Ottawa data show busiest photo radar cameras in 2025 handing out fewer tickets than year prior

A sign warning drivers that a municipal speed camera is in use along the roadway ahead. (CTV News Ottawa)

With the Ontario government set to ban photo radar cameras in the province, data from the City of Ottawa show fewer tickets are being issued at the busiest cameras in the city compared to the year prior.

According to the data, the busiest photo radar cameras so far in Ottawa are:

• King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street
• Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue
• Colonial Road, between Delson Drive and Frank Kenny Road
• Cedarview Road, between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road
• Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive/Sewall Way
• St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue
• Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north)/Albion Road and Colliston Court (south)
• First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street
• Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, between Orleans Boulevard and Paddler Way/Vorlage Drive
• Hunt Club Road, between Pike Street and Lorry Greenberg Drive
• Woodroffe Avenue, between Anthony Avenue and Saville Row

These data include the months of January through July, which is the most current information available.

Looking at the data from 2024, cameras that were in operation at the time handed out significantly more tickets, suggesting drivers are adapting to the presence of the cameras and slowing down.

Here is how the number of tickets issued in 2024 compares to the number of tickets issued in 2025 at the busiest cameras from January to July, where applicable:

King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street:

February to July 2024: 36,210 tickets

January to July 2025: 22,927 tickets

(This camera was not in operation in January 2024)

Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue:

February to July 2024: 19,557 tickets

January to July 2025: 11,845 tickets

(This camera was not in operation in January 2024)

Cedarview Road, between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road:

January to July 2024: 10,257 tickets

January to July 2025: 7,898 tickets

Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive/Sewall Way:

January to July 2024: 8,713

January to July 2025: 7,096

St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue:

January to July 2024: 13,382

January to July 2025: 6,708

First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street:

January to July 2024: 7,207

January to July 2025: 5,732

Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, between Orleans Boulevard and Paddler Way/Vorlage Drive:

February to July 2024: 7,378

January to July 2025: 5,629

(This camera was not in operation in January 2024)

Hunt Club Road, between Pike Street and Lorry Greenberg Drive:

February to July 2024: 7,152

January to July 2025: 5,174

(This camera was not in operation in January 2024)

Woodroffe Avenue, between Anthony Avenue and Saville Row:

January to July 2024: 8,474

January to July 2025: 5,078

The cameras on Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue, Colonial Road, between Delson Drive and Frank Kenny Road, and Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north)/Albion Road and Colliston Court were not in operation in the first seven months of 2024 and are not included in the above figures.

Ottawa has 60 active photo radar cameras and 24 more under construction. The photo radar cameras generated $60 million in revenue for the City of Ottawa between 2020 and 2024, with another $20 million in revenue generated between January and August this year.

Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday he would introduce legislation next month to force municipalities to turn off photo radar cameras and instead install other speed control measures such as signage, speed bumps, speed cushions, raised crosswalks, curb extensions and roundabouts.

With files from CTV News Ottawa’s Josh Pringle

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