You have to overrride the scale, try this: (applies to ChartJS v1.x)
window.onload = function(){
var ctx = document.getElementById("canvas").getContext("2d");
window.myLine = new Chart(ctx).Line(lineChartData, {
scaleOverride : true,
scaleSteps : 10,
scaleStepWidth : 50,
scaleStartValue : 0
});
}