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Photo radar in Montreal: cameras the province owns

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Claim 1 clm-cefd6f2d31982e35 quantitative
Photo radar and red-light cameras have run in Montreal since Quebec's provincial pilot began in 2009
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What the mapping says
'Photo radar and red-light cameras first appeared in Quebec on May 19, 2009. A total of 15 sites are involved in this 18-month pilot project' — Montreal, Monteregie and Chaudiere-Appalaches. The justice ministry's cumulative tally dates the start of actual ticketing three months later, once the grace period ended: 'Cumulatif depuis le 19 aout 2009 (debut du projet)'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. CAA-Quebec — Photo radar and red-light cameras
  2. Ministere de la Justice du Quebec — Statistiques cumulatives des radars photo (mars 2026)
Claim 2 clm-7105ca28d41d17c8 descriptive
The transport ministry picks the sites
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What the mapping says
'The sites were chosen jointly by the Ministere des Transports and the Ministere de la Securite publique, based on the high incidence and seriousness of accidents.' Twelve designated sites were listed for the Montreal region as of July 2026, including Boulevard Decarie Nord at rue Pare, rue Berri at boulevard Henri-Bourassa Est, Boulevard Pie-IX and Route 138 northbound.
Caveat
Those are sites, not devices: mobile units rotate between designated locations, so a site count is not a device count.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. CAA-Quebec — Photo radar and red-light cameras
  2. Gouvernement du Quebec — Technical data sheets from photo radars in the Montreal region
Claim 3 clm-06c9ef445dd69766 descriptive
the Surete du Quebec's evidence centre has a peace officer verify every photo
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What the mapping says
Photos go to 'the Centre de traitement de la preuve (CTP), which is under the responsibility of the Surete du Quebec', where 'Each photo is analyzed by a peace officer, who verifies whether an offence has actually been committed.'
Caveat
The ticket goes to the registered owner, not the driver: 'Since the only link to be established is between the vehicle and its owner, that person is responsible for the offence', and no demerit points are added because the camera identifies the vehicle rather than the person at the wheel.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — Offences detected by photo radar devices
Claim 4 clm-7446022f9d266be4 descriptive
the fines go to a provincial road safety fund
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What the mapping says
'Fines and costs arising from offences detected by photo radar are deposited in a road safety fund (the Fonds de la securite routiere), which may only be used to finance road safety measures or programs and assistance for victims of road accidents.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — About photo radars
Claim 5 clm-9dc26110a66099bc descriptive
Quebec's own guidance states municipalities cannot apply for a device; Montreal is simply one of five cities whose streets the province uses
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What the mapping says
The load-bearing sentence is the province's own: 'For the time being, municipalities cannot apply to have photo radar devices installed in their territory.' The same page names them: 'Five municipalities are currently participating in a pilot program: Montreal, Gatineau, Laval, Longueuil, and Quebec.'
Caveat
That may change. The same page announces a gradual deployment of more than 250 devices from 2026 — about 200 fixed and more than 50 mobile — through a forthcoming call for proposals in which municipalities may finally suggest sites.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — Deployment of photo radars on the road network
Claim 6 clm-09953ba6c1bd89d4 quantitative
The mayor asked for 300 cameras in 2024 and got no power to install one.
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What the mapping says
The mayor requested 300 photo radars for Montreal, mainly around schools, daycares and long-term care homes, and demanded more control over placement rather than leaving it to the transport ministry. The province's entire programme is about 250 devices, and its guidance still bars municipalities from applying for one.
Caveat
Both the broadcaster and the second outlet reporting the same request return HTTP 403 to automated fetching; the request was verified through the search index against two independent outlets rather than by direct retrieval.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. CBC News — Montreal mayor urges Quebec for more photo radars to improve school zone safety (Sept 2024)
  2. Gouvernement du Quebec — Deployment of photo radars on the road network
Claim 7 clm-631186cea61437fd quantitative
Quebec's transport ministry reports accident reductions at equipped sites since 2009 of 29% for stationary photo radars, 28% for red light monitoring equipment and 12% for mobile photo radars
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What the mapping says
The ministry's page gives the three figures alongside its description of the three device types — stationary, mobile on van, trailer or tripod, and red-light monitoring.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — About photo radars
Claim 8 clm-e4f09ef43b1d01e1 descriptive
These are province-wide operator figures: the ministry publishes no Montreal-only breakdown, and no independent or peer-reviewed evaluation of the Quebec programme was found.
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What the mapping says
The reduction figures are published by the operating ministry itself. The same problem applies to the money: fines reached a record 133 million Canadian dollars in 2025 and 665.4 million across 4.2 million offences since 2009, but those are province-wide totals with no Montreal share, which is why they are kept out of this field.
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The second half is an absence and cannot be sourced directly; it records the result of the entry's own search. The press page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetching and its figures were confirmed through the search index.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — About photo radars
  2. La Presse — Radars photo: amendes records de 133 millions en 2025 (5 Jan 2026)
Claim 9 clm-dda4d66ab6f1f253 descriptive
Montreal hosts the hardware, names the school streets it worries about, and still cannot install a camera: siting, evidence review and fine revenue all sit one level of government up
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Each of the three levers is documented separately and none of them is the city's: 'Five municipalities are currently participating in a pilot program' while 'municipalities cannot apply to have photo radar devices installed in their territory'; every photo is reviewed by a peace officer at a provincial evidence centre; and the fines are deposited in a provincial road safety fund. The mayor's 2024 request for 300 cameras around schools is what naming the streets looks like without the power to act on it.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gouvernement du Quebec — Deployment of photo radars on the road network
  2. Gouvernement du Quebec — Offences detected by photo radar devices
  3. Gouvernement du Quebec — About photo radars
  4. CBC News — Montreal mayor urges Quebec for more photo radars to improve school zone safety (Sept 2024)

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Ministere des Transports et de la Mobilite durable du Quebec, with evidence review by the Surete du Quebec (Centre de traitement de la preuve) and fine collection by the Ministere de la Justice
Actor types
regional-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
Province of Quebec; fines and costs are paid into the Fonds de la securite routiere and restricted to road safety measures and accident-victim assistance
Cost
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Ownership
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Decision rights
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Gouvernement du Quebec — Deployment of photo radars on the road network quebec.ca · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · quebec.ca
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2026-07-13
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The load-bearing sentence for this entry: 'For the time being, municipalities cannot apply to have photo radar devices installed in their territory.' Same page: 'Five municipalities are currently participating in a pilot program: Montreal, Gatineau, Laval, Longueuil, and Quebec.' On the expansion: 'The Quebec government will gradually deploy more than 250 photo radar devices across the province's road network. Approximately 200 of these will be installed at fixed locations ... More than 50 will be mobile detection systems', in service from 2026, with a forthcoming call for proposals through which municipalities may finally suggest sites.

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Claims linked
Gouvernement du Quebec — About photo radars quebec.ca · 4 linked claims

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Source of both the revenue rule and the impact figures. 'Fines and costs arising from offences detected by photo radar are deposited in a road safety fund (the Fonds de la securite routiere), which may only be used to finance road safety measures or programs and assistance for victims of road accidents.' The page gives accident reductions of 29% for stationary photo radars, 28% for red light monitoring equipment and 12% for mobile photo radars, and describes the three device types (stationary, mobile on van/trailer/tripod, red-light monitoring).

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Gouvernement du Quebec — Offences detected by photo radar devices quebec.ca · 2 linked claims

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Name not classified · quebec.ca
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The chain of custody is entirely provincial. Photos go to 'the Centre de traitement de la preuve (CTP), which is under the responsibility of the Surete du Quebec', where 'Each photo is analyzed by a peace officer, who verifies whether an offence has actually been committed.' The ticket goes to the registered owner: 'Since the only link to be established is between the vehicle and its owner, that person is responsible for the offence', and 'No demerit points will be added to your record, since photo radars allow you to identify the offending vehicle, but not the driver.'

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Gouvernement du Quebec — Technical data sheets from photo radars in the Montreal region quebec.ca · 1 linked claim

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Twelve designated sites listed for the Montreal region as of July 2026, including 'Boulevard Decarie Nord, a l'intersection de la rue Pare', 'Rue Berri, a l'intersection du boulevard Henri-Bourassa Est', 'Boulevard Pie-IX', 'Boulevard Rene-Levesque (Est et Ouest)' and 'Route 138 en direction nord'. Sites, not devices: mobile units rotate between designated locations, so a site count is not a device count.

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CAA-Quebec — Photo radar and red-light cameras caaquebec.com · 2 linked claims

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Origin and site-selection authority: 'Photo radar and red-light cameras first appeared in Quebec on May 19, 2009. A total of 15 sites are involved in this 18-month pilot project' (Montreal, Monteregie and Chaudiere-Appalaches), and 'The sites were chosen jointly by the Ministere des Transports and the Ministere de la Securite publique, based on the high incidence and seriousness of accidents.'

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Ministere de la Justice du Quebec — Statistiques cumulatives des radars photo (mars 2026) cdn-contenu.quebec.ca · 1 linked claim

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Monthly device-by-device tally of statements of offence and fine amounts, published by the justice ministry, not the city. Its title dates the start of actual ticketing: 'Cumulatif depuis le 19 aout 2009 (debut du projet) au 31 Mars 2026' (cumulative since 19 August 2009, the start of the project) — i.e. three months after the 19 May 2009 pilot launch, once the grace period ended. Binary PDF; title and structure confirmed via the publisher's index.

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CBC News — Montreal mayor urges Quebec for more photo radars to improve school zone safety (Sept 2024) cbc.ca · 2 linked claims

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2024-09-04
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The political ask: Mayor Valerie Plante requested 300 photo radars for Montreal, mainly around schools, daycares and long-term care homes, and demanded more control over placement rather than leaving it to Transports Quebec; the province's entire programme is about 250 devices. La Presse reported the same request ('Montreal veut 300 radars photo', 4 Sept 2024). Both pages return HTTP 403 to automated fetch; verified through the search index against two independent outlets rather than by direct retrieval.

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La Presse — Radars photo: amendes records de 133 millions en 2025 (5 Jan 2026) lapresse.ca · 1 linked claim

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Currency check: photo radar fines reached a record 133 million Canadian dollars in 2025, and 665.4 million dollars across 4.2 million offences since 2009. These are province-wide totals and are deliberately kept out of the impact field, because no source splits out a Montreal share. Page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; figures confirmed through the search index.

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