Edmonton's Busiest Red Light Cameras Revealed: Gateway Blvd and Calgary Trail Lead in 2025 Tickets
Motorists traveling along a high-traffic north-south corridor in south Edmonton were responsible for nearly one in every five red light camera tickets issued across the entire city during 2025, according to recently released year-end traffic enforcement data. The figures highlight a significant concentration of traffic violations along this crucial transportation route.
Four Cameras Account for Significant Portion of Citywide Violations
The data reveals that four specific camera locations along Gateway Boulevard and Calgary Trail at both Whitemud Drive and 34th Avenue were among Edmonton's most active enforcement sites. Remarkably, three of these four locations ranked within the top five busiest intersections citywide based on the number of tickets issued.
Collectively, these four cameras generated 6,574 red light tickets throughout 2025, representing just over 19 percent of the more than 34,000 citations issued across all 92 red light camera locations operating in Edmonton. This substantial percentage underscores the exceptional volume of traffic moving through these intersections and the corresponding enforcement activity.
Individual Intersection Statistics Paint Clear Picture
The camera positioned at Gateway Boulevard and Whitemud Drive proved to be Edmonton's single most active red light enforcement location, issuing 2,994 tickets during the year. This staggering number accounted for nearly one-tenth of all red light tickets issued across the entire city.
Directly across from this location, the camera at Calgary Trail and Whitemud Drive ranked as the third most ticketed site in Edmonton, resulting in 1,565 citations. Meanwhile, cameras monitoring 34th Avenue captured 1,224 drivers along Gateway Boulevard (ranking fifth highest citywide) and 791 drivers along Calgary Trail (ranking tenth highest).
High Traffic Volume and Potential Underreporting
These locations represent some of Edmonton's busiest transportation corridors, with more than 10 million vehicles monitored throughout 2025. The substantial traffic flow naturally contributes to higher numbers of potential violations, though the actual rate of red light running might be even greater than the ticket numbers suggest.
The enforcement data distinguishes between red light contraventions (observed violations) and red light notices (actual tickets issued). Across all 92 red light cameras throughout Edmonton, only 55 percent of contraventions resulted in tickets being issued, indicating that the published ticket numbers may underrepresent how frequently drivers actually run red lights at these intersections.
Data Collection and Additional Enforcement Context
The City of Edmonton collects this traffic enforcement information and is required to share it with the provincial government every three months. These specific numbers were obtained by Postmedia through a formal request to Alberta's Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors.
The data also includes photo radar speeding tickets for months up to July 2025, when Edmonton ended photo radar enforcement at playground zones. This change followed provincial restrictions announced in late 2024 that limited photo radar use primarily to playground and construction zones while eliminating speed-on-green enforcement.
The intersection with the most speeding tickets issued in 2025 was located on 76 Street south of 40 Avenue in the southbound lanes, though this represents a separate category of traffic enforcement from the red light camera data.
