By-law Enforcement

More officers, faster response, safer roads and real consequences for repeat offenders. Here is what the City of Brampton has delivered for cleaner, safer neighbourhoods, with every figure linked to its source.

99%
of grass and garbage requests addressed
summer 2026, up from 43% in 2025
9 days
to resolve priority complaints
down from 51 days
51
new enforcement positions
2026 Budget, with a 0% City tax increase
564%
more property standards penalties
804 in 2025 vs 121 in 2024
9 km/h
slower traffic at speed camera sites
across 185 camera sites
All 10
wards covered by rental licensing
since January 1, 2026

“When residents speak, we act.”

Mayor Patrick Brown, June 18, 2026

By the numbers

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Faster, more proactive enforcement in 2026Summer 2026 compared with 2025

Grey is 2025, green is 2026. For parking incidents, lower is better.

Grass and garbage requests addressed
Summer 2025: 43%43%Summer 2025Summer 2026: 99%99%Summer 2026
Vehicles towed
2025: 38938920252026: 1,1391,1392026
Parking incidents, Jan to Aug
2025: 79,37979,37920252026: 75,76275,7622026

Source: City of Brampton, Sep 16, 2026

Results after the enforcement reviewJanuary to September 2025 compared with 2024

Grey is before, green is after. For days to resolve, lower is better.

Property standards penalties
2024: 12112120242025: 8048042025
Proactive property inspections
2024: 37437420242025: 7207202025
Days to resolve priority complaints
Before: 5151Before2025: 992025

Source: City of Brampton, Sep 24, 2025

Cameras that keep our roads saferSpeed and red light cameras

Speed cameras slowed traffic by 9 km/h on average. Speeding more than doubled in the week after the Province stopped speed camera ticketing in November 2025.

Speeding incidents per week
With cameras: 31,58131,581With camerasAfter tickets stopped: 71,25871,258After tickets stopped
Speed camera sites
Sep 2024: 7070Sep 2024Sep 2025: 185185Sep 2025
Red light cameras
2026: 15152026By 2028: 3535By 2028

Sources: CP24, Nov 27, 2025, Sep 2024, City of Brampton, Sep 11, 2025, City of Brampton, Jun 26, 2026

Residents are reaching out more than ever123,895 requests in 2024, 340 a day

By-law requests for service each year, through 311 and online. That is why the City added officers, cameras and proactive patrols.

  • 202059,160
  • 202172,449
  • 202289,540
  • 2023109,402
  • 2024123,895

Source: City of Brampton 2024 Enforcement and By-law Annual Report. Parking made up 86,000 of the 2024 requests and property standards 21,723.

Major results

Highlights from City of Brampton news releases and reports, 2022 to 2026.

More officers, smarter patrols4 highlights
Sep 16, 2026

Proactive strategy delivers stronger results

37,679 tickets issued between May 28 and Aug 28. Parking incidents down 5% year over year. 73% of the 1,466 properties that got a compliance letter before summer needed no follow up.

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Jun 18, 2026

Ward based enforcement teams

Dedicated property standards and parking officers assigned to ward pairings, rotating through all 10 wards. 700+ proactive inspections and 1,600+ resident requests addressed in the first weeks.

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Feb 6, 2026

51 new enforcement positions

The 2026 Budget adds rental housing compliance officers, 12 parking and road safety officers, 10 seasonal officers and 6 more plate recognition vehicles, with a 0% City tax increase.

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Jun 5, 2024

38 new officers after the enforcement review

Council approved 38 officers, 2 support staff and 28 recommendations, moving parking to proactive patrols with escalating penalties for repeat offenders.

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Parking and towing3 highlights
Jun 10, 2026

Plate recognition cameras expanded to 7 units

Six AI enabled plate recognition vehicles joined the one in service since 2019. 9,576 penalty notices issued with them this year.

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Sep 24, 2025

Urgent parking safety issues: 100% response

94,884 parking penalty notices from January to September 2025, up 11%, with a 100% response rate on urgent parking safety issues.

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Apr 11, 2025

Repeat offenders pay more

Escalating penalties for repeat parking violations: 620 second offence and 282 subsequent offence penalties in early 2025. In the first quarter, towing rose 97% and 84 fraudulent accessible parking permits were seized.

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Clean, safe properties3 highlights
Sep 24, 2025

Property standards penalties up 564%

804 penalties vs 121 a year earlier. Proactive inspections up 93%. Priority complaints now resolved in 9 days instead of 51.

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Sep 16, 2026

99% of grass and garbage requests addressed

Up from 43% the summer before, helped by 1,466 proactive compliance letters sent ahead of the season.

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Apr 17, 2025

Tougher rules on garbage and dumping

Escalating fines of $250, $500 and $750 for waste and dumping violations, so repeat offenders pay more.

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Safer roads2 highlights
Sep 11, 2025

Speed cameras cut speeds by 9 km/h

185 camera sites, compliance up 38% and 86% resident support. Council voted to keep the program.

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Jun 26, 2026

Red light cameras to more than double

From 15 to up to 35 by 2028, plus 210 Community Safety Zones, 150+ streets with speed cushions, 42 pedestrian crossovers and a noise camera pilot this fall.

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Downtown safety and encampments4 highlights
Jun 26, 2025

Coordinated encampment response

A Peel wide encampment policy with no encampment zones and a commitment not to turn people away from shelter, adopted by Brampton in October 2025.

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Oct 31, 2024

Etobicoke Creek Trail cleared

25 encampments on the Etobicoke Creek Trail reduced to 1 after the Region secured motel spaces for people living there.

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Jul 14, 2026

More security downtown

6 more security guards 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCTV inside bus shelters, lighting checks and cleanup under the Nelson St bridge.

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Dec 13, 2024

$75.5M in provincial support

Ontario funding for encampments and public safety, with Brampton calling for compassionate intervention for people in crisis.

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Safer rental housing3 highlights
Dec 12, 2025

Rental licensing now covers every ward

Since January 1, 2026, landlords with one to four rental units in all 10 wards need a free licence and $2M liability insurance. Renting without one costs $750, rising to $1,500 for repeat offences.

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Jun 17, 2026

Fire safety compliance up from 39% to 66%

620 fire safety orders issued and more than 1,130 properties brought into fire safety compliance under rental licensing.

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Sep 16, 2024

Thousands of inspections

In its first months the rental licensing pilot issued more than 2,200 licences and completed more than 4,700 inspections.

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Noise and fireworks2 highlights
Nov 24, 2022

Tougher fireworks rules

Minimum fines of $500 for setting off and $1,000 for selling personal fireworks.

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2024

Noise and nuisance enforcement

498 public nuisance penalties for noise and 87 fireworks penalty notices in 2024. 20,687 illegal signs removed.

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