Parking

This summer, residents and visitors may notice Parking Enforcement Officers on bicycles throughout Mississauga. These officers will patrol parks, waterfront areas, the downtown core, neighbourhood business districts and major community events. Parking Enforcement Officers will engage with residents and visitors, helping educate them about parking rules and responding to concerns in locations that can be difficult to reach by car. When necessary, officers will also enforce parking and by-law offences to help keep Mississauga safer and more accessible for everyone.

The program is designed to enhance Parking Enforcement Officers’ presence in the community, connect them with residents and visitors and support a positive experience for everyone. They have completed special training to ensure safe and effective bike patrols.

Respectful interactions

Mississauga’s Parking Enforcement Officers help keep roads safe and accessible for everyone. When they issue a ticket, they are following the City’s by-laws and helping ensure safety and fairness across Mississauga. Residents and visitors are reminded to be respectful when interacting with Parking Enforcement Officers. They are designated Peace Officers under the Police Services Act. Harming or trying to harm an officer while they are doing their job may result in criminal charges.

Get familiar with parking rules and etiquette to avoid a fine.

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“We continue to enhance our Parking Services programs and services to ensure a safer and more enjoyable city for everyone. The Parking Enforcement Bike Unit helps our officers connect directly with the community in a more accessible way to educate residents and visitors on parking rules and etiquette. This also helps the City respond faster at public spaces and enforce by-laws where needed.” – Raj Sheth, Commissioner, Community Services

Reducing road salt to protect the environment

Starting this winter, the City’s Low Road Salt Strategy will reduce winter salt use.

The City already has a Salt Management Plan that includes pre-treating roads with brine, plowing more often, using advanced weather watch technology and using treated salt on colder days.

The new Low Road Salt Strategy will build on the City’s Salt Management Plan and further reduce the City’s salt use by:

• Using more anti-icing brine—salt water—on 20 per cent more roads. This saves up to 650 tonnes of salt each winter.
• Plowing snow earlier on select major roads so less salt is needed. This saves up to 3,450 tonnes of salt each winter.
• Testing magnesium-treated road salt on select sidewalks and bus stops. This works well on surfaces for longer and may lessen the need to reapply salt.
• In the spring of 2027, testing the use of Halophytes. These are salt-tolerant plants that can take salt out of soils.

Fewer parked cars, easier snow clearing

The City declares a citywide winter parking restriction when it needs to plow snow. In 2025, the City put in place citywide winter parking restrictions. During the restriction, the five-hour on-street parking limit is suspended and drivers can’t park on the street.

Changes approved by Council will now include 15-hour parking areas when a citywide winter parking restriction is called.

Mississauga has four to eight snowstorms a year that require plowing. Roads are plowed when five centimetres of snow has fallen. Parked cars make it harder to clear the width of the street. This causes delays and increases costs.

With fewer parked cars, crews can:

• Clear roads safely and efficiently.
• Reduce repeat visits to streets with parked cars on the road.
• Maintain suitable service levels for residents.

What is changing for drivers

New Licence Plate Recognition technology

To improve safety and enhance how the City delivers services, the City’s Parking Services will start using Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) technology to automatically photograph licence plate information from illegally parked vehicles. This new process supports Parking Enforcement Officers in places where issuing a physical penalty notice on a vehicle may not be effective, such as school zones and time-limited parking zones. This technology will be deployed in school zones this year and will expand to other areas starting next year.

The LPR cameras will scan the licence plate and the penalty notice will be mailed directly to the vehicle’s registered owner. The address used will be the one registered with the Ministry of Transportation. If you receive a mailed penalty notice, review the instructions and pay or request a review within 30 days.

Extended timeline to pay or dispute a penalty notice

To address public concerns about the timeline to pay a penalty notice or request a review by a Screening Officer, City staff proposed extending the timeline from 15 days to 30 days. This change gives vehicle owners more time to review and respond to a ticket.

These changes will take effect in October 2026.

You can learn more about the by-law changes in this report.