The Ontario Building Code | Corridors
3.3.3.3. corridors
(1) A corridor used by the public or serving patients or residents shall have no dead-end portion unless the area served by the dead-end portion has a second and separate means of egress.
(2) A corridor serving patients in a hospital shall be not less than 2 400 mm wide.
(3) Except as permitted in Sentence (5), a corridor serving residents who are not ambulatory in a Group B, Division 2 or 3 occupancyshall be not less than 1 650 mm wide.
(4) Paired doors in a corridor serving patients or residents shall,
(a) swing in opposite directions, the right hand door swinging in the direction of travel, and
(b) be not less than 1 100 mm wide.
(5) A corridor in a Group B, Division 3 occupancy that contains sleeping accommodation for not more than 10 persons and not more than six occupants require assistance in evacuation in case of an emergency need not comply with Sentence (3).
In Plain Language
This clause closes out the care and detention occupancy egress requirements of Subsection 3.3.3 by addressing remaining specific conditions not otherwise directly covered earlier in this batch of Subsections.
This is a plain-language summary of the 2012/2017 Ontario Building Code text above, for general understanding only and not a substitute for the Code. Always confirm current requirements against the 2024 edition (O.Reg. 163/24) or a qualified professional before construction.