Who's scanning your plate?

Every dot is a mapped automated licence plate reader in Canada. Most scanning isn't dots at all — it's police fleets. Toggle layers below.

Police surveillance ALPR Generalized scanning of everyday movement. What this site is about. Mobile fleets 12 services Vehicle-mounted ALPR — the majority of Canadian scanning capacity. Circles sized by fleet; no fixed location exists. Toll / paid service 407 ETR and toll gantries. You entered a paid service billed by plate — scanning is the product. Off by default: it's not the same thing. Border crossings Every land crossing runs plate readers (CBSA / US CBP). A defined checkpoint, not ambient surveillance. Included for completeness. Private & institutional Malls, retailers, campus parking. Scanning private property — but private collections can feed police by request.

Consent and context matter — a toll you pay and a border you cross are not the same as a dragnet on your commute. Every safeguard on these systems is a setting. See how the settings differ →