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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Mississauga'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 Mississauga's budget, taxes and council decisions. A city of 717,961 people (2021 Census) west of Toronto, with eleven wards, one mayor and a council that also sits on the Region of Peel. Every figure links back to the public record.
15.12%the 2027 levy increase in the city’s own forecast, after 4.39% in 2026 (with a one-time $33 million draw from reserves)
The levy is the part of the property-tax bill that pays for city services. A reserve is money the city saved for later. For 2026 the city used $33 million of reserves, so the levy rose 4.39% instead of 8.80%. The city’s own four-year plan then shows a 15.12% levy increase in 2027. In September 2026 council was told that 2026 could end with an operating deficit of $39.6 million before any reserves are applied.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
$335,754,000left in the development-charge fund at the end of 2025, down from $410,972,000 a year earlier (amounts as printed in thousands)
Development charges are fees that builders pay when they build, kept in a separate fund to pay for roads, transit, parks and other things a growing city needs. In 2025 the fund took in $20,067,000, and $97,855,000 was spent from it. Its balance fell from $410,972,000 to $335,754,000. The city has also cut or removed these charges on some housing to speed up building, and council extended those cuts in March 2026.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
$365,538,000long-term debt at the end of 2025, up from $260,745,000 (amounts as printed in thousands)
Mississauga borrowed $144,156,000 in 2025 (all of it through the Region of Peel), after $90,000,000 in 2024. The city’s plan has debt principal and interest rising from $48,559,000 in 2025 to $98,627,000 in 2029. At the same time, the 2026 budget cut the part of the tax that pays for capital projects and debt (the Capital Infrastructure & Debt Repayment Levy) from three per cent to one per cent. The city says this means some projects will be delayed or cancelled.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources
In 2023 the Province passed a law (Bill 112) to dissolve the Region of Peel on January 1, 2025, and Mississauga’s own report called single-tier status something it had asked for over two decades. In June 2024 a new law (Bill 185) confirmed Peel would not be dissolved. Instead, in December 2025 the Province passed Bill 45 to move regional roads and garbage collection to Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. The Mayor says the move will bring "cost savings and efficiencies", and the 2026 budget says it will "result in savings for taxpayers", but the budget prints no figure and leaves both services out of its numbers.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 5 sources
An Auditor General is an officer who reports to council, not to city management, and can check whether money is well spent. After residents asked for stronger independent oversight during the 2026 budget meetings, council asked staff for options in January 2026. On March 11, 2026 council was shown four options, including hiring an Auditor General, and chose to keep the current Internal Audit team and add two residents to the Audit Committee. The city says council will watch how the Region of Peel’s new Auditor General works out. A public fraud and waste hotline is planned for early 2027.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 5 sources
$144,581,000spent on contracted services in 2025, against a budget of $93,684,000 in the audited statements (amounts as printed in thousands)
The city’s audited 2025 statements put total expenses at $1,273,523,000, against a budget of $1,189,440,000. Contracted services (work done by outside companies) were $144,581,000 against $93,684,000, and salaries and benefits were $745,259,000 against $706,008,000. Roads spending was $179,007,000 against a budget of $130,774,000. The statements explain that the budget they compare to is adjusted to leave out the capital budget’s spending.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
The Hazel McCallion Line is a provincially owned light rail line (formerly the Hurontario LRT). The city’s 2026 budget lists "Hazel McCallion LRT operating costs" among the costs that pushed up its original 2026 forecast, but it prints no dollar figure and gives no opening date. News reports have given figures. We did not find one in a city document we could open, so we do not repeat any here.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 2 sources
Each year the city publishes what it paid each member of council. "Constituency expenses" are the costs of running the member’s office. For 2025 the Mayor’s were $106,819.17, against a budget of $111,082.64. The eleven councillors’ were each between $17,495.14 and $34,876.47. The statement does not say what the Mayor’s figure includes.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 2 sources
Council unanimously agreed to give $390 million toward the local share of the new Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital. The city plans a new one per cent Hospital Levy on property taxes from 2029, which the budget puts at 10,019 (thousands of dollars) in 2029. If the levy has not raised enough by January 1, 2033, the city says it will borrow the rest.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 2 sources
The Integrity Commissioner is the independent officer who looks into complaints that a council member broke the Code of Conduct. The city’s page for the commissioner’s reports lists nothing dated after March 14, 2023, yet its page on the commissioner now names a different firm (Principles Integrity) from the one who signed that 2023 report. Council also decided in 2022 that the commissioner should report every quarter on complaints that fell outside the commissioner’s powers.
Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources
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