Largest number of speeders caught by camera at this spot in Mississauga

Nearly 170,000 tickets have been issued to drivers in Mississauga who were nabbed by speed cameras the past four years at various locations across the city.

A report recently presented to Mississauga city council shows 169,109 fines were dished out under the City of Mississauga’s automated speed enforcement camera program between its launch in June 2021 and this past August.

Of the numerous locations at which the roadside anti-speeding devices were placed during the four-year period, the spot where the most offenders were ticketed was a stretch along Hillcrest Avenue, near Pearwood Place, just north of Dundas Street West between Mavis Road and Hurontario Street.

The report, an update on the ASE camera program from Sam Rogers, the city’s transportation and works commissioner, revealed that 8,469 speeding tickets were issued at that location courtesy of the speed camera set up there.

The numbers from senior city staff were presented to councillors last week, along with a conclusion that the ASE camera initiative has been “an effective speed deterrent” that has made school zones in Mississauga safer for kids and others.

Two days earlier, on Oct. 20, the provincial government introduced proposed legislation aimed at, among other things, eliminating speed cameras altogether in Ontario municipalities.

Mayor Carolyn Parrish suggested last week another letter from the city be sent to MPPs telling them how effective the speed camera program has been in Mississauga.

Convinced Ontario Premier Doug Ford “is on the wrong side” of the speed camera debate, Mississauga council moved last Wednesday to further pressure the province to allow the devices to remain in school zones.

Rather than pausing Mississauga’s ASE camera program pending a final decision by the province on banning the devices, city council decided instead last week to proceed full steam ahead with efforts to keep the roadside anti-speeding tools in operation permanently in front of schools.

On the heels of a “strong letter” sent to Ford late last month imploring him to reconsider his decision to ban the devices he views as a “cash grab,” Mayor Carolyn Parrish suggested last week another letter from the city be sent to MPPs telling them how effective the speed camera program has been in Mississauga and pushing them to introduce an amendment to proposed legislation that would allow the cameras to remain in school zones.

Mississauga’s mayor, councillors and senior city staff say numbers produced by the enforcement program since it was launched in Mississauga in 2021 clearly show the speed cameras have been effective in reducing the speed of drivers in community safety zones near schools.

Numerous other municipalities have also been vocal in their opposition to Ford’s plan to scrap ASE cameras everywhere in the province.

The city’s ASE camera report also showed that between 2021 and 2025:

• the total number of vehicles that drove by a speed camera was just more than 19.6 million.
• the number of locations at which the speed cameras were deployed was 195.
• the average decrease in vehicle speeds was 9 km/h and the corresponding increase in compliance among drivers was 178 per cent.
• number of tickets issued was about 40,553 per year (1,843 per speed camera) or 3,382 per month.
• average speed that was ticketed was 16 km/h over the posted speed limit.
• 448 tickets were issued for vehicles travelling at more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit (in most cases, 30 km/h).
• 29 tickets were issued where vehicles were caught travelling at more than 100 km/h over the posted speed limit.
• the highest ticketed speed was for a vehicle moving at 147 km/h, nearly 120 km/h over the limit, on Speakman Drive just north of the QEW and west of Erin Mills Parkway.
• the largest number of tickets was issued in 2024 (54,909)
• the highest number of reported vandalism incidents against speed cameras was 245 (during 2023). That number fell to 173 in 2024 and continued to decrease in 2025.

Under the Ontario government’s proposed plan to ban speed cameras, a provincial fund will help municipalities implement alternative road safety measures such as speed bumps, roundabouts, raised crosswalks and curb extensions, as well as public education and improved signage, to slow down drivers in the absence of the cameras.