Toronto By-law 629, s. (h) — Chapter 629 Property Standards

Emergency lighting shall be provided to an average level of illumination not less than 10 lux at floor or tread level in:

• [1] Exits;
• [2] Principal routes providing access to exit in an open floor area and in service rooms;
• [3] Corridors used by the public;
• [4] Corridors serving patients' or residents' sleeping rooms in a care and treatment occupancy or care occupancy;
• [5] Corridors serving classrooms;
• [6] Underground walkways;
• [7] Public corridors;
• [8] Floor areas or parts of them where the public may congregate in assembly occupancies intended for the production and viewing of the performing 629-37 April 30, 2025 arts or other assembly occupancies, having an occupant load of 60 or more, other than arena-type or open-air assembly occupancies;
• [9] Floor areas or parts of them in day-care centres where persons are cared for;
• [10] Food preparation areas in commercial kitchens;
• [11] Principal routes providing access to exit in a floor area that is not subdivided into rooms or suites of rooms served by corridors in a business and personal services occupancy, a mercantile occupancy or an industrial occupancy;
• and [12] Internal corridors or aisles serving as principal routes to exits in a business and personal services occupancy, a mercantile occupancy or an industrial occupancy that is subdivided into rooms or suites of rooms, and is not served by a public corridor.