Motorists owe the City of Ottawa millions of dollars in outstanding speeding fines for photo radar camera violations, eight months after the Ontario government deactivated the speed cameras on roads across the province. A total of 1,143,240 speeding tickets were issued through Ottawa’s automated speed enforcement camera program between July 2020 and November 2025. Data provided to CTV News Ottawa shows there are still 68,418 unpaid speeding tickets through the automated speed enforcement camera program, worth $10.3 million in outstanding fines. Ottawa’s deputy city treasurer says the 68,418 unpaid tickets are tickets that are “in default and considered outstanding at this time.” “They do not include a small number of tickets that are still being addressed through the court system, such as those with approved extensions, reopened matters, or ongoing appeals,” Joseph Muhuni said in an email to CTV News Ottawa. The city has “reciprocal agreements” with other provinces to collect fines for unpaid tickets from drivers outside of Ontario. “The city continues to actively pursue collection efforts on defaulted tickets in accordance with applicable legislation and established processes,” Muhuni said. “This includes ongoing enforcement and recovery measures to support compliance and ensure outstanding amounts are addressed.” The city has made some progress in collecting unpaid photo radar camera tickets so far this year. In February, city staff told CTV News Ottawa that there were 81,654 unpaid tickets through the automated speed enforcement camera program that were in default and considered outstanding. The City of Ottawa deactivated 60 photo radar cameras installed in school zones, community safety zones and high-speed areas on Nov. 14 after the Ontario government passed legislation to ban speed cameras. 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. Out of province tickets Ontario drivers have the highest number of outstanding speeding tickets, while drivers from eight other provinces and the United States have unpaid photo radar tickets that need to be paid. The data shows Ontario drivers have 52,622 unpaid photo radar tickets, worth $7.8 million. The city data did not specify how many of those tickets were issued to Ottawa drivers. Quebec drivers have 15,418 unpaid speeding tickets, worth $2.5 million. Drivers from Alberta have 55 unpaid speeding tickets, worth $10,865 in fines, while drivers from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia each have 30 unpaid tickets. According to the city, three drivers from the United States have unpaid photo radar tickets, worth a total of $382. Here’s a breakdown of unpaid fines for photo radar tickets by province
