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Written by Jon Cohen, Partner at NextLaw, a speeding ticket law firm based in Toronto representing drivers in every court in Ontario. Licensed by the Law Society of Ontario. Published October 20, 2026 · Last updated October 20, 2026 · Ontario, Canada. Current as of October 2026; fees, forms and traffic law can change. Short answer: Yes. You can check your demerit points online in Ontario by ordering the uncertified 3-year driver record on ontario.ca. It costs $12 and shows your current demerit point total. What it doesn't show is a speeding ticket that hasn't become a conviction yet. Paying the ticket is what makes it one. https://youtu.be/0CFD8JvlMMY Can I check my demerit points online in Ontario? Yes. On ontario.ca's Get a driving record page, order the uncertified 3-year driver record with your driver's licence number. It costs $12 by Visa or Mastercard and arrives by email as a PDF. It shows your current demerit point total, plus your convictions and suspensions fr...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 16, 2026 · Last updated October 16, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Looking for a speeding ticket lawyer in Ontario? The most important thing they should know isn't the law. It's your court. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, from 2023 to March 2026, Brampton's court withdrew 54% of the speeding charges that reached a trial date, while in York Region's court 60% ended in a guilty plea. Same law, very different trial dates. A good speeding ticket lawyer or paralegal knows what usually happens at your court and can tell you before you hire them. The data can't tell you what happens to your insurance; a conviction is the part that could affect it. https://youtu.be/GjVC6jdf6ww Speeding ticket lawyer Ontario: why your court matters What should a speeding ticket lawyer in Ontario know first? Your court, and what it does on the trial date. The law is the same across Ontario:...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 15, 2026 · Last updated October 15, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Speeding ticket in Richmond Hill, Ontario? It's heard in one of Ontario's most-contested courts. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, from 2015 to 2019, 43% of speeding charges at York Region's court were contested rather than paid or ignored, against 24% across Ontario, and York stayed in the top fifth of Ontario courts every one of those years. Richmond Hill tickets are heard at that court, in Newmarket. Contesting rarely ends in a trial, though: since 2023, a trial was held on 8% of York charges that reached a trial date, against 10% across Ontario. The data can't tell you what happens to your insurance, but it shows how common contesting a ticket is in York. https://youtu.be/ZHwhEOwKGvY Speeding ticket Richmond Hill: 4 in 10 are contested From 2015 to 2019, 43% of speeding charges at York Region's c...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 14, 2026 · Last updated October 14, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Speeding ticket in Oshawa? The court got faster. Trial-day withdrawals barely moved. Oshawa tickets go to Durham Region's provincial offences court in Whitby. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, a speeding ticket in Oshawa now reaches its trial date sooner than in most of Ontario: 87 days in the latest year, against 125 across Ontario (averages for all ticket offences, not speeding alone). But the share of speeding charges withdrawn on their trial date has barely moved: 24% from 2015 to 2019, 22% since 2023. So if you request a trial, the date comes quickly: ask for disclosure early, and make sure someone attends. The data can't predict your insurance, but it shows what a trial request leads to. https://youtu.be/hmX6c-Y9I4s Speeding ticket Oshawa: faster court, steady withdrawals We analyzed eleven years of Ontari...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 13, 2026 · Last updated October 13, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Speeding ticket in London, Ontario? Fighting it here now takes longer than in most of the province. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, a ticket that goes to a trial date in London now takes about 201 days, on average, to resolve, against 125 across Ontario (April 2025 to March 2026; averages for all ticket offences, not speeding alone). In 2019, London was slightly faster than the province: 170 days against 176. Ontario sped up. London slowed down. And when the trial date comes, it's usually a full trial: since 2023, 57% of London speeding charges reaching a trial date were tried, against 10% across Ontario. The data can't tell you what happens to your insurance, but it shows what fighting a ticket in London looks like. https://youtu.be/eU-Sxy7StcA Speeding ticket London: slower court while Ontario sped up Across...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 12, 2026 · Last updated October 12, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Speeding ticket in Kitchener? Here's how long fighting it takes, and what the trial date brings. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, fighting a speeding ticket in Kitchener means about five months, on average, to a trial date: 156 days in the latest year, April 2025 to March 2026, against 125 across Ontario (averages for all ticket offences, not speeding alone). Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge tickets all go to one court, the Waterloo Region Provincial Offences Court in Kitchener. And the trial date there is often a real hearing: since 2023, about a quarter of the speeding charges that reached one went to a full trial, against 10% across Ontario. The data can't tell you what happens to your insurance, but it shows what fighting a ticket here looks like. https://youtu.be/oEu4R6spF6U Speeding ticket Kitchener: abo...
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By Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (LSO #37145V) · Published October 9, 2026 · Last updated October 9, 2026 · Ontario, Canada Short answer: Hiring a traffic ticket lawyer in Mississauga? Expect a negotiation, not a trial. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, since 2023 only 1 in 20 Mississauga speeding charges that reached a trial date was actually tried: 5%, against 10% across Ontario. The rest ended that day without a trial. So what a traffic ticket lawyer in Mississauga does for you happens around that date: the evidence before it, and the negotiation on it. The data can't tell you what happens to your insurance; a conviction is the part that could affect it, which is why the first 15 days matter. https://youtu.be/UPrFKuh1Dkg Traffic ticket lawyer Mississauga: 1 in 20 goes to trial From 2023 to March 2026, only 1 in 20 Mississauga speeding charges that reached a trial date was actually tried (5%, against 10% across Ontario); the rest ended that day by a g...
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