Schools

The top-ranked schools in Mississauga are Tecumseh Public School, Corsair Public School, Cashmere Avenue Public School, Chris Hadfield Public School, David Leeder Middle School, and Kenollie Public School. There is an abundance of other educational options to add onto this list.

Transit

Mississauga is home to Toronto Pearson Airport, GO transit stations, and its own extensive bus transit system called MiWay. The city's extensive network of trails make jogging, cycling, rollerblading, etc. desirable methods of transportation and exercise. Moreover, Walk Score has credited Mississauga with being the 4th most walkable large Canadian city.

Parks & Recreation

Mississauga has an abundance of parks that offer a wide variety of activities. Lakefront Promenade Park, for example, is home to trails, beach volleyball courts, picnic areas, and waterfront access which includes a marina, boardwalk, and splashpad. Kariya Park is a Japanese-inspired garden which offers peaceful walkways and a duck pond, making it a unique and truly serene green space. Erindale Park offers a picnic area equipped with grills, several trails, a tobogganing hill, a playground, and much more. Many of the parks in Mississauga boast stunning lake views (the Waterfront Trail runs 650 kilometers long) and a plethora of activities that appeal to all sorts of individuals. Mississauga is known as Ontario's shopping capital, boasting a variety of picturesque shops lining small village-style streets, Square One shopping mall, and close proximity to Toronto's downtown shopping scene. The harbour is an area for recreational boating as well as a frequently used event space for festivals and community gatherings.

History

“Mississauga” translates as meaning “River of the North of Many Mouths”. Mississauga can trace its roots back to the early 1600s, where French traders encountered Native peoples, the Mississaugas, around the North Shore of Lake Huron. The Mississaugas were an Ojibwa group, and by the early 1700s had settled in the area around the Etobicoke Creek, Credit River and Burlington Bay. In 1805, representatives for the British Crown and the Native Mississaugas signed a treaty referred to as the “Mississauga Purchase”. the Crown acquired over 74,000 acres of land excluding a 1 mile strip on each side of the Credit River from the waterfront to the base line (modern Eglinton Avenue). This tract of land surveyed in 1806 was named Toronto Township, and opened up the area for settlement. Gradually settlers moved into the area, and over time small settlements became established. These settlements developed into the villages of Clarkson, Cooksville, Dixie, Erindale, Malton, Meadowvale Village, Port Credit and Streetsville. The Town of Mississauga was created in 1968, and the City of Mississauga was incorporated in 1974, through the amalgamation of the Town of Mississauga and the villages of Port Credit and Streetsville, together with portions of the townships of Toronto Gore and Trafalgar. Mississauga has grown to be Canada’s sixth largest city.