E-scooters in Mississauga: Lime and Bird, where you may ride, the Traffic By-law, parking and fines

Which e-scooter apps work in Mississauga?

The City of Mississauga has partnered with two companies that rent shared e-scooters and e-bikes across the city, the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) says:

• Lime, run by Lime Technology, Inc., in the Lime app.
• Bird, run by Bird Canada, in the Bird app.

At 12:57 pm Eastern Time on Monday 2 November 2026, the map of Mississauga showed about 80 Bird scooters free to rent at that moment and about 430 Lime scooters as last counted.

Check the fare, and each company’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 Mississauga 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. Inside a city you may ride on its roads, sidewalks, trails, paths and parks only where a municipal by-law lets you (s. 3). Mississauga’s does: By-law 0036-2021 added an e-scooter section, 43.1, to the City’s Traffic By-law 0555-2000. The regulation treats you as a cyclist under the Act.

Never ride along a sidewalk. Mississauga’s Traffic By-law lets you on one only to cross it directly, unless it designates the sidewalk a bicycle path or a multi-use trail. Where there is no bike lane, ride at the right edge of a road posted at 50 km/h or less, or get off and walk.

Fines. Breaking Ontario’s pilot rules is an offence under the Highway Traffic Act, with a fine of C$250 to C$2,500 on conviction (s. 228). Breaking the City’s Traffic By-law is an offence under the Provincial Offences Act, with a fine of up to C$5,000, not counting costs (s. 45).

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 (s. 11).

Where can you ride an e-scooter in Mississauga?

Section 43.1 of the Traffic By-law lists the places open to e-scooters:

• Roads posted at 50 km/h or less. Ride as near the right-hand side as you can, take care passing a stopped vehicle or one going your way, and ride in single file.
• Bicycle lanes on the roads listed in Schedule 34 of the by-law. The City reserves them for bicycles and e-scooters (s. 31), and Ontario’s rule is that where a road has a bike lane, you ride in it.
• Bicycle paths listed in Schedule 27, which only bicycles and e-scooters may use (s. 43).
• Multi-use trails listed in Schedule 35: paths that signs mark for shared use by cyclists, pedestrians and in-line skaters.

The by-law also lists where you may not ride:

• A road posted above 50 km/h.
• A sidewalk, except to cross it directly, unless it is a designated bicycle path or multi-use trail.
• Any road closed to pedestrians or bicycles by an Act, regulation or by-law. Ontario’s regulation also keeps e-scooters off the controlled-access highways listed in two other regulations under the Act (s. 4).
• The Mississauga Transitway, the east–west bus rapid transit corridor between Renforth Drive and Winston Churchill Boulevard. The by-law bars bicycles from it and applies that rule to e-scooters.

Parks and trails. Ontario’s regulation keeps e-scooters out of public parks and off trails, paths and walkways unless a by-law lets them in (s. 3). Mississauga’s Traffic By-law opens the multi-use trails listed in its Schedule 35, which signs mark for shared use.

UTM. At the University of Toronto Mississauga, the campus core is a no-riding and no-parking zone, shown on a map on UTM’s website.

Riding among pedestrians, cyclists and traffic

Ontario’s regulation applies the Highway Traffic Act to you as it applies to a cyclist, on the road and on a trail, path or sidewalk alike (s. 6). That includes the rules on traffic signals and on pedestrian crossovers: when someone is crossing within a crossover, you stop before it and wait until they have left the roadway, and you may not ride across a road within a crossover, or within a crosswalk at an intersection or traffic lights (ss. 140 and 144 of the Act).

• Keep your distance. Keep a safe distance from pedestrians and other users at all times, and give way to a pedestrian or a bicycle by slowing or stopping where there isn’t room for you both to pass (s. 7).
• Slow down on shared paths. On a trail, path or walkway, or in a park, you may not go markedly faster than the pedestrians near you (s. 7).
• Use the bell. Sound your bell or horn when you need to warn cyclists, pedestrians or others that you’re coming (s. 7).
• Ride with care. You may not ride in a way that could harm anyone or damage property, directly or indirectly (s. 7).

Parking a Lime or Bird scooter in Mississauga

Ontario’s regulation and the City’s by-law both forbid leaving an e-scooter in a place meant for vehicles or pedestrians to pass, and the by-law adds bicycles and other e-scooters to the list (s. 43.1). So never leave one standing in a traffic lane, a bike lane, or the part of a path or sidewalk people walk or ride along.

At UTM, park at one of the designated sites at the edge of the campus, not in its core. Riders who don’t park properly may be charged extra fees, UTM warns.

Your own e-scooter: what Ontario and Mississauga allow

The same rules on where and how you ride apply to an e-scooter you own. Ontario’s regulation also sets what the scooter itself may be (s. 9), and Mississauga’s by-law bars riding one whose motor goes beyond the 500-watt and 24 km/h limits.

• Power: one or more electric batteries, the motor’s only source of power, with the battery and motor fastened so they can’t move while you ride, and every electric terminal insulated and covered.
• No seat, pedals or basket, nothing that could be used as a seat, and no structure enclosing the scooter.
• Wheels: two, one behind the other, no more than 430 mm across.
• Weight: no more than 45 kg, battery included.
• Brakes: able to stop the scooter from 24 km/h within 9 metres on a clean, level, paved surface. The motor must stop pushing you forward when you let go of the accelerator or apply the brakes.
• No tuning: you may not modify a scooter in any way that could raise its power or top speed beyond the limits.

Keep the scooter and all its parts in good working order (s. 9).

Riding to Toronto, and the rules in Ottawa

Toronto. East of Mississauga, Toronto’s Municipal Code bars riding an e-scooter on a sidewalk, and parking, storing or leaving one on any street or sidewalk (Chapter 950, § 950-202). Ontario’s rule that a city’s by-law must let e-scooters onto its roads applies there too.

Ottawa. The same provincial pilot applies in Ottawa, under the City of Ottawa’s own rules: see e-scooters in Ottawa.