E-scooters in Ajax: Lime, where the Town and Durham Region let you ride, parking, buses and fines

Which e-scooter apps work in Ajax?

At 2:02 pm Eastern Time on Monday 2 November 2026, the map of Ajax showed about 290 Lime scooters as last counted.

Check the fare, and Lime’s minimum age for renting, in the app before you unlock. New to shared scooters? See how to rent an e-scooter.

E-scooter rules in Ajax, Durham Region and Ontario in 2026

Ontario allows e-scooters only under a pilot project set up by Ontario Regulation 389/19 under the Highway Traffic Act; the regulation is revoked on 27 November 2029 (s. 14). On a municipality’s roads, sidewalks, trails and parks you may ride only where its by-law lets you (s. 3), and in Ajax two councils have passed one:

• The Town of Ajax: By-law 87-2024, the Electric Kick Scooter and Pedal Assist E-bike By-law, in force since 9 December 2024 on property under the Town’s jurisdiction. It ends with the pilot, or on 27 November 2029 if that comes first (s. 9).
• Durham Region: By-law 23-2022, the Electric Kick Scooter By-law of 27 April 2022, for the Region’s own roads, sidewalks, trails and paths. By-law 2024-053 of 27 November 2024 deleted its end date, to allow e-scooters for as long as Ontario’s pilot is in effect.

The two by-laws set nearly the same rules, and the regulation, which treats you as a cyclist under the Act, sits under both.

Fines. Breaking Ontario’s pilot rules carries a fine of C$250 to C$2,500 on conviction under the Highway Traffic Act (s. 228). Breaking the Town’s or the Region’s by-law is an offence with a fine under the Provincial Offences Act (Town s. 8.1; Region s. 8.2). On roadways, the police enforce the Town’s by-law (s. 7.1).

Stopped by the police? You must stop when an officer tells you to, and show your driver’s licence if you carry one, or give your correct name, address and date of birth (Ontario, s. 11).

Where can you ride an e-scooter in Ajax?

Section 4.1 of the Town’s by-law lists the places open to e-scooters, and the Region adds its own roads:

• Town and Regional roads posted at 60 km/h or less, in the bike lane where there is one.
• Designated bicycle lanes, and cycle tracks: bikeways separated from the road by a curb, often beside the sidewalk (s. 2.4).
• Multi-use paths: paths on the boulevard, separated from motor traffic, for cyclists, pedestrians and other muscle-powered users (s. 2.11).
• Paved off-road trails at least 2 metres wide. Off-road trails run away from roads, usually through a natural area or corridor, on surfaces from natural ground to asphalt (s. 2.12).

Where you may not ride:

• A road with a limit above 60 km/h, except within a reserved bicycle lane (Town s. 4.4; Region s. 4.2). Use a multi-use path beside it if there is one, or take another route.
• A sidewalk, unless it is the Region’s and a sign allows it (Town s. 4.5; Region s. 4.3).
• Anywhere cycling, skateboarding or rollerblading is prohibited (Town s. 4.6; Region s. 4.4).
• Controlled-access highways listed in two other regulations under the Act, and any highway closed to pedestrians or bicycles (Ontario, s. 4).

Parks and trails. Ontario’s regulation keeps e-scooters out of public parks and off trails and paths unless a by-law lets them in (s. 3). On a trail, a multi-use path or in a park, you may not go markedly faster than the pedestrians near you (Town s. 6.2).

Riding among pedestrians, cyclists and traffic

Ontario’s regulation applies the Highway Traffic Act to you as it does to a cyclist, including its rules on traffic signals and pedestrian crossovers (s. 6; ss. 140 and 144 of the Act). At a crosswalk or crossover, where both by-laws bar riding, the Region tells riders to dismount.

• Keep your distance. The Region’s by-law requires at least one metre from pedestrians and other users (s. 6.1). Give way to a pedestrian or a bicycle by slowing or stopping where there isn’t room for you both to pass.
• Use the bell. Sound your bell or horn to warn cyclists, pedestrians or others that you’re coming (Town s. 6.6).
• Go with the traffic. Travel in the same direction as the cars, stay right, pass on the left and signal your turns, the Region advises.
• Ride with care. You may not ride in a way that could harm anyone or damage property (Ontario, s. 7; Region s. 6.7).

Parking a Lime scooter, or your own, in Ajax

The Town’s by-law sets out where you may leave an e-scooter, and the Region’s sets nearly the same rules on its property (ss. 5.9 to 5.11), for shared scooters too (s. 9):

• Only at parking facilities. Don’t park, stop or leave an e-scooter on a road, sidewalk, trail, path, park or multi-use path except where e-scooter parking is provided (Town s. 5.8).
• What counts: ring and post racks, ring racks, charging stations, corrals that hold scooters upright or let you lock the frame, and areas marked for them by paint or a sign. Light and utility poles, sign posts, fences and street furniture don’t (s. 2.6).
• Bike parking is fine, including bike parking in the furniture zone (s. 5.11): the strip of boulevard with the trees, streetlights and hydrants. Anywhere else in that strip needs the Town’s say-so (ss. 2.7 and 5.9).
• Never in the way. Don’t leave a scooter where it blocks people walking, driving or cycling (s. 5.10), or anywhere meant for vehicles or pedestrians to pass (Ontario, s. 8).

Park upright, in the same kinds of places as bicycles, the Region says.

Taking an e-scooter on a DRT bus

Durham Region Transit’s customer policies set these rules:

• Only if it folds. A kick e-scooter must be foldable and stay folded on board; otherwise it is not allowed. Carry it, and don’t use it on the bus.
• The bike racks are for bicycles, including power-assisted ones.
• The driver decides. An operator may refuse any carry-on item that could affect the safety of the bus or its passengers.

Your own e-scooter: what Ontario and Ajax allow

The same rules apply to an e-scooter you own, and both by-laws use Ontario’s limits: a motor of no more than 500 watts and a top speed of no more than 24 km/h (Ontario s. 1; Town s. 2.5; Region s. 2.4). Ontario also sets what the scooter may be (ss. 1 and 9):

• Power: electric batteries only, fastened with the motor so neither moves while you ride; every electric terminal insulated and covered.
• No seat, pedals or basket, and nothing enclosing the scooter.
• Wheels and weight: two wheels, one behind the other, no more than 430 mm across; no more than 45 kg with the battery.
• Brakes: able to stop from 24 km/h within 9 metres on a clean, level, paved surface; the motor must stop when you release the accelerator or apply the brakes.
• No tuning that could raise the power or top speed beyond the limits.

The Town’s by-law covers pedal-assist e-bikes too, with the same places to ride and park, the age of 16 and helmets under 18 (ss. 4.2, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.8).

Riding into Pickering and Whitby, and Mississauga’s rules

Pickering and Whitby. The Region’s by-law covers its roads across Durham, but the Town’s covers only Ajax’s own property. Past the town line, Ontario lets you onto a municipality’s streets, trails and parks only as its by-law allows (s. 3): check its rules first.

Mississauga. The same provincial pilot applies there, under the City of Mississauga’s own by-law: see e-scooters in Mississauga.