Ottawa launched 9 new photo radar cameras in November: Here's how many tickets each camera issued in the first month

A new photo radar camera has been installed on King Edward Avenue at Bruyere Street. The camera issued 7,500 speeding tickets in its first month of operation. (Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa)

The City of Ottawa turned on nine new photo radar cameras on city streets in November, as the city continues to expand the automated speed enforcement camera program in community safety zones, school zones and high-speed locations.

Forty-nine cameras were in operation in November, and the city planned to have 60 photo radar cameras in operation by the end of 2024.  The 2025 City of Ottawa budget calls for another 24 photo radar cameras to be installed this year, including a pilot project to install the cameras on rural roads.

Statistics show the new camera on Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north) and Albion Road/Colliston Court (south), issued 1,136 tickets in November, it's first month in operation.

The camera on Castlefrank Road, between Kakulu Road and Hungerfort Gate, issued 702 tickets in November, while the camera on Main Street, between Evelyn Avenue and Springhurst Drive issued 587 tickets.

Here is a look at the number of tickets issued by the nine new photo radar cameras in November. The statistics don't say when the cameras were activated.

• Walkley Road, between Colliston Court (north) and Albion Road/Colliston Court (south): 1,136 tickets
• Castlefrank Road, between Kakulu Road and Hungerfort Gate: 702 tickets
• Main Street, between Evelyn Avenue and Springhurst Drive: 587 tickets
• Prince of Wales Drive, between Falaise Road/Kochar Drive and Normandy Court/Kochar Drive: 365 tickets
• Cassidy Road, between Bruin Lane (north) and Bruin Lane (south): 147 tickets
• Knoxdale Road, between Skipton Road and Cremona Court: 111 tickets
• Ottawa Street, between McBean Street and Cockburn Street: 75 tickets
• Terry Fox Drive, between Old Second Line Road and Richardson Side Road: 46 tickets
• Stoneway Drive, between Forest Gate Way and Mountain Ash Drive: 19 tickets

348,000 tickets

Photo radar cameras caught more than 348,000 speeders on Ottawa roads through the first 11 months of the year.

Statistics show 348,634 speeding tickets were issued through the automated speed enforcement camera program between January and November, including 25,035 tickets in November.

The photo radar camera on King Edward Avenue, on the road that connects to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, caught 56,126 speeders in the first 11 months of 2024.  A total of 3,234 speeding tickets were issued to speeders caught on the camera on King Edward Avenue in November.

Here is a look at the 10 busiest photo radar cameras through the first 11 months of 2024:

• King Edward Ave., between Bolton St. and St. Patrick St.: 56,126 tickets (February to November)
• Walkley Rd., between Halifax Dr. and Harding Rd.: 32,791 tickets (February to November)
• St-Laurent Blvd., between Noranda Ave. and Clarke Avenue: 19,671 tickets: (January to November)
• Cedarview Rd. between Fallowfield Rd. and Jockvale Rd.: 15,165 tickets (January to November)
• Katimavik Rd., between Castlefrank Rd. and McGibbon Dr./Sewall Way: 13,785 tickets (January to November)
• Riverside Dr., between Mooney's Bay Pl. and Hog's Back Rd.: 13,037 tickets (January to November)
• Woodroffe Ave., between Anthony Ave. and Saville Row: 12,883 tickets (January to November)
• Bayshore Dr., near Woodridge Cres.: 12,834 tickets (January to November)
• Bronson Ave., between Raven Rd. and Sunnyside Ave./University Dr.: 12,409 tickets (February to November)
• Fisher Ave., between Kintyre Priv. and Deer Park Rd./Dynes Rd.: 12,268 tickets (January to November)

Here's where photo radar cameras are planned for 2025

Staff say these eight sites meet the requirements for photo radar cameras to be installed in 2025:

• Carriere Street from Orleans Boulevard to Michaelsem Street
• Abbott Street East between Iber Road and Robert Grant Avenue
• Old Richmond Road from Sanibel Private to Seyton Drive
• Fisher Avenue from Meadowlands Drive to Urbisci private
• Donald Street from Barnaby Private to Telford Avenue
• Fisher Avenue between Trent Street and McCooney lane
• Fern Casey Street from Renaud Road to Locust Ridge
• Perth Street between Cockburn Street and King Street North (Village of Richmond)

These 16 new locations are proposed for automated speed enforcement cameras in 2025, pending Hydro Ottawa review to confirm on-site power requirements.

• Bearbrook Road from Continuation of Bearbrook Road and Westpark Drive
• Strandherd Drive from Aura Avenue to Chapman Mills Drive
• Klondike Road from Sandhill Road and Marconi Avenue
• Dunrobin Road from Porcupine Trail to Thomas A. Dolan Parkway (Village of Dunrobin)
• Woodridge Crescent N. from Bayshore Drive to 535 metres west of Bayshore Drive
• Meadowlands Drive E from Chesterton Drive to Tiverton Drive
• Conroy Road from Lorry Greenberg Drive
• McArthur Avenue from Irwin Miller Street to Brant Street
• Lanark Avenue from Beechgrove Avenue to Briarway Private
• Bank Street from Exhibition Way to Wilton Crescent
• Valin Street from Winsome Terrace to Provence Avenue
• Osgoode Main Street from Elizabeth Street to Vance Street
• Rockdale Road from Horizon Drive to Buckland Road (Village of Vars)
• Manotick Main Street from Bankfield Road to Highcroft Drive (Village of Manotick) 
• Stonehaven Drive from Bridlewood Drive to Tamara Way
• Longfields Drive from Mountshannon Drive to Silver Sage Avenue