More ‘pro-active’ parking bylaw and property standards enforcement coming across Brampton

Brampton Bylaw Enforcement officers will be rotating through all ten wards in the city starting this week under a plan designed to crackdown on ongoing resident concerns related to parking enforcement, property standards and other issues.

The new pilot project comes out of the city’s Residential Rental License (RRL) program, which was launched to cut down on overcrowding and dangerous conditions in rental units while holding landlords and tenants responsible for property standards issues.

Some $700,000 in fines have been issued and thousands of rentals have been brought up to code since the program launched in 2024, while parking fines have nearly tripled in recent years.

And while city staff say bylaw is “catching up” to community complaints, a new enforcement model will help city councillors report problem properties.

“Officers will conduct proactive patrols in areas identified as having the highest number of service requests, repeat concerns and compliance failures, helping address neighbourhood challenges earlier and improving responsiveness to resident concerns,” the city says of its “pro-active” patrols.

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And beginning on June 29, each of Brampton’s wards and areas “identified as having the highest number of service requests” and “repeat concerns and compliance failures.”

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

“This pilot program is the direct result of listening to our residents, who are among the most engaged and community-minded citizens in the country,” Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said in a statement. “By putting enforcement resources where the evidence tells us they are needed most, we are not only making Brampton’s neighbourhoods safer and cleaner, we are building a model that cities across Ontario and beyond can look to as they face their own growth challenges.”

The city issued $2.7 million in parking fines in 2024 when the RRL program first launched. Some $7.7 million in parking fines were handed out in 2025, and data shows bylaw enforcement are on track to eclipse last year’s totals and have already issued $7.6 million in fines in 2026.

Some 3,984 rental licenses have been issued between Jan. 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026, according to a city report. Over 13,000 new applications were received when the RRL was expanded to include all of Brampton in 2026.

Brampton Bylaw Services has handed out penalty notices with fines of at least $695,550 under the RRL program, and the report shows there have been 620 fire safety inspection orders issued “where deficiencies were identified” since January 2024.