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title: "Ottawa traffic deaths reach 32 in 2026, highest in a decade"
description: "Ottawa police have increased enforcement across the city after 32 people died in traffic-related incidents in 2026, more than in any year in the past decade."
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The Ottawa Citizen reported on November 7 that 32 people have died in traffic-related incidents in Ottawa so far in 2026, including 11 pedestrians. That is more deaths than in any full year in the past decade; the 2025 total for the whole year was 23.

Ottawa Police have been stepping up enforcement. Officers issued 32 per cent more tickets and warnings so far in 2026, the Ottawa Citizen said, including over 700 impaired driving charges. On November 5, police deployed more than 20 officers at once to the South District for a traffic blitz. The usual enforcement team for that entire district is six officers and a sergeant.

## Where police have focused

The South District covers Barrhaven, Riverside South, Findlay Creek, Osgoode, Richmond and Manotick. Police say it has seen a rise in dangerous driving, with a road network that includes fast rural roads, suburban streets and school zones close together.

Specific problems officers have cited include drivers blowing through stop signs at busy intersections, speeding on roads such as Strandherd Drive and Limebank Road, and stunt driving.

Speed cameras were removed from Ottawa roads about a year ago. [Mayor Mark Sutcliffe](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/mark-sutcliffe) and councillors who sit on the Ottawa Police Services Board, including [Steve Desroches](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/steve-desroches), have called on drivers to slow down. At a recent Police Services Board meeting, Chief Eric Stubbs said removing the cameras made enforcement harder. Officers now have to cover intersections and school zones that cameras monitored before.

## What residents can do

Ottawa Police are asking residents to report dangerous intersections and roads in their neighbourhoods.

You can call the OPS non-urgent line: **613-236-1222, ext. 7300**. You can also submit a report through the Traffic Complaints portal on the Ottawa Police Service website. Reports help police decide where to send officers for enforcement.

The Ottawa Police Service website also has information on road safety programs and how to follow enforcement activity in your area at /on/ottawa-2026/tracker.

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