25 new speed cameras coming online in Toronto over the next 2 weeks

The City of Toronto is expanding its Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program with a new round of cameras starting to come online this week.

The expansion means 25 new cameras across the city — one for each ward. The latest devices will join the other 50 that are currently in rotation to help reduce speeding.

Warning signs have been up since early November at the new locations. The signs must be up for 90-days before the cameras come online, the city started posting the warnings on Nov. 2, 2022 — it will take approximately two weeks for all new devices to be fully activated.

“There have been people killed, there have been people injured,” said Mayor John Tory speaking from Marshall McLuhan secondary school on Avenue Road north of Eglinton, the site of one of the new cameras.

“You can even see from the speed at which the cars are going by that it is a challenge here, as it is in many parts of the city.”

Locations for 25 new automated speed cameras:

• Thistle Down Boulevard east of Albion Road (Etobicoke North)
• Martin Grove Road south of Eglinton Avenue West (Etobicoke Centre)
• Mimico Avenue west of Station Road (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)
• Lansdowne Avenue near 108 Lansdowne Ave. (Parkdale-High Park)
• Pritchard Avenue near Batavia Avenue (York South-Weston)
• Sheppard Avenue West west of Keele Street (York Centre)
• Driftwood Avenue east of Jane Street (Humber River-Black Creek)
• Avenue Road north of Elwood Boulevard (Eglinton-Lawrence)
• Gladstone Avenue south of Cross Street (Davenport)
• Dennison Avenue south of Grange (Spadina-Fort York)
• Bloor Street West west of Clinton Street (University-Rosedale)
• Davisville Avenue east of Yonge Street (Toronto-St. Paul’s)
• Queen Street East near Sackville Street (Toronto Centre)
• Logan Avenue north of Wolfrey Avenue (Toronto-Danforth)
• Harrison Road near Vernham Avenue (Don Valley West)
• Sloane Avenue near Draycott Drive (Don Valley East)
• Freshmeadow Drive west of Applegate Crescent (Don Valley North)
• Senlac Road north of Elynhill Drive (Willowdale)
• Main Street south of Swanwick Avenue (Beaches-East York)
• Danforth Road east of Huntington Avenue (Scarborough Southwest)
• Lawrence Avenue East near Canlish Road (Scarborough Centre)
• Birchmount Road north of Bay Mills Boulevard (Scarborough-Agincourt)
• Tapscott Road west of Blackwell Avenue (Scarborough North)
• Orton Park Road south of Ellesmere Road (Scarborough-Guildwood)
• Lawrence Avenue East west of Port Union Road (Scarborough-Rouge Park)

Each city ward will now have three speed cameras that are mainly focused in school zones. Tory says he wants add even more speed cameras to make good on an election promise.

“This is just the beginning,” Tory says. “I did promise to bring the total number of cameras in the city to 150 during this term.”

The mayor says the 2023 budget includes more investments, $72.8 million, into the city’s Vision Zero initiative than any previous year. Neatly $14 million of the investment will go toward red light and speed cameras.

The original 50 speed cameras are now into their sixth round of locations.

New locations for 50 existing automated speed cameras:

• Kipling Avenue north of Rowntree Road (Etobicoke North)
• Humberwood Boulevard south of Pinecone Drive (Etobicoke North)
• Bloor Street West near 4034 Bloor St. W. (Etobicoke Centre)
• Allanhurst Drive near Mulham Place (Etobicoke Centre)
• Burnhamthorpe Road west of Dundas Street West (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)
• Norseman Street near Lothian Avenue (Etobicoke-Lakeshore)
• Dundas Street West east of Watkinson Avenue (Parkdale-High Park)
• Parkside Drive south of Algonquin Avenue (Parkdale-High Park)
• Keele Street near Nashville Avenue (York South-Weston)
• Emmett Avenue near 75 Emmett Ave. (York South-Weston)
• Keele Street north of Wandle Avenue (York Centre)
• Giltspur Drive near 120 Giltspur Dr. (York Centre)
• Weston Road south of Burgundy Court (Humber River-Black Creek)
• Duncanwoods Drive west of Gracedale Boulevard (Humber River-Black Creek)
• Neptune Drive west of Bathurst Street (Eglinton-Lawrence)
• Glengrove Avenue West west of Glen Castle Street (Eglinton-Lawrence)
• Ossington Avenue north of Churchill Avenue (Davenport)
• College Street near Sheridan Avenue (Davenport)
• Dundas Street West near Carlyle Street (Spadina-Fort York)
• Queens Quay West east of Bathurst Street (Spadina-Fort York)
• Bloor Street East east of Castle Frank Road (University-Rosedale)
• Howland Avenue south of Wells Street (University-Rosedale)
• Yonge Street near Glen Elm Avenue (Toronto-St. Paul’s)
• Russell Hill Road north of Coulson Avenue (Toronto-St. Paul’s)
• Alexander Street east of Yonge Street (Toronto Centre)
• Sherbourne Street south of Wellesley Street East (Toronto Centre)
• Dundas Street East west of Boulton Avenue (Toronto-Danforth)
• Carlaw Avenue south of Queen Street East (Toronto-Danforth)
• Overlea Boulevard east of William Morgan Drive (Don Valley West)
• Fenn Avenue north of Gordon Road (Don Valley West)
• Don Mills Road north of Overlea Boulevard (Don Valley East)
• Fenelon Drive near Karen Road (Don Valley East)
• Old Sheppard Avenue east of Ladner Drive (Don Valley North)
• Van Horne Avenue near Silas Hill Drive (Don Valley North)
• Beecroft Road near Lorraine Drive (Willowdale)
• Hilda Avenue north of Drewry Avenue (Willowdale)
• Gerrard Street East east of Beaton Avenue (Beaches-East York)
• Wolverleigh Boulevard west of Glebemount Avenue (Beaches-East York)
• Midland Avenue south of Aylesworth Avenue (Scarborough Southwest)
• Blantyre Avenue south of Swanwick Avenue (Scarborough Southwest)
• Midland Avenue north of Tara Avenue (Scarborough Centre)
• Dorcot Avenue west of Lyon Heights Road (Scarborough Centre)
• Finch Avenue East west of Birchmount Road (Scarborough-Agincourt)
• Glendower Circuit near Nearwood Gate (Scarborough-Agincourt)
• Brimley Road north of Pitfield Road (Scarborough North)
• Ingleton Boulevard east of Presidents Court (Scarborough North)
• Morningside Avenue north of Danzig Street (Scarborough-Guildwood)
• Dormington Drive north of Ellesmere Road (Scarborough-Guildwood)
• Morrish Road near Starfire Drive (Scarborough-Rouge Park)
• Littles Road south of Rangeley Drive (Scarborough-Rouge Park)

The camera on Parkside Drive, south of Algonquin Avenue, was the only device to not rotate last fall. That camera was responsible for dolling out the most tickets through the last three months of 2022.

Following a fatal crash last October, there were calls to improve safety along that stretch of Parkside Drive. Residents have long called for photo radar and a redesign of the roadway.

In total, the city’s Automated Speed Enforcement Program issued over 55,000 tickets from October to December. The most frequent repeat offender was ticketed 25 times for speeding Stilecroft Drive west of Sharpecroft Boulevard in the city’s west-end.

The city says the highest recorded speed detected during this period was 146 km/h in a 50 km/h speed limit zone on Martin Grove Road in north Etobicoke.