Laid out in careful rows, 616 candles glowed in front of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on Sunday evening, each one representing a person killed in a collision in 2023, the most recent year statistics were available.

Following speeches from advocates for traffic safety precautions — such as speed cameras or bike lanes — and the friends of traffic violence victims, a few dozen community members marched around Queen’s Park while carrying candles and photos of victims.

The vigil was organized by Friends and Families for Safe Streets (FFSS), a coalition of collision survivors pushing for improved road design and legislation, while working to change public attitudes towards traffic.

“Each candle represents a person robbed of their future, a family robbed of their loved ones, an empty sp

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