Cycling in Waterloo Region

[Canard]

Pivoting to a cycling question: what's the legality of pedaling alongside a line of stopped cars (this is lane splitting/filtering, yes?) waiting for a light when there's no bike box at the intersection and no bike lane alongside? I'm pretty sure that's a "no", but I've seen it done often enough to wonder.

If there is a bike lane, you can go up to the front of the line. If there is no bike lane you have to stop behind the last car as if you were a car too. When I do this and I'm decelerating toward that last car, I check over my shoulder and if nobody is there, I move about a third over, sometimes in the centre. If there's a car right beside me decelerating at the same rate it gets a bit tricky, but it usually works out.

I've always found drivers exceptionally respectful for me when I do this, and have never had an issue. As we all accelerate together, once my speed peaks and the traffic starts moving faster, I of course move back over as far to the right as I can to let them go by.