The radar speed camera installed near Holy Trinity Catholic High School in Kanata was a hotspot for drivers committing speeding violations in Ottawa last year.

The automated speed camera on Katimavik Road, between Castlefrank Road and Curran Street, issued 16,736 speeding tickets in 2021, the highest number of violations issued by the photo radar cameras established in the city.

New statistics show that Ottawa’s eight photo radar cameras issued 80,944 speeding violations in 2021. Last week, the City of Ottawa said that 13 percent of speeding incidents caught by speed enforcement cameras were not recorded because the violations were not mailed within 23 days.

The photo radar camera on Ogilvie Road, between Apeldoorn Street and Elmlea Gate, issued the second highest number of tickets in 2021, with 15,616 tickets.

The photo radar camera on Smith Road, near the Cheo Centre and Ottawa Hospital, caught 10,772 speeding violations between January and December.

Here is a look at the violations issued by automated speed enforcement cameras in 2021, according to the City of Ottawa open data.

 Katimavik Road between Castlefrank and Curran Street, 16,736 tickets

 Ogilvie Road between Apeldoorn Street and Elmlea Gate, 15,616 tickets

 Smith Road between High Drive and Edgecombe Street, 10,772 tickets

 Logfields between Highbury Park Drive and Verona Avenue, 10,533 tickets

 Bayshore Drive, 9,904 tickets

 Midlands Drive West between Windrow Street and Thatcher Street, 7,659 tickets

 Waters Drive between Charleman Street and Roberval Street - 6,235 tickets

 Innes Street between Province Avenue and Trim Street, 4,142 tickets

Last week, the City of Ottawa said thousands of drivers escaped penalty for speeding because the recorded radar tickets were not mailed on time.

Mayor Jim Watson said the center handling automated speed enforcement violations "is working hard to read and process" violations issued by automated speed enforcement cameras, and the tickets were not mailed within the 23-day deadline.

Watson said in a letter to Transport Minister Caroline Mulroney: “In 2021, 13 percent of the speeding incidents in the City of Ottawa recorded through automated speed enforcement could not be processed within the limitation period, resulting in a loss of revenue of approximately $1.1 million for the city.”..

The City of Ottawa launched the automated speed enforcement program in July 2020. Between July 2020 and July 2021, 101,778 speeding violations were issued at eight sites throughout Ottawa, generating $5.4 million in revenue.

In October, the council approved a plan to install 15 new automated speed enforcement cameras by the end of 2022. So far this year, three new photo radar cameras have been installed. The locations are:

 Alta Vista Drive between Ayers Street and Ridgemont Street

 Bearbrook Road between Centerpark Drive and Innes Road

 Greenbank Road between Harrison Street and Banner Road.