This is what will replace the speed cameras in Mississauga

With speed cameras no longer around to slow drivers down in Mississauga school zones, the city will use $2.2 million from the provincial government to start installing speed bumps and other traffic calming measures in those areas.

The cash earmarked for the City of Mississauga is part of a new Road Safety Initiatives Fund created by the province that will divvy up $210 million among Ontario municipalities over the next two years.

The fund is intended to battle speeding — particularly in school and other community safety zones — by having towns and cities implement various traffic calming measures in place of now-banned automated speed enforcement cameras, which were viewed by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government as a “cash grab.”

In a recent letter to Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish, who along with councillors and senior city staff fought to keep the ASE cameras in place, Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said the province “is supporting municipalities in the use of proven traffic calming measures such as speed bumps, raised crosswalks, roundabouts, enhanced high-visibility signage and enhanced police enforcement, which will stop drivers from speeding in the first place.”

The ban on speed cameras across Ontario took effect Nov. 14, the move sidelining more than 700 of the roadside devices that had been set up since 2019 in 40 municipalities. Of those ASE cameras, 22 were in Mississauga.

#Mississauga will be receiving $2.2 million from @fordnation for traffic calming by schools🎒
This is a big step in making our school safer after eliminating the speed camera program📸 https://t.co/3wiuNnu1hu pic.twitter.com/eYJPX2wNPr

— Alvin Tedjo (@AlvinTedjo) November 24, 2025

Moving forward, city officials will turn their attention to various traffic calming measures as tools to keep speeds down in school zones.

Ward 2 Coun. Alvin Tedjo said the $2.2 million from the provincial government is an “encouraging” first step, but much more money will be needed down the road.

“This means we can build 30 to 40 new traffic calming projects in the next year to replace the speed cameras in those school zones,” the councillor said in a short video posted to social media this week.

“This will certainly help make some of our schools safer, but there are nearly 200 schools in Mississauga, so there’s more to be done,” he added.

In his letter to the mayor, Ontario’s transportation minister noted the “immediate interim funding” is intended to help right away as the city “may face challenges implementing certain measures prior to spring 2026.”

The first round of cash is intended to support the following activities at former speed camera sites:

• Temporary targeted enforcement resources until more permanent measures, such as traffic calming or other safety initiatives, are in place.
• Implementation of traffic calming measures (speed bumps, raised crosswalks, roundabouts, etc.) where feasible, excluding measures that remove a lane of traffic.
• Signage improvements such as the installation of new warning signage and digital speed feedback displays.

“Municipalities must use the immediate interim funding exclusively on the activities listed above,” Sarkaria said in the letter.

Furthermore, municipalities must report to the province how funds are spent or planned to be spent and all initiatives paid for by the fund need to be completed by March 31, 2028, the province said.

Mississauga’s mayor and city officials have repeatedly pointed out that speed cameras have saved lives in Mississauga since the city launched its ASE camera program in 2021 (the strategy reduced school zone speeds an average of 9 km/h, according to the city).

Mississauga officials noted earlier that 169,109 fines were dished out in the city under the speed camera initiative between its launch in June 2021 and this past August.

(Cover photo: City of Mississauga)