Parking fines up over 170% under rental licensing program in Brampton: report

Some $7.6 million in parking fines have already been handed out this year as Brampton steps up bylaw enforcement under its landlord registration program – nearly the same amount of parking fines handed out in all of 2025.

The data comes from the city’s latest progress report of the Residential Rental License (RRL) – an at times controversial program that requires Brampton property owners with four or fewer rental units to obtain a license to operate.

The program launched in 2024 was billed as a way to cut down on overcrowding and dangerous conditions in rental units, and to hold landlords and tenants responsible for property standards issues.

And numbers are trending in the right direction, with city staff saying bylaw enforcement is “catching up” to community complaints.

In 2024 when the RRL launched, the city issued $2.7 million in parking fines. 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.

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Vehicle towing has also seen a huge jump since the RRL was introduced, up 201 per cent to 723 vehicles in 2025 from 355 vehicles in 2024. And towing is up again this year, with 848 vehicles already towed in the first five months of 2026.

Property standards fines are also up 143 per cent with enforcement up 92 per cent, the report says.

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.

The city uses graduated fines with increasing penalties “to encourage early corrective action and reduce non-compliance,” and found 58 per cent of RRL matters are resolved at the “Intermediate Penalty” level following a first offence. Issues with additional rental units (ARUs) are also mostly dealt with at the intermediate stage (51 per cent).

Some 5 per cent of RRL matters escalated to the highest penalty, and landlords who remain in non-compliance with the RRL program face escalation through the Provincial Offences Court and penalties up to $100,000.

Initial fire safety inspection compliance rates have jumped from 39 per cent when the program first launched to 66 per cent, “indicating more properties are meeting minimum requirements prior to corrective action,” the report says.

More than 1,130 properties were brought into fire safety compliance following “fire prevention inspection and corrective action.”

The city says it will be launching new pro-active enforcement with input from area councillors later this month, and will identify the top-five problem properties in each ward pairing. Brampton is also calling on the province to introduce a “sub-class” for problem properties, similar to rules in Alberta.