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Trans-Canada Highway route marker
What it means
The maple-leaf marker identifies the Trans-Canada Highway and its route number.
Green, blue and brown signs give directions, distances and services.
Summarised from ICBC’s Learn to Drive Smart. Read the original: Signs signals and road markings ↗
How to recognise it
A maple-leaf shape carrying the route number of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Where you will see it
Along the Trans-Canada Highway and on the approaches that lead onto it.
What to do when you see it
- 1.Use it to confirm you are still on the Trans-Canada route, especially after an interchange or a turn.
- 2.Follow the marker, not the car ahead, where routes split or share the road.
On the knowledge test
The test shows the shape and asks what it marks. The maple leaf means the Trans-Canada Highway; the shield means a primary provincial highway.
Practice questions for this sign