Ontario drivers will pay more to use stretch of Highway 407 in 2024

Drivers using a portion of Highway 407 will see an increase in their bills next year.

Drivers using a portion of Highway 407 will see an increase in their bills next year.

Tolls on the 108-kilometre express route, which stretches from Burlington to Pickering, have been frozen since 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

That’s about to change as of February 2024.

Highway 407 ETR, the company responsible for the tolls, said a new rate schedule will be introduced on the first of the month. They cited a return to normal traffic post-pandemic as the reason for ending the four-year freeze.

Drivers of light vehicles, including most passenger cars and light-duty trucks, will see tolls increase between one and 11 cents per kilometre depending on the time of day and zone travelled.

The agency says the increase could result in a monthly increase of less than $5 for the average customer.

There are four zones along the express route, and each has a different rate depending on the time of day. For example, when travelling between the QEW and Highway 401 around 7 a.m. on weekdays, drivers could be charged about 49 cents per kilometre westbound and 55 cents eastbound.