A new hotspot for red light camera tickets in Ottawa in 2025

A red light camera sign is seen in Ottawa in this undated photo. (CTV News Ottawa)

Fewer drivers were caught running red lights at Ottawa’s intersections last year, as the city saw a drop in the number of red light camera tickets issued for the second consecutive year.

Newly released statistics show 44,601 tickets were issued through Ottawa’s red light cameras in 2025, down from 45,328 tickets in 2024 and 56,475 tickets in 2023.

The 44,601 tickets were the fewest number of tickets issued through the red light camera program in Ottawa since 2020, when 35,557 tickets were issued when there was less traffic on the roads during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The data shows seven of Ottawa’s 86 red light cameras issued zero tickets in 2025, and one camera only issued two tickets in December. Some of these cameras were located in construction zones.

The fine for being caught running a red light by the red light camera is $325. The ticket for running the red light is issued to the registered owner of the vehicle, regardless of who is driving the car at the time of the alleged offence.

Ottawa’s busiest camera

For the first time since 2017, Ottawa’s busiest red light camera ticket was not located on King Edward Avenue in Lowertown.

The red light camera on Wellington Street eastbound at Bay Street issued 2,226 tickets to drivers running red lights last year.

The camera on King Edward Avenue northbound at St. Andrew Street caught 2,151 red light runners in 2025, while the camera on King Edward Avenue at Besserer Street issued 1,630 tickets.

The camera on King Edward Avenue southbound at St. Patrick Street caught 557 drivers running red lights in 2025. It was Ottawa’s busiest red light camera in each of the past seven years, with 3,003 tickets issued in 2024, 4,774 tickets in 2023 and 3,997 tickets in 2022. The camera caught 5,868 drivers running red lights in 2021.

The last time Ottawa’s busiest camera was not on King Edward at St. Patrick was in 2017, when the camera at Catherine Street at Kent Street caught 2,039 speeders.

The camera at King Edward Avenue southbound at St. Patrick Street was located near Ottawa’s busiest photo radar camera, before the Ontario government ordered municipalities to deactivate and remove the speed cameras last November. The photo radar camera on King Edward, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street, issued 33,144 speed tickets in 2025 and 59,656 tickets in 2024.

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Ottawa’s 11 busiest red light cameras in 2025

• Wellington Street eastbound at Bay Street: 2,226
• King Edward Avenue northbound at St. Andrew Street: 2,151
• King Edward Avenue northbound at Besserer Street:  1,630
• Kent Street northbound at Arlington Avenue: 1,446
• Hunt Club Road eastbound at Downpatrick/McCarthy: 1,419
• Vanier Parkway southbound at Presland Road: 1,256
• Maitland Avenue northbound at Erindale Drive/Glenmount Avenue: 1,210
• Carling Avenue eastbound at Island Park Drive: 1,198
• Carling Avenue eastbound at Holly Acres: 1,163
• Catherine Street westbound Kent Street: 1,125
• Heron Road eastbound near Bank Street: 1,071