31,100 speeding tickets issued by Ottawa’s photo radar cameras in January: Here are the hot spots for speeders

This photo radar camera on King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street, is one of four cameras on the busy street in Ottawa's Lowertown neighbourhood. There are three red light cameras on the road. (Peter Szperling/CTV News Ottawa)

It was a busy start to the new year for Ottawa’s photo radar cameras, with thousands of speeders caught on camera across the city.

Statistics from the City of Ottawa show 31,144 tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program in January. Fifty-nine cameras were in operation across the City of Ottawa in the first month of the year.

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A total of 19,634 tickets were issued in January 2024, when there were 29 cameras in operation.

The busiest photo radar camera in January 2025 was on King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street, with 3,336 speeding tickets issued during the first month of the year.

A total of 2,030 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera on Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Avenue, while the camera on Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue, caught 1,981 speeding drivers.

• $38 million in fines for red-light, photo radar camera violations on Ottawa roads last year

The City of Ottawa had 59 photo radar cameras in operation in January, with one new camera waiting to be activated. There are plans to install 24 new photo radar cameras on roads across the city in 2025.

Statistics show 383,830 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program in 2024. There were 220,789 speeding tickets in 2023 (26 cameras), 127,939 tickets in 2022 (17 cameras) and 80,944 tickets in 2021 (eight cameras) through the photo radar camera program.

Revenue collected through the automated speed enforcement camera program supports Ottawa’s Road Safety Action Plan and is reinvested into road safety initiatives for all road users.

Here is a look at the 10 busiest photo radar cameras in Ottawa in January

• King Edward Avenue, between Bolton Street and St. Patrick Street: 3,336 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Halifax Drive and Harding Road: 2,030 tickets
• Merivale Road, between MacFarlane Road and Brookdale Avenue: 1,981 tickets
• Stittsville Main Street, between Hobin Street and Beverly Street: 1,862 tickets
• Riverside Drive, between Mooney’s Bay Pl. and Hog’s Back Road: 1,147 tickets
• Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard, between Orleans Boulevard and Paddler Way/Vorlage Dr.: 1,141 tickets
• St. Laurent Boulevard, between Noranda Avenue and Clarke Avenue: 1,098 tickets
• Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and McGibbon Drive/Sewall Way: 1,053 tickets
• Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north)/Albion Road and Colliston Court (south): 949 tickets
• Cedarview Road, between Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road: 828 tickets