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Road safety is a priority concern in Mississauga with speeding prevalent on wide suburban streets designed for the convenience of drivers. There are efforts to change this with the Changing Lanes project, Complete Streets designs and physical methods of traffic calming such as road narrowing (sometimes with Bike Lanes or median barriers), speed humps (or, more aggressive bumps) and Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE).  ▶ See also: Cycling Safety; Intersections; Road Diets  ▶ See also from: Vision Zero


Traffic Speeds

[Posted: September 29, 2025]  ▶ See also: Sidewalk Riding

This traffic speed chart illustrates the reduced chances of survival for Vulnerable Roads Users (VRUs) as the speed of the vehicle that hits them increases.  That is why speed limits are set and traffic calming methods are employed to keep speeds lower in residential areas, School Zones and designated Community Safety Zones.

CHART: Pedestrian Survival Rate by Vehicle Speed; Source: webpage Road Safety Information: Safe Speeds -- Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP).

Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act defines the default speed limit for roads as 50 km/h, unless otherwise posted.  Mississauga has a program of lowering speeds in Neighbourhoods to 40 km/h, and School Zones to 30 km/h, and is developing Community Safety Zones, all summarized here: Speed limits in neighbourhoods and around schools.

INCREASING SPEEDS: Mississauga changes school zone speed limits and adds new Community Safety Zones (Notice, February 2025). "Mississauga currently has 199 school zones on local roads where the speed limit is 30 km/h.  Under the new amendments, the speed limit will remain 30 km/h from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday.  Outside these times, the speed limit will be 40 km/h.  The 31 school zones on major roads will be reviewed on an individual basis with potential changes to the existing regulatory speed limits."  This was a political decision...

CHANGE *NOT* SUPPORTED: The Staff Report to Council: School Zone Speed Limits on Local Roadways (October 2024; 4p PDF) was NOT supportive of the speed limit increase, with the Recommendation: "That the current speed limit designation of 30 km/h in school zones on local roadways be maintained ... The move to reduce speed limits full time in school zones to 30 km/h is consistent with the City’s commitment to Vision Zero."  This Recommendation was supported by the Mississauga School Traffic Safety Action Committee (MSTSAC), Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee (MCAC), and the Road Safety Committee (RSC).



Ontario Bans Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE)

[Posted: September 29, 2025; Updated October 2, 2025; November 8, 2025]

The Ontario government has banned municipal speed cameras with the passage of Bill 56, which received royal assent on November 3, 2025.  As of November 14, 2025, municipalities will no longer be allowed to operate ASE cameras in school zones or community safety zones as previously enacted under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act (HTA).  Municipalities are instead directed to install adequate school-zone signage; the government will install signs themselves if municipalities do not.

IMAGE: Sample of Ontario government signs provided.

▶ City of Mississauga News Release (November 7, 2025): Just because there are no speed cameras, doesn’t mean there are no speed limits.  Following the Government of Ontario’s motion to ban speed cameras throughout the province as part of Bill 56, the City of Mississauga is ending its speed camera program as of the end of the day on Thursday, November 13.

▶ ONTARIO NEWS RELEASE (September 25, 2025): Ontario Protecting Taxpayers by Banning Municipal Speed Cameras.  Province also introducing new fund to proactively support road and school zone safety without raising costs for drivers.

Excerpt:  To improve road safety, the province will instead establish a new provincial fund to help affected municipalities implement alternative safety measures, including proactive traffic-calming initiatives like speed bumps, roundabouts, raised crosswalks and curb extensions, as well as public education and improved signage, to slow down drivers.

BACKGROUND

Mississauga began a program of Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) in 2021 after the provincial government finalized Regulation 398/19 in November 2019.  There are 22 cameras in Mississauga (two for each ward) which are rotated in "school area community safety zones where speeding has proven to be a consistent problem".  An interactive MAP of all current (green) and pending (yellow) locations is published (per example at left), and warning signs are posted in advance of each camera location.

BAN PENDING? The ASE program was put in jeopardy when the Premier of Ontario stated (September 25, 2025) that all speed cameras would be removed under legislation to be introduced in the Fall sitting of the Legislature.

▶ Ford government says it will ban speed cameras across Ontario: He called speed cams a 'cash grab' at a news conference Thursday -- CBC News article (September 25, 2025).  This article documents the immediate, considerable and evidence-based criticism of this plan.

▶ MISSISSAUGA MAYOR'S LETTER: Mayor Carolyn Parrish wrote a Letter to the Ontario Premier - September 26, 2025 (4p PDF) as published in the Agenda (October 1, 2025) of General Committee of Council (with synched video).  Comprehensive review of: How Mississauga’s Program Works, The Evidence, How the Money is Used, Support for the Cameras, Proposed Solution: "consider maintaining the program in school zones."  Images of 4p Letter below.

▶ OTC Statements - Social Media Releases September 25 & 26, 2025 -- Ontario Traffic Council (OTC), via their aseontario.com website, which provides a Myths section debunking the misinformation that critics of ASE have wrong.

▶ Mississauga asking province to keep photo radar in school zones -- Mississauga News article (September 26, 2025).  This article is a comprehensive summary of ASE use and effectiveness in Mississauga.

▶ AMO Letter to the Ontario Premier - September 10, 2025 (2p PDF) -- Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO).  "Municipalities were strong supporters of your government’s decision to enable Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) in 2019.  Since that time, municipalities have explored opportunities to use it in targeted community safety zones to improve road safety.  The results have been positive on many fronts – ASE encourages safer driving while reducing enforcement costs and alleviating pressure on the provincial offences system."

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Collision Trends in Mississauga, 2015-2023

[Posted: December 6, 2024]

November 2024:  As presented at the Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee (MCAC) (Agenda -November 12, 2024) and the Road Safety Committee (Agenda -November 26, 2024), the presentation Collision Trends in Mississauga (18-slide PDF) has focus on fatal and injury causing collisions with a few other general statistics, with data from 2015 to 2023, and preliminary data January - June 2024.

▶ Statistics for fatalities and injuries for Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) -- cyclists and pedestrians -- are included.  Unfortunately Bill 212 will stymie protected Bike Lanes where most needed.



Changing Lanes: Mississauga Street Classification

[Posted: April 7, 2022; Updated: December 6, 2024]

"The City of Mississauga’s Changing Lanes Project will update, develop and implement new tools for staff, developers, and other street providers to ensure our streets are safe and more convenient for all users."

Project update, August 2024: "Since the first Draft Complete Streets Guide was released in 2022, staff have been considering potential changes to Regional governance and engaging with street delivery partners, which has impacted the project timeline.  However, the project is back on track with a presentation of the Final Draft of the Complete Streets Guide to City Council by the end of this year."

▶ View the Changing Lanes project webpage for further details.



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