Check the status of traffic tickets and fines online or request a meeting to resolve your case
Get information about tickets or fines for how much you owe, where to pay and how to request a meeting with a prosecutor before your trial.
Timelines for most Provincial Offences Act matters have returned to normal. Check your ticket or fine notice and ignore ticket instructions that say "do not mail" or “you must attend in person”. You can request a trial or early resolution meeting by mail or email – depending on the municipality. Ontario Court of Justice appeal timelines are extended to April 12, 2021.
Visit the municipalities’ website or Ontario Court of Justice’s COVID-19 notice for more information.
Overview
In Ontario, the Provincial Offences Act sets out the rules for:
- parking violations
- non-criminal offences (under the Highway Traffic Act, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, Liquor Licence Act, for example)
These offences are handled by municipal court offices and can include traffic or noise by-law offences, building code violations, not having proof of insurance, public intoxication and trespassing.
Check the status of a traffic ticket or fine
You can check the status of all tickets or fines, issued under the Provincial Offences Act.
You cannot check the status of tickets or fines for:
- criminal matters
- parking tickets
- cases under appeal
- cases with publication bans
- charges involving anyone under 16 years of age
Before you search for a ticket
Make sure you have the location code and offence number printed on your 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 ticket or fine was issued.
Request a meeting to discuss your case
Depending on your case, and where you live, you may be able request a meeting to discuss your ticket with a prosecutor before going to trial.
This service is currently available for tickets issued in:
- Belleville-Hastings
- Caledon
- Dufferin
- Durham Region
- Elgin County
- Haldimand
- Halton Region
- Hamilton
- Mississauga
- Niagara Region
- Oxford County
- Perth County
- Sudbury
- Waterloo
- Windsor
If the service is available in your area, you can request a meeting if you recently received a ticket and have not:
- paid the fine
- already requested a trial
- been found guilty for not responding to your ticket within 15 days
This option is not available if you received a summons (an order to appear in front of a justice of the peace).
To request a meeting:
- go to our online system
- enter the information on the ticket or notice
- click on “Request an early resolution meeting”
- include all information, including your email address and phone number
- submit your request
Where to pay a ticket or fine
To pay a ticket or fine, issued under the Provincial Offences Act:
- go to our online system
- enter the information on the ticket or notice
- you will be directed to a municipal court office website, which will tell you how to pay your ticket
Schedule a trial
You cannot schedule a trial online.
To ask for a trial, you need to follow the instructions printed on the back of your 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.