Mississauga increasing parking fines to encourage better compliance and address safety concerns

Effective April 1, 2025, fines will increase for 76 parking offences in Mississauga. This week, Mississauga City Council approved updates to the City’s Traffic By-Law and Administrative Penalty By-law, following approval of a staff report on February 5, 2025. By increasing fines, the City aims to encourage better compliance with parking regulations and prevent safety risks caused by illegally parked and stopped vehicles.

Since 2021, the City has experienced a significant increase in parking service requests and penalties issued, with numbers continuing to trend upwards.

• In 2024, the City received 182,096 service requests and issued 208,433 penalties.
• Compared to 2021, this is a 75 per cent increase in service requests and a 60 per cent increase in issued penalties.

Updates to the Administrative Penalty By-law, effective April 1, 2025

• A 38 per cent fine increase will be applied to 66 parking offences as they relate to the City’s Traffic By-law.
• Of the 66 offences, an additional $10 increase will be applied to the City’s most common parking violations, such as parking in a prohibited area, parking during the prohibited period between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and parking at a paid parking machine without displaying a receipt. A $50 fine increase will be applied to offences that pose heightened public safety concerns, such as parking or stopping in a bike lane, in a school zone, on a sidewalk or crosswalk, and within three metres of a fire hydrant.
• A $50 fine increase will be applied to parking offences as they relate to the City’s Fire Route By-law and the Accessible Parking By-law.

Updates to the Lakefront Increased Penalty Zone, as per the Traffic By-law

Each year, from May 1 to September 30, parking and stopping violations incur a fine of $100 on local roads, in City parks and municipal parking lots south of Lakeshore Road. Effective April 1, 2025, fines will increase to beyond the current fine amount of $100 for four parking offences within the Lakefront Increased Penalty Zone, including stopping a vehicle on a sidewalk, parking within three metres of a fire hydrant, and parking and stopping in a school zone. The boundaries of the Lakefront Increased Penalty Zone will also be extended, extending from the city’s east limit to the city’s west limit. The west limit was previously Meadow Wood Road.

Residents can report a parking offence online.

To learn more about parking in Mississauga, visit mississauga.ca/parking.

To learn more about road safety in Mississauga, visit mississauga.ca/roadsafety.

Quotes

“We’ve experienced a notable rise in non-compliance with parking regulations in Mississauga. This not only causes traffic congestion by impeding traffic but also creates serious safety risks. Strengthening our by-laws is key to promoting compliance, keeping our city moving and protecting all road users. Through enforcement and education, our Parking Enforcement team will work to ensure that the rules are upheld and understood. Please remember to treat our officers with respect. We appreciate residents’ support in creating a safer city.” – Raj Sheth, Commissioner, Corporate Services

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• Enforcement and Fines
• Roads and Traffic