In Canada Plate readers 1,068 Traffic cameras 2,124 Open map

Cameras in Canada

1,068 plate readers mapped, 6 tagged Flock Safety, and 2,124 traffic cameras, 550 of them the Cities of Calgary and Toronto's.

Checked Nov 7

Canada, by camera type.

Plate readers 1,068 mapped 6 tagged Flock Safety, 1,062 another maker or none. Traffic cameras 2,124 mapped Ontario 511's 1,574 on the province's highways, and 550 in Calgary and Toronto, each with the City's road picture. 22 of the City pictures open from a link. Speed cameras None mapped yet No Canadian layer yet. Ontario ended municipal speed cameras in November 2025. Red light cameras None mapped yet Cities list their own; not mapped yet.

1,068 licence plate readers are mapped across Canada, and 6 carry the Flock Safety maker tag. Ontario and Quebec hold the most. The map has 2,124 traffic cameras: 1,574 from Ontario 511, 550 from Calgary and Toronto. No Canadian speed or red light layer yet: Ontario ended municipal speed cameras in November 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Plate readers in Canada, by province

1,068 readers on the map, by province and territory (Statistics Canada boundaries). A province opens the map there.

Province	Mapped	Tagged Flock Safety	New Oct 9 to Nov 7	Top area
Ontario	617	1	37	Toronto area
Quebec	361	0	205	Montreal area
British Columbia	81	1	4	Vancouver area
Newfoundland and Labrador	3	1	2	None with 5 or more
Alberta	2	2	1	None with 5 or more
Manitoba	2	1	1	None with 5 or more
Nova Scotia	1	0	0	None with 5 or more
Prince Edward Island	1	0	0	None with 5 or more

By city

Metro areas with 5 or more mapped readers (Statistics Canada census metropolitan areas). None of these areas has a reader tagged Flock Safety in OpenStreetMap; the 6 tagged readers in Canada sit outside them.

Toronto area 427 readers
Montreal area 301 readers
Vancouver area 49 readers
Oshawa area 37 readers
Kelowna area 26 readers
Greater Sudbury area 22 readers
Quebec City area 22 readers
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo area 18 readers
Hamilton area 15 readers
Kingston area 8 readers
Trois-Rivières area 7 readers

Are there Flock cameras in Canada?

6 of the 1,068 readers on the map in Canada carry the Flock Safety maker tag: Ontario (1), British Columbia (1), Newfoundland and Labrador (1), Alberta (2) and Manitoba (1).

Flock Group Inc. registered the FLOCK SAFETY trademark in Canada in January 2026 (registration TMA1374334, application 2345116; CIPO).

The plate-reading camera Montreal police removed was a Genetec device, not a Flock camera (CTV News, Aug 13, 2026).

The maker shows only where it is recorded: 239 of 1,068 readers carry no maker tag. What the device is: what is a Flock camera.

Road pictures by city

Calgary traffic cameras: 214 · Deerfoot Trail, Stoney Trail, Crowchild Trail City of Calgary
Toronto traffic cameras: 336, 314 with a picture on the page · Gardiner Expressway, Don Valley Parkway, Allen Road City of Toronto

More cities join when a city's licence allows it; data on request.

Speed and red light cameras in Canada

Ontario ended municipal automated speed enforcement in November 2025: Bill 56, Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025, in force November 14, 2025. Other provinces run their own programs.

Red light and intersection safety cameras are listed by cities and police services: Toronto's red light cameras and the Calgary Police Service's automated traffic enforcement. CamsAhead has no Canadian speed or red light layer yet.

Who runs plate readers and what they keep

Police services that run plate readers publish how they use them and how long they keep the reads: the BC government's ALPR program, the RCMP in British Columbia, Waterloo Regional Police and the City of Ottawa.

Canada camera questions

Are there Flock cameras in Canada?

6 of the 1,068 plate readers on the map in Canada carry the Flock Safety maker tag. Flock Group Inc. registered the FLOCK SAFETY trademark in Canada in January 2026 (CIPO). The camera Montreal police removed was a Genetec device (CTV News).

Are Flock cameras legal in Canada?

6 of the 1,068 mapped readers carry the Flock Safety tag. The police services that run plate readers publish their own policies: the BC government's ALPR program, the RCMP in British Columbia, Waterloo Regional Police and the City of Ottawa.

Are there Flock cameras in Toronto, Montreal or Winnipeg?

Readers mapped by metro area: Toronto area 427, Montreal area 301, Vancouver area 49, Oshawa area 37, Kelowna area 26, Greater Sudbury area 22, Quebec City area 22, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo area 18, Hamilton area 15, Kingston area 8 and Trois-Rivières area 7. None of these areas has a reader tagged Flock Safety in OpenStreetMap; the 6 tagged readers in Canada sit outside them.

Where is the DeFlock map for Canada?

DeFlock and this map draw the same OpenStreetMap nodes. The source is OpenStreetMap; the CamsAhead map shows them with the rest.

Where can I see Canadian road cameras?

Calgary and Toronto on CamsAhead, and Ontario's highway cameras from Ontario 511 on the CamsAhead map. Alberta's and British Columbia's highway cameras are on 511 Alberta and DriveBC.

Are there speed cameras in Canada?

Ontario ended municipal automated speed enforcement in November 2025. Other provinces run their own programs. CamsAhead has no Canadian speed camera layer yet.

How is the data licensed?

The plate readers come from OpenStreetMap under the Open Database License: a free copy on request. The pictures load from their publishers under their open licences: Calgary, Toronto and Ontario 511.

Sources and updates

OpenStreetMap contributors: Plate readers (surveillance:type ALPR) in Canada via the Overpass API, data of November 7, 2026; ODbL 1.0.
Statistics Canada: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files, 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
City of Calgary, Mobility: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Pictures load from the City when you tap one on the Calgary page; none is stored. Checked October 27, 2026.
City of Toronto, Transportation Services: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Pictures load from the City when you tap one on the Toronto page; none is stored. Checked October 27, 2026.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation (Ontario 511): Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Pictures load from Ontario 511 when you tap a highway camera on the map; none is stored. Checked October 28, 2026. · Open Government Licence – Ontario
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada): Canadian Trademarks Details: FLOCK SAFETY — 2345116: registered January 2, 2026, registration TMA1374334.
CTV News: “Montreal police dismantle controversial surveillance camera”, August 13, 2026.
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Bill 56, Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025: in force November 14, 2025.

Plate reader points are mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers (data as of November 7, 2026).

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