The Ontario Building Code | Direction of Door Swing

3.4.6.12. Direction of door Swing

(1) Except as permitted by Sentences (2) and (3) and Article 3.4.6.14., every exit door shall,

(a) open in the direction of exit travel, and

(b) swing on its vertical axis.

(2) A door serving a single dwelling unitshall swing on its vertical axis.

(3) Except in a high hazard industrial occupancy, an exit door need not swing in the direction of exit travel where it serves,

(a) a room, suiteor floor area having an occupant load of not more than 60 persons, or

(b) as part of a means of egress from more than one floor area and the floor areas so served have a total occupant load of not more than 60 persons.