Get information about tickets or fines, where to pay and how to request a trial.

In Ontario, the management and resolution of traffic tickets and fines are governed by the Provincial Offences Act. This act encompasses a range of violations including parking infractions, violations under the Highway Traffic Act, and various non-criminal offences.

Non-criminal offences extend to breaches of municipal laws, the Liquor Licence Act, the Fish & Wildlife Act, and the Trespass to Property Act, among others.

In Ontario, the Provincial Offences Act sets out the rules for:

• parking violations
• Highway Traffic Act,
• non-criminal offences

Non-criminal offences would include violations under the municipal laws, Liquor Licence Act, Fish & Wildlife Act, Trespass to Property etc.

You can check the status of your traffic tickets and fines, issued under the Provincial Offences Act.

You cannot check the status of tickets or fines for:

• parking tickets
• criminal matters
• cases under appeal
• cases with publication bans
• charges involving anyone under 16 years of age

Make sure you have the location code and offence number printed on your traffic ticket or notice, so you can look up your case.

If you’ve received a “summons” (an order to appear in front of a justice of the peace) you will need the case number on the summons. If you don’t have this information, or you’ve lost your ticket, contact the municipal court office in the jurisdiction where your traffic ticket was issued.

To pay a ticket or fine, issued under the

1. go to the online system
2. enter the information for the traffic ticket
3. you will be directed to a municipal court office website, which will tell you how to pay your ticket

You cannot schedule a trial online.

To ask for a trial, you must follow the instructions printed on the back of the traffic ticket.

If you don’t have this information, or have lost your ticket, contact the municipal court office in the jurisdiction where your ticket or fine was issued.