Green P on-street parking in Toronto runs from $1.50 to $6.75 an hour, HST included, and the rates changed in April 2026. The Toronto Parking Authority’s plan was a 25 cent an hour increase across the city, with the lowest-rate areas left alone. Your block sets the actual rate, so trust the app or meter.
We dropped the old personal story about one Queen West bill, and a zone table we could not confirm.
What the City decided
On February 10, 2026, City Council approved a motion asking the Parking Authority to apply a rate increase at on-street locations, in line with the City’s financial and mobility goals. The Authority’s board considered the item on March 11, 2026, and adopted it without amendment.
The stated plan was 25 cents an hour at all locations except those with the lowest rates, which stay as they are. Green P’s notice says new on-street rates take effect across Toronto beginning in April 2026, through the app and the machines, and that rates vary by location.
The Authority says its net income goes to the City for services such as affordable housing and transportation, and describes the aim as keeping traffic moving and spots free for turnover.
The rates you will see
The posted price includes 13% HST, so what the sign or app shows is what you pay. A $6.75 hour is really about $5.97 of parking plus $0.78 of tax. Our GST and HST calculator splits a tax-included price into its parts.
We could not open the Authority’s attachment listing every location and its new rate. So there is no street-by-street table here, and you shouldn’t trust one that claims to be complete. Some locations also have changes to hours of operation, and we could not confirm which. Read the sign.
What 25 cents adds up to
One hour costs 25 cents more, two hours 50 cents, and a four-hour visit a dollar. Someone parking four hours a day, 20 days a month, pays $20 more a month, or $240 a year. An all-day parker on 22 working days pays $44 more a month.
In percentage terms, 25 cents is about 17% at $1.50 an hour, 8% at $3.00 and 3.7% at $6.75. The cheapest spots feel it most, which is why the plan exempted the lowest rates.
A worked example at four rates
These are sample rates from inside the published range, not a list of streets. A two-hour errand at $1.50 costs $3.00, and 20 four-hour days come to $120. Go to $3.00 and it is $6.00 and $240. Try $4.50, and you pay $9.00 and $360. At $6.75, two hours cost $13.50, and 20 four-hour days come to $540, or $6,480 over a year.
The top of the range costs four and a half times the bottom. A walk of a few blocks can change the bill a lot.
Parking against the TTC
From September 1, 2026, an adult PRESTO fare is $3.30, and after 47 paid trips in a calendar month rides are free. A commuter making two trips a day for 20 days pays 40 x $3.30, or $132. Parking four hours a day for the same 20 days costs $120 at $1.50 an hour and $240 at $3.00.
The cheapest spots can match transit for a short day, but mid-range rates run well above it. Eight hours at $3.00 is $24, against $6.60 for two TTC trips. That leaves out fuel, insurance and time. Our TTC fare cap calculator shows a month of rides under the current rules.
Budgeting a month of parking
Multiply your weekly hours by the rate, then by about four and a third. Six hours a week at $3.00 is $18, or about $78 a month. At $4.50 it is about $117, and at $6.75 about $175.50. The Toronto parking cost calculator does this and shows the day, month and year totals.
To cut the cost, pay only for the time you need and extend from the app.
What we could not confirm
We could not verify the named streets, prices and the $250 bill in the earlier article, and we found no official revenue estimate that agreed with the others, so we left revenue out. Ticket prices, permits and Green P lot rates are separate from this schedule, and the Authority is the place to check them. For your own numbers, try the PST / QST Sales Tax calculator, or browse the tax calculators.
Sources
- Green P, On-Street Parking Rate Updates, April 2026
- City of Toronto, Agenda Item 2026.PA18.4, On-Street Parking Rates
- City of Toronto, Changes to the On-Street Paid Parking Rates and Hours of Operation
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