The City of Brampton is significantly expanding its automated parking enforcement program, with six new high-tech vehicles expected to hit the streets this summer as the city increases its focus on technology-driven bylaw enforcement.
The expansion comes after city council approved approximately $500,000 in the 2026 municipal budget to enhance Brampton’s Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) parking enforcement fleet. The city currently operates just one vehicle equipped with the technology, which has been in use since 2019.
The system allows bylaw officers to identify illegally parked vehicles using camera-based licence plate recognition technology without leaving their vehicles. Parking tickets are then mailed directly to the registered owners instead of being physically placed on windshields.
Speaking during a recent community town hall meeting for Wards 3 and 4, Councillor Martin Medeiros said the city continues to invest in modern enforcement tools aimed at improving efficiency and public safety.
“Council has been looking for ways to apply technology to improve ticketing for parking offences, and one of the tools we’re using now is licence plate recognition,” Medeiros told residents. “This expanded use of LPR technology will enhance both public safety and enforcement of parking bylaws.”
According to city officials, the upgraded vehicles will include enhanced AI-enabled systems designed to streamline enforcement operations and improve ticket processing.
Shane Keyes, manager of enforcement and bylaw services for the city, explained that the current ALPR-equipped vehicle has mainly focused on school zones, but the addition of six more vehicles will allow the city to broaden enforcement efforts across other neighbourhoods and problem areas.
The move comes as Brampton council has also approved higher parking fines and introduced escalating penalties for repeat offenders in an effort to discourage illegal parking and improve traffic flow in residential communities.
At the same time, the city is continuing to expand its broader automated enforcement strategy. Council recently approved funding for 50 new automated intersection cameras throughout Brampton, many of which will also feature licence plate recognition technology to assist with crime investigations and public safety initiatives.
The city’s increasing reliance on automated enforcement follows the Ontario government’s decision last year to ban municipal automated speed enforcement cameras, commonly known as photo radar. The ban forced Brampton to deactivate its network of 185 speed cameras.
However, city officials say many of those cameras are still collecting traffic data to help identify dangerous speeding hot spots where alternative traffic calming measures such as speed bumps or road redesigns may be introduced.
Brampton is also exploring new uses for some of the former speed camera infrastructure, including converting units into additional red-light cameras or using them to target vehicles with excessively loud modified exhaust systems.
Updated statistics shared during the town hall meeting revealed a sharp increase in enforcement activity. During the first three months of 2026, the number of parking tickets issued by Brampton bylaw officers increased by 77 per cent compared to the same period last year, while overall fine revenue surged by 238 per cent.
The expansion of AI-driven parking enforcement is expected to further increase the city’s ability to monitor parking violations while also reducing the need for manual ticketing operations.