Close to $8M in parking fines already handed out, up 165% so far this year in Brampton

Nearly $8 million in parking fines have already been issued in Brampton this year – a 165 per cent jump from the same time last year, according to a city report.

Between January and June last year, Brampton Bylaw Enforcement handed out $2.9 million in parking fines. But so far this year, the city has issued more than double that amount with $7.8 million in fines.

A report to Brampton City Council last week shows there were over 116,500 tickets issued through all of 2025, up 27 per cent from 2024, and the numbers are currently tracking up again this year with nearly 82,000 fines already in 2026.

Brampton has a graduated fine structure, and the report says over 73,000 of the tickets issued this year were at the first penatly stage ($6,461,705), 6,087 at the second stage ($920,822) and 2,797 at the third stage ($505,640).

The number of vehicles towed has also jumped significantly from January to June, up nearly 200 per cent from 313 in 2025 to 932 so far this year. The spike comes after a 104 per cent jump from 355 towed vehicles in 2024 to 723 in all of 2025.

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There have also been 55,799 parking complaints filed in the first six months of 2026 – up two per cent year-over-year. Some 14 per cent of those complaints made this year have resulted in no fines, the report says.

Property standards complaints also increased year-to-date in Brampton, up 12 per cent to 12,479 with fines jumping 146 per cent from $780,000 between January and June last year to $1.9 million so far this year.

The city has hired 95 new bylaw staffers since 2024, five of which were supervisory positions. That means Brampton Bylaw Services has an approximate supervisor-to-officer ratio of 1:19 – far below the 1:8 to 1:12 ratio that is the “industry standards for enforcement organizations,” the report reads.

The report comes after seven residents appeared before council in June and raised concerns raised about multiple service areas, and follows a new city plan where Brampton Bylaw Enforcement officers will be rotating through all ten wards under a plan designed to crackdown on ongoing resident concerns related to parking enforcement, property standards and other issues.

The proactive patrols will help bylaw enforcement address neighbourhood challenges sooner and improve responsiveness to resident concerns, the city says.