Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you Read by hand. We read Brampton's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.
A clear, checkable guide to Brampton's budget, taxes and council decisions. A city of about 791,486 people (Statistics Canada 2024 estimate, as printed in the city’s 2025 Financial Report) in Peel Region, with ten wards, a mayor, and councillors who also sit on Peel Regional Council. Every figure links back to the public record.
$200,603,000billed but not yet paid at the end of 2025, up from $64,702,000 at the end of 2021 (12.94% of the year’s levy, up from 5.33%)
Taxes receivable is property tax that has been billed but not yet paid. At the end of 2025 it was $200,603,000, or 12.94% of that year’s tax levy (the amount the city bills). At the end of 2021 it was $64,702,000, or 5.33%. The city says the late-payment penalties and interest it earned rose by $41 million in 2025 because of this increase. We did not find a city report that says why more tax is going unpaid.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
$46,642,000received from developers in 2025 (with interest), against $166,984,000 recognized and spent that year; the developers’ balance fell from $399,840,000 to $279,498,000
Development charges are fees builders pay so new homes help cover roads, transit and other growth costs. The city keeps unspent charges in reserve funds. The audited statements show the developers’ balance fell from $399,840,000 to $279,498,000 in 2025, because far less came in than was used. The city’s own 2026 budget says recent provincial changes "have resulted in significantly reduced revenues" and that growth projects will suffer unless the senior governments make up the loss.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
$19,476,000one-time transfer from the Strategic Reserve that cut the 2026 tax levy by 1.3%
A reserve is money a city has saved for later. The adopted 2026 budget holds the city’s own share of the tax bill at 0%, with a 1% hospital levy on top. The budget tables show a "Contribution From Reserves" of (19,476) thousand dollars, worth -1.3% on the tax levy, which the budget calls a "short–term internal loan" from the Strategic Reserve. It was added by the Budget Committee. We did not find the repayment date or schedule.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
$770,048.55overstated in the bank ledger after fare deposits were recorded twice (a second double entry was $475,398.36)
The city’s own Internal Audit division reviewed Brampton Transit’s fare money in a report dated December 1, 2025. It found that tap-to-pay and phone-wallet payments, which grew from 9% of payments in the first quarter of 2024 to over 45% in the second quarter of 2025, are left out of the report used to check fares against the provincial system. It also found bank entries recorded twice (overstating the bank accounts by $770,048.55 and $475,398.36) and a fare evasion rate of 2.1% on its ride-alongs, against 0.5% in the farebox report.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
8 of 20commercial businesses reviewed by Internal Audit were operating without required final inspections and occupancy approvals
Building inspections check that new construction follows the Ontario Building Code. The city’s Internal Audit division reviewed building permits in a report dated February 23, 2025. It found 12% of inspections were scheduled late or not at all, 9% of permits had no inspection for over 12 months, and 8 of 20 commercial businesses reviewed were operating without the required final inspections and occupancy approvals. It also found 140 orders to comply were sent for prosecution and only 22 advanced to that stage.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
over 600 lane kilometresof regional road the city’s 2026 budget says it will take over, with no yearly cost published
The Region of Peel owns and runs the larger "regional" roads, along with waste, water and other services. The city’s 2026 budget says these services are moving away from the Region: roads and waste to Brampton, and water and wastewater to a new publicly owned municipal services company. In that budget the transfer of regional roads is given two dates: "July 1, 2026" in one place and "Effective 2027" in another. The budget says it will add "over 600 lane kilometers" of roads and that winter maintenance costs are already rising from "assumption/download of Regional roads". We found no dollar estimate of what the roads will cost Brampton each year or what money comes with them.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
4complaints about councillors open in 2022 whose outcome the Integrity Commissioner says she cannot confirm
The Integrity Commissioner is the independent officer who looks into complaints that a council member broke the Code of Conduct. In her annual report for 2023 (dated August 2, 2024) the Commissioner says her appointment ended in 2022, that she was reinstated on January 25, 2023, and that she cannot "confirm how the below complaints were concluded" for four complaints about councillors that were open in 2022, including one about a conflict of interest and one about failing to declare a pecuniary interest. The report also says informal emails about five matters, received between December 2023 and April 2024, were sent a complaint form on February 27, 2024 and closed when no one replied. A 2024 report says a complaint email of January 29, 2024 did not reach her until February 23, 2024 because of a forwarding problem the city fixed.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
(169,082.12)the Mayor’s "Budget Remaining" in the 2024 Appendix A (negative); the Mayor’s Office statement shows 70,203.10 remaining for the same year
The city publishes a yearly Statement of Remuneration and Expenses (Appendix A) and a separate Mayor’s Office Expense Statement. For the Mayor, Appendix A shows "Budget Remaining" of (169,082.12) in 2024 and (11,187.03) in 2025 (brackets mean negative, so spending above budget). The Mayor’s Office statement shows money left over: remaining budget of 70,203.10 for 2024 and 97,161.48 for 2025. The actuals also differ: for 2024, Appendix A’s sub-total is 1,677,861.15 and the office statement shows actuals of 1,215,937.90. The documents do not say how the two scopes differ.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
$900,000budgeted for Mayor and Council advertising, marketing and promotion in 2026, up from $650,000 (+38.5%)
The 2026 budget for the Mayor and Council department raises "Advertising, Marketing & Promotion" from 650 to 900 (thousand dollars), up 38.5%. The budget labels the $250,000 increase "Community Outreach". The 2025 forecast for the department’s "Other Expenditures" was 455, against a 2025 budget of 1,088. The municipal election is on October 26, 2026.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
$246,893,000annual surplus in 2025, against a budget of $89,363,000 (2024: $113,559,000)
The audited statements show a 2025 annual surplus almost three times the budgeted one. The city explains that most of the gap is capital money: $77 million more in government transfers (the federal Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, public transit stream) and $112 million more in development charges earned. A surplus on these statements is not cash left over for spending: grants and developers’ charges are tied to building projects.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
$8,238,000,000total of the transit projects the city’s 2026 budget lists as seeking funding, including $2,800,000,000 for the Hurontario LRT extension
LRT is light rail (an electric tram-like train); BRT is bus rapid transit (buses with their own lanes). The city’s 2026 budget lists $2,800,000,000 for extending the Hurontario LRT, marked "Approved - awaiting funding", and $1,100,000,000 for the Queen Street–Highway 7 BRT, in a transit total of $8,238,000,000 that it is asking the other governments to fund. The city says the federal and provincial governments "have committed to funding" the LRT extension and that details "are anticipated shortly". It has drawn $7.8 million of a $400 million bank facility to buy electric buses.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
5 + 1five councillors and one citizen member sit on the Audit Committee
Brampton has an Internal Audit division, whose reports go to the Audit Committee of five councillors and one citizen. The city’s own pages are not consistent about who Internal Audit reports to. The accountability page says it reports "to the Chief Administrative Officer", while another page says "functionally to the Audit Committee and administratively to the Chief Administrative Officer". The city has no municipal ombudsman of its own, so the Ontario Ombudsman acts as one. We did not find an Auditor General on the city’s accountability page. Internal Audit does publish its reports and says it uses the Global Internal Audit Standards.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
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