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5mo ago

Barton Street East Named Ontario’s Worst Road Again

The public-driven CAA ranking ties widespread potholes to a harsh winter, signaling pressure on municipalities to secure predictable road funding.

A pothole is seen on St. Paul street Friday, March 18, 2016 in Montreal. Municipal and provincial governments in Canada are all looking for better ways to deal with their growing pothole problems, but none are properly tracking whether the repairs they do now are effective over time, says the author of a soon-to-be completed study on the roadway menaces.
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Overview

  • The CAA published its 2026 Top 10 Worst Roads Thursday, June 4, 2026, with Barton Street East in Hamilton topping the list for a third time.
  • CAA said voters pointed mostly to potholes and deteriorating pavement caused by a severe winter and limited access for maintenance crews.
  • Four Toronto streets — Steeles Avenue East, Sheppard Avenue West, Bathurst Street and Unwin Avenue — appear in the top 10, even after recent city repair blitzes.
  • The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario verified the list and urged sustained, predictable infrastructure investment, but no new provincial or municipal funding commitments were reported after the release.
  • Many roads on the 2026 list repeat entries from 2025, which suggests that short-term patching and ongoing reconstruction projects have not resolved persistent safety and mobility problems for drivers, cyclists and transit users.