Council seats in Brampton are spread thin, 70,710 residents each, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

Two councils serve Brampton: its own, and that of Peel Region, the upper tier.

1. 1

   Brampton councilelected October 2022
   Patrick Brown
2. 2

   Legislative Assembly of OntarioBrampton North
3. 3

   House of CommonsBrampton—Chinguacousy Park
   Shafqat Ali

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada

11 members and how they were elected

Patrick Brown became mayor on 60% of the votes cast. The mayor is chosen at large; everyone else on Brampton council answers to a ward.

Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)

25% of those on the list cast a ballot for Brampton council on 24 October 2022, fewer than in a typical municipality.

How M-Section (bramalea) voted: same source as Councillors, above.

No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. Councils are elected on the fourth Monday in October every four years, says the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, so Brampton votes next on 28 October 2030. Provincially the last general election was on 27 February 2025, for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; federally, on 28 April 2025.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

By law (the Representation Act, 2015), southern Ontario’s provincial ridings follow the 2013 federal boundaries, so each place is located from those. For the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, M-Section (bramalea) votes in Brampton North, which has one MPP.

Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada

Of the 122 MPs from Ontario, 71 are with the Liberal Party of Canada, Shafqat Ali among them.

The MP’s record

Mapped onto today’s Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 51%; in 2025 Shafqat Ali kept the seat in the same hands. Shafqat Ali has sat in the Commons since 2021, now for the 2nd Parliament.

MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026

Back in 2019, Ruby Sahota took the riding on 51%. Ruby Sahota won the 2021 race in Brampton North for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 54% and beating Medha Joshi (Conservative Party of Canada) by 10,123 votes. In 2021, 58% of electors cast a ballot in Brampton North, under the national 63%.

Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Each resident’s share of Brampton council’s 2024 spending came to $1,509, where the middle of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities sat at $1,901. Peel Region, the upper tier, spent another $2,085 per resident of its whole area, most of it on social services and child care. It employs the equivalent of 4,365 full-time positions, or 6.2 for each thousand people. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $647 a resident, 43% of all spending. At 49%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 42% seen across the province. Brampton council carried $111.6M of long-term debt, $158 per resident against a typical $440.

Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

The headline above gives the figure; the bars set Brampton council beside nearby councils, with the provincial median as the tick.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list