Nottawasaga Bay, a sub-basin of Georgian Bay, in southern Ontario....	Sykes Street			3.45 km (2.1 mi)
	Thornbury	Arthur Street King Street			2.4 km (1.5 mi)
	Collingwood Collingwood, Ontario Collingwood is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is situated on Nottawasaga Bay at the southern point of Georgian Bay.-History:...	Lakeshore Front Huron Hume Street Pretty River Parkway			11.1 km (6.9 mi)
	Stayner	King Street Main Street			2 km (1.2 mi)
	Barrie Barrie Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district...	Bayfield Street			2.4 km (1.5 mi)