Who splits the Peel police bill — and the vote Mississauga casts on it each February
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The tension: Mississauga pays about 62% of Peel Regional Police's cost because a Regional by-law divides it by weighted property assessment — a by-law that takes effect only if Mississauga's own council consents, which it did in February 2026, on a 10–0 General Committee recommendation, while asking the province to change the formula. If the Region delegates again for 2027, as it has each year since 1998, that consent vote falls to the council elected on October 26.
Mississauga pays about 62% of the cost of Peel Regional Police. The province set Peel's shares itself in 2009, but since 2010 it has left the split to a Region of Peel by-law, passed each year.
That by-law divides police costs between Mississauga and Brampton by property assessment, weighted by tax class. It takes effect only if every local council consents before the last day of February, and the method can change only if all three agree, so Mississauga cannot change it alone. Mississauga consents each year, including in February 2026, while asking the province to move the formula toward population.
If the Region delegates again for 2027, that consent vote falls to the council elected on October 26. The questions below ask how a candidate would cast it, who should decide the formula, and what residents should see before the vote.
Resolution Options
Ways this tension could be resolved. Each question below tests one of them.
Treat the February consent as a real decision. In each year the Region delegates, Council's consent is the one vote Mississauga casts directly on the split, and refusing it would stop the by-law from taking effect for that year. A candidate can say how they would vote and what would change their vote. Asked in q1.
Decide who should set the formula. The method can change only if all three councils agree, so neither Brampton nor Caledon can be outvoted and Mississauga cannot change it alone. The other route is the province, which set Peel's shares itself in 2009 and which Mississauga has asked to impose a population-based formula. Asked in q2.
Publish the cost before the vote. Each year, before the February consent vote, the City publishes its calculation of what the current split costs Mississauga, so residents can see the figure their council is voting on. Asked in q3.
Questions you can ask
To: allIn each year the Region delegates, Mississauga Council must consent, before the last day of February, to the Region's by-law that splits Peel Regional Police costs by weighted property assessment — about 62% to Mississauga — or the by-law does not take effect. It consented in February 2026, on a 10–0 General Committee recommendation. If the Region delegates again for 2027, how will you vote on that consent, and what would change your vote?
To: allThe Region can change the method only if all three municipalities agree, and Mississauga has instead asked the province to impose a population-based formula. What should decide how police costs are split between the cities, and who should decide it — the three councils, or the province?
To: allThe City's estimate of what the current split costs Mississauga was $86 million a year in the Mayor's November 2024 letter, and $93.3 million for 2025 in its January 2026 budget submission. Will you commit to the City publishing its calculation each year, before the February consent vote, so residents can see the figure being voted on?
20 candidates are on record on this issue. Every candidate in these races is searched the same way. Only candidates who have said something in public on this issue are named here, with a link to the source; the others are counted by race below. The full record for every candidate is on Candidates.
reported on record: In a post on his campaign site of September 10, 2026, Tedjo says the formula that makes Mississauga responsible for 62% of Peel Regional Police's cost "is set by the Province of Ontario and needs to change", and that as mayor he will work with the provincial government to renegotiate it so that Brampton pays its fair share. A position naming the province as the body to change the split. It does not name a basis for the split, or say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Crombie's community safety plan says Mississauga taxpayers "carry a large share of the cost of policing in Peel", and commits her to propose an annual value-for-money review at the Police Services Board that would include "the fairness of how policing costs are shared across Peel". A position that the split's fairness should be examined. It does not name a basis for the split, a body to change it, or how she would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Parrish's campaign site says she is pushing Mississauga's MPPs to reform the police funding formula, so that the cost is shared "based on population and crime rates, not on property values", as in the municipalities the OPP serves. As mayor, in a letter to the Minister of Municipal Affairs of November 29, 2024, she asked the province to move the formula to a population basis, writing that with half the votes at Regional Council, Mississauga cannot change it without Brampton or Caledon. Her September 2026 campaign update repeats it: "I continue to make it my mission to strike a fair deal with the Province to correct the unfair payments based currently on property values rather than on population." A position naming a basis for the split and seeking the change through the province. She does not say how she would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: In a campaign release of September 3, 2026, Damerla calls on the Premier and the Ontario government to work with Mississauga and Brampton on "an independent review of the Peel Regional Police funding formula", examining population, policing demand and other factors, with the findings made public, and to provide transition support so that any change does not fall on Brampton taxpayers overnight. Her platform commits her as mayor to demand that review. A position naming a basis for the split and asking the province to lead the change. She does not say how she would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Matulewicz's platform says Mississauga pays about 62% of Peel Regional Police's budget "with a nearly equal population", that a fair share is owed "by the Province that sets the formula, and by the Region that splits the bill", and commits him to fight every year to close the gap. A position placing the formula with the Province and the split with the Region, with population as the implied comparison. It does not state a formula, or say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: In remarks for a candidates' night held by the Sheridan Homelands Ratepayers Association, published on his campaign site on October 7, 2026, Ragozzino says "I support fixing the outdated funding formula that charges us by property value", favouring something like population, and cites Mississauga paying 62% of the Peel Regional Police cost. A position on the basis for the split. It does not say who should change the formula, or how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Kutisker-Jacobson's campaign platform commits him to "push for fairness on shared costs with Brampton including the Police Budget". A position that the split should change. It names no basis for the split or body to change it, and does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Shanly's platform, under "Fair Cost-Sharing", says she will "Demand a rebalanced, equitable cost-split model between Mississauga and Brampton from 62/38 to 50/50." The sentence does not use the word "police". We read it as the police split because 62/38 between Mississauga and Brampton is how Peel Regional Police's cost is divided; Caledon is policed by the OPP, and other Regional costs include it. A position naming the split she wants. It does not say who should decide the method, or how she would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Answering Modern Mississauga Media's candidate questionnaire (September 2, 2026), Ellard says Mississauga covers 62% of the Peel Regional Police cost while Brampton now has a larger population, and that "all member municipalities must contribute their fair share". A position that the split should change, with population as the implied comparison. It names no formula or body to change it, and does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Vukovic's campaign lists "End The Unfair 62/38 Tax Split" among its top priorities, saying the formula is based on property value assessments "instead of real-world metrics like population, crime rates, or service calls". A position naming the measures he would use in place of assessment. It does not say who should change the split, or how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Answering Modern Mississauga Media's candidate questionnaire (August 28, 2026), Hart says "the provincially-mandated funding formula" leaves Mississauga paying for much of Brampton's policing although Brampton's population now exceeds Mississauga's, and that she wants a united Mississauga pressing for fairness. A position that the split should change, with population as the implied comparison, placing the formula with the province. It names no formula, and does not say how she would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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8 other candidates searched 2026-10-09: no public position found yet. 1 more was searched, but their own website could not be read by our tools, so this is not a finding that they have said nothing. Every candidate in this race →
reported on record: Tavares's campaign platform commits him to "formally challenge the current Peel Police funding allocation at Regional Council", to seek an independent review of the formula examining population, calls for service and policing demand, and to publish the calculation and its supporting information. He also wants to establish whether past payments justify an adjustment, credit or recovery. A position naming a basis for the split and a venue for changing it, with a commitment to publish the figures. He does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: In answer to a questionnaire Modern Mississauga Media put to every candidate (October 8, 2026), Krzywda says "I also support an independent review of police cost-sharing." He notes the City reports Mississauga pays about 62 per cent under the assessment-based formula, says "The review should compare population, property count and policing demand", and says it should inform advocacy to Ontario for a fairer arrangement. A position naming the measures a review should weigh and the province as the party to press. He does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Answering Modern Mississauga Media's candidate questionnaire (August 24, 2026), Mandadi says outdated regional funding formulas make Mississauga cover 62% of the Peel Regional Police budget, $722 per resident against Brampton's $484 despite nearly identical populations, and that he "will fight to restructure these inequitable regional formulas". A position that the split should change, with a per-resident comparison as the implied measure. It does not say who should change it, or how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Mercader's campaign Priorities page, under Affordability, says: "Support renegotiating the funding formula for Peel Police with the Province." A position that the split should change, naming the province as the party to negotiate with. It gives no basis for the split and does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Alves's campaign plan commits him to replace the 62 to 38 police split with "a fair formula based on population, service demands and calls for service", and says Mississauga needs a councillor prepared to make changing the formula a condition of supporting future Regional budgets, with any savings returned to taxpayers. A position naming a basis for the split and a lever for changing it — his votes on the Regional budget. He does not mention Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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9 other candidates searched 2026-10-09: no public position found yet. 3 more were searched, but their own websites could not be read by our tools, so this is not a finding that they have said nothing. Every candidate in this race →
reported on record: Reid's campaign site says policing costs "should be allocated more fairly, based on population rather than property values", and that he will continue fighting for a fairer regional tax system and "use my seat at Regional Council to fight for a fairer deal for Mississauga taxpayers". A position naming a basis for the split, and his seat at Regional Council as where he will press for a fairer deal. It does not say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Bajwa's platform says he will "Press for a fairer regional funding conversation: Mississauga taxpayers carry roughly 62% of the Peel Police budget despite Brampton having a larger population." A position that the split is unfair, set against population. It does not say who should decide the method, or how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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reported on record: Answering a question on his campaign site about police spending, Nanji says Mississauga pays about 62% "under the existing assessment-based formula" and that "we need to fix the funding formula", adding that police dollars should be tied to measurable outcomes such as calls for service and crime rates. A position that the split should change. It does not make clear whether those measures are meant to divide the cost between the cities or to set its size, and it does not say who should make the change.
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reported on record: Vashi's campaign plan says the police split is "decided at Regional Council where every Mississauga councillor sits", and commits him to join the Mayor's push to change it and to publish how the votes go. A position naming the body he would work through and a disclosure commitment. It does not name a basis for the split, or say how he would vote on Mississauga's annual consent to the Region's by-law.
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The split is not written into any provincial law. In 2009 the province set Peel’s levy shares itself; since 2010 its regulation has left the split to a Region of Peel by-law, passed each year. The Region divides police costs between the two cities by each one’s share of property assessment, weighted by tax class — which is why the split follows property values rather than population. On the Region’s 2026 figures, that weighting is the difference between 62.0% and 61.3%.
The by-law takes effect only if all three municipalities consent. Under section 310 of the Municipal Act, each local council must pass a consenting resolution before the last day of February, or the by-law is not in force. The Region can change the method only with all three councils’ consent — so Mississauga cannot change it alone, and neither Brampton nor Caledon can be outvoted.
Mississauga consents each year, and has asked the province to change it. On February 4, 2026 General Committee voted 10–0 to recommend that Council consent to “the same apportionment methodology” as in 2025, as it had in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In January 2026 the City’s submission to the provincial budget asked the province to “amend the Peel Regional Police funding formula” toward population; the City puts the extra cost to Mississauga at $93.3 million in 2025 and projects $104 million for 2026. In a letter of November 2024 the Mayor wrote that with half the votes on Regional Council, Mississauga cannot change the formula without Brampton or Caledon. In June 2026 the Minister acknowledged receiving the by-law and the three municipalities’ consents; the letter changes nothing.
A vote to consent covers the method as well as the delegation. The resolution consents both to the Region’s by-law delegating tax ratio setting and to “the same apportionment methodology in place for the 2025 taxation year”. This page does not read a view of the split into it. Refusing consent would stop the by-law from taking effect for that year.
The next vote, if there is one, belongs to the next council. The Region has delegated each year from 1998 through 2025 and again for 2026; if it does so for 2027, the consent — due before the last day of February 2027 — falls to the council elected on October 26.
The method itself is set out in a schedule to the Region’s by-law, which we have not been able to read; it is cited here from the Region’s own report to Council and from the Regional Chair’s description of it to the Minister. The governance side of Peel — dissolution, its reversal, and the appointed regional chair — is a separate issue: Mississauga’s post-Peel governance future.
Peel Regional Police's 2026 net expenditure is apportioned $519,499,309 to Mississauga and $318,080,995 to Brampton — 62.0238% and 37.9762% — with the OPP's $16,328,976 charged to Caledon alone. The split is set by a Region of Peel by-law, not by provincial law: since O. Reg. 119/10 (filed March 31, 2010), O. Reg. 103/09 s.3 provides that each lower tier's portion "shall be the portion set out in or determined by the method set out in the by-law of The Regional Municipality of Peel passed under section 310"; the 2009 version of the same regulation had set the shares itself (Mississauga 62.488257%). The Region's method, per its CFO's report of January 8, 2026 and the Regional Chair's letter to the Minister of February 9, 2026, divides police costs between Brampton and Mississauga by current value assessment weighted by the transition ratio for each property class; on the Region's 2026 figures weighted assessment gives Mississauga 62.0238% and plain assessment would give 61.2529%. Under Municipal Act s.310(3) the by-law "is not in force unless, before the last day of February of the year, every lower-tier municipality ... passes a resolution consenting to the by-law", and the Region "may revise" the method only "provided that all three local municipal Councils consent". Mississauga General Committee voted 10–0 on February 4, 2026 to recommend that Council consent (GC-0037-2026, "the same apportionment methodology in place for the 2025 taxation year"), adopted by Council February 11, as it had consented in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The City's 2026 Provincial Pre-Budget Submission (GC-0015-2026, 10–0 with the Mayor absent, January 21, 2026) asks the province to "Amend the Peel Regional Police funding formula" toward population and puts the additional cost to Mississauga at $93.3 million in 2025, projected $104 million for 2026. The Mayor's letter to the Minister of November 29, 2024 put it at $86 million a year and said that with "only 50% of the vote at the Region of Peel Council" Mississauga cannot change the formula without Brampton or Caledon. The Minister's letter of June 10, 2026 acknowledges receipt of By-law 1-2026 and the three consents "for the purposes of section 310 of the Municipal Act, 2001" and makes no change. The text of By-law 1-2026's Schedule "A", which sets the method, has not been read; the archived by-law PDF does not contain it.