Provincial Offences

The City of Kenora provides administration and court services for all Provincial Offences in the Kenora area including Kenora, Red Lake, Ear Falls, and Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls. The Provincial Offences (POA) office is located in City Hall at 1 Main St. S, Kenora.

If you have any questions about the scheduling of your Provincial Offences Act offence, please contact the POA Court Services Office at 807-467-2984 or poa@kenora.ca.

How to attend

You may attend in person or by video/audio.

To connect to this court proceeding, you will need a phone or a device capable of connecting to the internet and internet access. 

• Attend by internet via https://zoom.us/join
• Attend by telephone, toll-free, at 1-855-703-8985
• Meeting ID 830 669 0546
• Passcode 355460

Please remember the Kenora District is in the Central Time Zone (CST).

Require assistance

If you do not have access to a personal telephone or a computer, you may:

• Use a payphone and dial the toll-free number 1-855-703-8985 to connect into the Court and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID and Passcode indicated above.

Ticket options

If you are issued a Provincial Offences ticket, you should carefully read payment and trial options on the back of the ticket. Within 15 days of receipt of your offence/ticket – you must select one of the 3 options shown on your offence notice. If you do not exercise one of these 3 options – you will be deemed not to dispute the charge and a Justice of the Peace may enter a conviction against you in your absence. Upon conviction, additional costs will be added to the total payable.

Option 1 - payment

By choosing this option you are stating that you do not dispute the charge and you must pay the total payable on the offence/ticket.

Option 2 - plea of guilty with submissions as to penalty

By choosing this option known as a “walk-in-guilty” you are stating that you are guilty but wish to provide more information about your ability to pay the fine or that you need more time to pay. 

Please e-mail the Kenora Provincial Offences court office or call 807-467-2984. An audio appointment will be scheduled for you to speak to the Justice of the Peace. 

Option 3 - trial request

If you wish to plead not guilty, you must sign Option 3 on the back of the ticket. You can mail it, e-mail to POA, or drop it off at the POA office at 1 Main Street South, Kenora. You will receive a Notice of Trial by mail or email; please make sure your mailing address or email address is correct on the ticket. If you do not receive a Notice of Trial in 3-4 weeks, contact the Provincial Offences Court office to confirm the status.

You must choose one of the three options within 15 days from the date you received the offence notice. If you fail to respond, the notice will be processed as undisputed.

Payment of fines

You can pay for your fines online, by phone 807-467-2984, in person or by mail to POA One Main St S, Kenora, ON P9N 3X2, or in person at One Main Street South, Kenora. 

We accept:

• cash
• cheque
• money order
• debit card
• MasterCard credit card
• Visa credit card

Visa Debit is accepted in person only.

We accept payments for all Provincial Offences fines province-wide.