Does the word "highway" include sidewalks?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walelegne v City of Toronto, 2017 ONSC 262 (CanLII):
The word “highway”, as it is found in the City of Toronto Act, includes sidewalks (Cumberbatch v. Toronto (City) 2015 O.J. No. 4176; 44 M.P.L.R. (5th) 136, at para. 71).
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