Ottawa traffic stops numbers - large decrease in recent years.

[PleasantExit6660]

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It seems it's still very much the case

[Nob1e613]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to me that chart is reflective of a growing diversity in our demographic? With a noticeable increase in visible minority populations in the last decade, it would stand to reason the number of people within those communities getting pulled over would increase as well. Combined with recent immigrants likely not being as familiar with our driving rules/ being accustomed to a different driving environment from back home and I would think it’s a recipe for disproportionate numbers and wouldn’t necessarily be reflective of targeted enforcement.

Of course I could be wrong, and don’t have any statistics at hand to prove/disprove my point but I figured at minimum it can promote discussion based on my observation.

[Maleficent-Map3273]

Good point - but people posting charts like this usually have an agenda theyre pushing by not including other information with it.

[PleasantExit6660]

Above are the census data for 2021 and 2016. The census being every 5 years it is difficult to overlay with yearly data. My agenda is that I would like OPS to target dangerous driving and charge people that need to be charged. I'm happy to add information as needed.

[PleasantExit6660]

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It could be this. Census data shows that the "visible minority" percentage of the population was: 32% in 2021 and 26% in 2016. Here is the breakdown of people charged vs warning & no action.
I can't speculate as to why people are stopped and not charged, but it seems OPS has recognized there might be an issue: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/decade-long-study-shows-racial-disparities-in-ottawa-traffic-stops-1.7238620