Burnhamthorpe Road is a east-west route running in the cities of Toronto, Mississauga and the Town of Oakville, Ontario. The road was named after the birth place of settler John Abelson, Burnham Thorpe.

The eastern end of the roadway starts at Dundas Street West in in the Village of Islington, Toronto, but most the road is in Mississauga. The Toronto portion runs in a well established residential neighbourhood.

The western end of the roadway is broken up by Sixteen Mile Creek and Highway 407 in Oakville, Ontario and is a rural route surrounded by farm land and large residential properties. A broken section runs west of the 407/Sixteen Mile Creek and ends at Tremaine Road.

Points of interest found along and near Burnhamthorpe Road:

• Islington Golf Club
• Rockwood Mall
• Central Parkway Mall
• Absolute World
• Square One Shopping Centre
• Mississauga Civic Centre
• Erindale GO Station
• Erindale Park
• University of Toronto Mississauga
• South Common Mall

The road is split up into east and west sections in Misissauga and Oakville when intersecting with: Hurontario Street (Burnhamthorpe Road East, Burnhamthorpe Road West); 6th Line (Burnhamthorpe Road East, Burnhamthorpe Road West).

For the Toronto stretch, it is always referred to as Burnhamthorpe Road.