20 Cool FACTS About Mississauga

20 Places to Have FUN in Mississauga

From outstanding food to stunning parks, hometown heroes to international models, Mississauga has it all.

Mississauga, situated right on the water, is Canada’s sixth largest city. In addition, it is close to Toronto’s largest international airport and is located between Toronto and Niagara Falls.

MISSISSAUGA BY THE NUMBERS

760,000 RESIDENTS

500 PARKS

1,200+ RESTAURANTS

2,800 RETAIL SHOPS

52% OF THE POPULATION SPEAKS A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH

400KM CYCLING NETWORK

86,000 BUSINESSES

73 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES

HOME BASE

2019 US Open and Rogers Cup Tennis champion, Bianca Andreescu (who defeated Serena Williams to win both titles) was born in Mississauga.

Winnie Harlow has made vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder that affects skin pigmentation, a household term as a world-renowned supermodel.

Hometown hockey hero, John Tavares, was recently made captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

George Stroumboulopoulos, one of the most recognized faces in Canadian media and a six-time Gemini award winner, grew up in Mississauga.

DID YOU KNOW?

Hurricane Hazel (Hazel McCallion), the former mayor of Mississauga, holds the record for the longest running mayor, serving the community for 36 years, until she was 93.

Mississauga is an Ojibwa word meaning “River of the North of Many Mouths”.

By population, Mississauga is bigger than Detroit, Boston and Washington.

The largest and biggest airport in the country, Toronto Pearson International, is actually in Mississauga and serves over 47 million passengers each year.