Is a municipal sidewalk considered part of a highway?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cena v. Corporation of the Town of Oakville, 2009 CanLII 1650 (ON SC):
It is long established that municipal sidewalks are considered to be part of a highway. See McQueen v. Niagara-on-the-Lake (Town) [1987] O.J. No. 2416 and the cases referred to therein.
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