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.

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Speeding ticket London: slower court while Ontario sped up

Across all ticket offences, resolving a ticket at a trial date in London took 201 days on average from April 2025 to March 2026, about seven months, against 125 across Ontario; in 2019 London was slightly faster, 170 vs 176. Source: NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences Court Statistics.

This page is about London, Ontario. We analyzed eleven years of Ontario Court of Justice data, 2015 through March 2026. The trial-date shares below cover speeding charges under Ontario's Highway Traffic Act (section 128), what most people call a speeding ticket. The days figures are averages for all Part I offences, the ticket offences that include speeding, not speeding alone.

London speeding tickets are heard by the Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences, at 824 Dundas Street (City of London, Provincial Offences).

The wait is the headline. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, in the latest year, April 2025 to March 2026, a ticket that went to a trial date in London took 201 days on average to resolve. Across Ontario, the same step took 125 days.

MeasurePeriodLondonOntarioAverage days to resolve a ticket at a trial date (all ticket offences)2019170176Average days to resolve a ticket at a trial date (all ticket offences)April 2025–March 2026201125Full trial held, share of speeding charges reaching a trial date2023–March 202657%10%Withdrawn on the trial date, same base2023–March 202614%27%Convicted because the person charged didn't appear, same base2023–March 20261%21%Full trial held, share of contested speeding charges2015–20195%4%Days figures are average days to disposition at trial for all Part I (ticket) offences in the court, not speeding alone. Percentages are shares of speeding charges (Highway Traffic Act s.128). The 2023–March 2026 rows share one base: charges that reached a trial date. The 2015–2019 row uses a different base, contested charges, so it is not a like-for-like comparison with the recent rows. Trial verdicts are not recorded. London's no-show figure likely reflects how missed dates are recorded, so hold it loosely. Source: Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences Court Statistics (2015–2019; 2019; 2023–March 2026; April 2025–March 2026); NextLaw Analysis.

Source: Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences Court Statistics (2015–March 2026); analysis by NextLaw.

London was slightly faster than Ontario in 2019

It wasn't always this way. According to NextLaw Analysis of the same data, in 2019 London resolved a ticket at a trial date in 170 days on average, slightly faster than Ontario's 176. Since then the two have moved in opposite directions: Ontario's average fell to 125 days, and London's rose to 201. These averages cover all ticket offences, not speeding alone.

Not every slow court got slower. For a court whose wait has barely moved since 2019, compare our Hamilton speeding ticket court data.

What the trial date brings in London

From 2023 to March 2026, a full trial was held on 57% of London speeding charges that reached a trial date, against 10% across Ontario; trial verdicts are not recorded. Source: NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Offences Court Statistics.

When the trial date comes, it's usually a full trial. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, from 2023 to March 2026, 57% of London speeding charges that reached a trial date were tried, against 10% across Ontario. Year by year, London's share ran between 54% and 60%.

That is recent. Before speed cameras, London's trial rate was close to Ontario's: from 2015 to 2019, a trial was held on 5% of London's contested speeding charges, against 4% across Ontario. That older figure is measured on contested charges, a different base from the recent one, so read it as a direction, not a like-for-like comparison.

For the full breakdown of how London's trial dates end, including guilty pleas on the day, see our London court data on what a traffic ticket lawyer has to be ready for. For the province-wide figures London is measured against here, see our Ontario court data on the trial date.

What the data can't tell you about London

The data can't tell us why London slowed down. It doesn't record verdicts either, so we don't know how those trials ended. And London's records show almost no one missing a trial date: 1% of London speeding charges reaching a trial date ended in a conviction because the person charged didn't appear, against 21% across Ontario. That suggests some no-show convictions are counted in London's 57%. The day counts cover all tickets in the court, not just speeding. And the data counts charges, not drivers: it describes the court, not your odds.

Our read: plan for the hearing

Our read at NextLaw is this. In London, a trial request is a commitment of about seven months that, more often than not, ends with the officer giving evidence before a justice of the peace. Plan for that hearing, not for the case quietly going away.

That is our interpretation of the pattern; the data doesn't record it directly. It is also why the choice you make in the first fifteen days matters more in London than a quick look at the ticket suggests.

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Your choices in the first 15 days

You have fifteen days from the ticket to choose (Provincial Offences Act, sections 5 and 5.1). In London, the options look like this (City of London, Provincial Offences):

- Pay it. Paying the ticket is a guilty plea, and it puts a conviction on your record (Provincial Offences Act, section 8).
- Ask for an early resolution meeting with a London prosecutor. It can be by phone, by video or in person, and the City's page states, "You do not forego the right to a trial."
- Request a trial. In London, you file a Notice of Intention to Appear by email or in person at the court office.

Doing nothing ends the same way as paying. After fifteen days, you're deemed not to dispute the charge, which can lead to a conviction (Provincial Offences Act, section 9).

An early resolution meeting can end in a plea to a lower speed. That can reduce or remove demerit points, but it doesn't erase the conviction. Whether it changes your insurance depends on the tier it crosses and your insurer's rules; our guide to how a speeding ticket could affect your insurance in Ontario covers that side.

If you request a trial in London

- Watch your mail. The City of London says the Notice of Trial is usually mailed 8 to 10 weeks after you file the request (City of London, Provincial Offences).
- Check the case online. Ontario lets you check the status of a traffic ticket online.
- Plan for a hearing, about seven months out. On the court data, a London trial date more often than not means the officer gives evidence before a justice of the peace.

If you are deciding whether to run that hearing yourself, our guide on how to fight a speeding ticket in Ontario walks through the steps, and our guide on whether you need a lawyer or a paralegal for a speeding ticket in Ontario sets out the difference.

Got a speeding ticket in Ontario? Don't pay it yet. Not every ticket is worth fighting. But every ticket is worth checking. Our free insurance calculator asks 7 quick questions to see how much your insurance could go up. Get your number first. Then, if it makes sense, book a free call for a straight answer.

How the camera years were handled

Speed cameras operated in Ontario from July 2020 until they were banned on November 14, 2025 (Bill 56). Camera tickets were issued to the vehicle owner, carried no demerit points and never touched a driving record. Because they distorted how many tickets were issued and how many were simply paid, this analysis uses the five camera-free years, 2015 to 2019, for those measures, confirmed against the first post-ban months of 2026. It uses the most recent three years only for what happens on the day of trial, where camera tickets almost never reached.

A check on London's trial-date figures: 466 speeding charges a year reached a trial date in London from 2023 to March 2026, against 758 a year from 2015 to 2019. That is 0.6 times the pre-camera docket, so camera tickets did not swell London's trial list.

Quick answers

Do cops show up to court for speeding tickets in Ontario?

London's numbers suggest they usually do. According to NextLaw Analysis of Ontario Court of Justice data, since 2023 about one in seven London speeding charges that reached a trial date (14%) was withdrawn on the day, compared with more than one in four (27%) across Ontario. Attendance itself isn't recorded, so that's our read of the pattern, not a recorded fact.

How much does a speeding ticket cost in Ontario?

It's the set fine, plus $5 in court costs (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 945), plus a victim fine surcharge (O. Reg. 161/00). The set fine rises with your speed, from $2.50 to $6 for each km/h over the limit (Ontario Court of Justice set fines). Your insurance could end up costing you more than the fine. Our guide to how much a speeding ticket costs in Ontario works through examples.

Can you go 10 km over the speed limit in Ontario?

No. Any speed over the posted limit is a speeding offence (Highway Traffic Act, section 128). Up to 15 km/h over carries no demerit points, and points start above 15 over (O. Reg. 339/94). But it's still a conviction on your record.

About NextLaw

NextLaw is a speeding ticket law firm based in Toronto, representing drivers in every court in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Justice in London. This article was written by Dan Joffe, lawyer at NextLaw (Law Society of Ontario #37145V). Services by licensed lawyer and licensed paralegals at NextLaw. For speeding ticket inquiries, call 647-558-2679. Court statistics current as of March 2026. This covers ordinary Ontario speeding under the Highway Traffic Act, not stunt driving, and it is general information, not legal advice about your specific case. https://www.nextlaw.ca/?p=36429