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Montreal police issued 42 times more tickets to cyclists than Toronto cops last year.

Montreal Police slapped cyclists with 12,285 tickets compared to Toronto Police issuing only 292 in 2018, according to statistics provided by the two police departments.

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Montreal tops the list even when the totals are compared to six of Canada’s other largest cities tallied together.

Vancouver (380), Calgary (399), Edmonton (113), Winnipeg (114), Ottawa (180) and Toronto police services handed cyclists a combined total of 1,478 tickets in 2018.

Police in these major Canadian cities issued tickets for infractions such as running red lights, lacking bells, lights and proper brakes, failing to slow down for pedestrians, riding the wrong way and for not stopping for a school bus.

In Vancouver, a bike-friendly city with a population of just over 675,000, 380 tickets translates to one cyclist ticket per 1,775 people that live there. In comparison, the City of Toronto — in the midst of implementing its Cycling Network 10-Year Plan for a city of 2.93 million — gave out one ticket per 10,034 people.