This was Ottawa’s busiest photo radar camera in 2025 before the cameras were turned off

King Edward Avenue was the hot spot for speeders caught by Ottawa’s photo radar cameras in 2025, before the Ontario government turned off the automated speed enforcement cameras in November.

Statistics from the City of Ottawa show 33,144 speeding tickets were issued through the photo radar camera on King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street, between Jan. 1 and Nov. 14. The photo radar camera caught 59,656 drivers speeding on King Edward Avenue in 2024.

A total of 279,595 speeding tickets were issued through Ottawa’s 60 photo radar cameras in 2025, compared to 383,830 speeding tickets between January and December 2024 and 220,789 speeding tickets in 2023. The City of Ottawa issued 127,939 tickets in 2022 and 80,944 tickets in 2021 through the photo radar camera program.

The Ontario government passed legislation in October to ban speed cameras on roads across Ontario and required municipalities to turn off the cameras by Nov. 14. Municipalities need to install large new signs to slow down drivers in areas where photo radar cameras are located, with permanent, large signs with flashing lights to be in place by September 2026.

The photo radar camera on Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road, was the second-busiest photo radar camera in 2025, with 20,065 tickets issued for speeding, while the camera on Cedarview Road issued 12,544 tickets.

The statistics show 27,666 speeding tickets were issued through photo radar cameras in October and 7,445 drivers were caught speeding by the tickets in November before the cameras were turned off 14 days into the month.

Ottawa had 60 photo radar cameras in operation in 2025, and work was underway to install another 24 photo radar cameras by the end of last year.

The city said revenues generated from the automated speed enforcement program covered the cost of photo radar cameras and supported initiatives in the Road Safety Action Plan, including engineering and enforcement to promote road safety for all road users.

Ottawa’s busiest photo radar cameras

Here is a look at Ottawa’s 10 busiest photo radar cameras in 2025

• King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 33,144 tickets (59,656 tickets in 2024)
• Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road: 20,065 tickets (35,546 tickets in 2024)
• Cedarview Road between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 12,544 tickets (16,109 tickets in 2024)
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue: 11,923 (1,88 tickets in December 2024)
• Colonial Road, between Delson Drive and Frank Kenny Road: 11,189 tickets (no tickets issued in 2024)
• First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street: 10,789 tickets (11,039 tickets in 2024)
• Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive: 10,369 (15,162 tickets in 2024)
• St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 9,800 tickets (20,824 tickets in 2024)
• Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north) and Colliston Court (south): 8,483 tickets (2,561 tickets in November-December 2024)
• Bayshore Drive: 7,886 tickets (12,834 tickets in 2024)

Ottawa’s 10 busiest photo radar cameras in October

• King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 3,198 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road: 2,005 tickets
• Cedarview Road between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 1,277 tickets
• First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street: 1,238 tickets
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue: 1,238 tickets
• Colonial Road, between Delson Drive and Frank Kenny Road: 1,142 tickets
• Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive: 1,044 tickets
• Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, between Orléans Boulevard and Paddler Way: 1,010 tickets
• St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 946 tickets
• Ogilvie Road, between Appleford Street and Elmlea Gate: 814 tickets

Ottawa’s 10 busiest photo radar cameras in November

• King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 796 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road: 595 tickets
• Cedarview Road between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 314 tickets
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue: 299 tickets
• First Avenue, between Chrysler Street and Percy Street: 296 tickets
• Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive: 277 tickets
• St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 234 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north) and Colliston Court (south): 220 tickets
• Greenbank Road, between Jockvale Road and Half Moon Bay Road: 211
• Bayshore Drive: 204 tickets