Particle.news
Download on the App Store
9 ARTICLES
·
last mo.

Toronto Records 30th Speed Camera Downed After Overnight Vandalism

Premier Doug Ford is now threatening to force cities to remove the devices.

A vandalized speed camera at Lake Shore Boulevard and Woodbine Avenue is pictured on Sept. 9, 2025. The City of Toronto says multiple speed cameras were vandalized overnight Tuesday.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to the media during a funding announcement in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
Cars zoom past a vandalized traffic speed camera beside High Park in Toronto on Thursday August 24, 2023. This one camera sits at the location of multiple fatal crashes and produces millions of dollars in fines, the most of any camera in Toronto.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Parkside Dr. speed camera was cut down, dragged and dumped into a pond in High Park in December 2024.

Overview

  • City officials reported multiple automated speed enforcement units vandalized overnight, with damaged cameras documented at O’Connor and Coxwell, Lake Shore and Woodbine, and Bayview and Post Road.
  • The O’Connor Drive camera toppled overnight marked the 30th device downed in Toronto over the past year, according to the city.
  • The Parkside Drive camera near High Park was cut down Sunday for the seventh time in about 10 months after issuing more than 68,000 tickets and recording speeds as high as 154 km/h.
  • Toronto condemned the destruction of cameras located in community safety zones and police confirmed they are investigating the incidents.
  • Doug Ford labeled the programs a tax grab and warned he could scrap them if municipalities do not, noting the province now has expanded powers to regulate their use.