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Mississauga

Mississauga is a city in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.

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The place

Mississauga is a city in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada. Situated on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, and Oakville to the southwest. With a population of 717,961 as of 2021, Mississauga is the seventh-most populous municipality in Canada, third largest city in Ontario, and second-most populous in the Greater Toronto Area after Toronto itself. However, for the first time in its history, the city's population declined according to the 2021 census, from a 2016 population of 721,599 to 717,961, a 0.5 per cent decrease.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mississauga

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Golden Horseshoe

    The Golden Horseshoe is a secondary region of Southern Ontario, Canada, which lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. The region is the most densely populated and industrialized in Canada.

    6.4 km · region of Ontario centered on Toronto and extending around western Lake Ontario · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Absolute World

    Absolute World Towers is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five-tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The project was built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group.

    1.3 km · Twin residential skyscraper complex in Mississauga, Ontario · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Square One Shopping Centre

    Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a Canadian shopping mall located in the city centre of Mississauga, Ontario. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after the West Edmonton Mall.

    1 km · shopping mall · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    CAA Centre

    The CAA Centre is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1998, and officially opened the same year on October 7.

    8.8 km · arena in Brampton, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mississauga Sports and Entertainment Centre

    The Mississauga Sports and Entertainment Centre, formerly the Hershey Centre and Paramount Fine Foods Centre, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

    3.6 km · indoor arena in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Rob Ford Stadium

    Rob Ford Stadium is a 2,200-seat stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily used for soccer, track and field and football.

    8 km · stadium in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    University of Toronto Mississauga

    The University of Toronto Mississauga is one of the three campuses of the University of Toronto and its second-largest academic division, located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is set upon 225 acres of protected forest along the valley of the Credit River, approximately 33 kilometres west of the St.

    5.8 km · campus and division of the University of Toronto in Mississauga, Ontario · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church

    All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to all the Serbian saints.

    5.5 km · church in Mississauga, Ontario · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ontario Khalsa Darbar

    Ontario Khalsa Darbar, popularly referred to as Dixie Gurdwara, is a Sikh Gurdwara in Mississauga, Ontario. A "gurdwara" means "the doorway of the Guru" and is a Sikh place of worship.

    8.8 km · Sikh temple in Ontario · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Fo Guang Shan Temple, Toronto

    Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto was built to serve as a cultural, educational, community and spiritual centre for Chinese Buddhism and those interested in Buddhist teachings and practice. Founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun in 1991 and completed in 1997, Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto is one of the over 400 Fo Guang Shan Temples worldwide.

    7.6 km · Buddhist temple of the Mahayana monastic order in Mississauga, Ontario · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Two communities have retained much of their village atmosphere.

  1. 01
    Port Credit

    An older, historic village at the centre of Mississauga's Lake Ontario shore features many intimate small restaurants, cafes and bars.

  2. 02
    Streetsville

    This small village is where the late renowned mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion, used to reside.

  3. 03
    Art Gallery of Mississauga
  4. 04
    Blackwood Gallery
  5. 05
    Kariya Park

    Kariya Park contains authentic Japanese gardens, and is named after Mississauga's twin-city, Kariya in Japan.

  6. 06
    Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Garden

    300 City Centre Dr (at south-west corner of City Hall).

From Wikivoyage: Mississauga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Living Arts Centre

    4141 Living Arts Dr, ticket.operations@mississauga.ca.

  2. 02
    Paramount Fine Foods Centre

    A sports and entertainment facility which has staged numerous high profile events including regional, provincial, national and world hockey championships, Skate Canada, and concerts.

  3. 03
    Scooter's Roller Palace

    Just south of the Clarkson GO station, this is a popular option for families and teenagers.

  4. 04
    BraeBen Golf Course

    5700 Terry Fox Way, braeben@mississauga.ca.

  5. 05
    Lakeview Golf Course

    The Credit River is a jewel set in the heart of southern Ontario, Canada.

From Wikivoyage: Mississauga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Axia Restaurant and Bar

    5045 Plantation Place (Along Eglinton Ave W near Erin Mills),.

  2. 02
    Nirvana

    35 Brunel Road (in the north end of Mississauga close to Brampton),.

  3. 03
    Apricot Tree Café
  4. 04
    Master Steaks

    5895 Dixie Road (three lights north of the 401),.

  5. 05
    Desi Bar & Grill

    925 Rathburn Rd E, L4W 4C3 (Tomken Plaza), info@desi.bar.

From Wikivoyage: Mississauga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Mississauga

Airports
Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 9 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 53 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 104 km
Stations
Toronto Pearson International Airport, 8.7 km · Meadowvale GO Station, 8.4 km · Clarkson GO Station, 9.8 km · Erindale GO Station, 3.9 km · Streetsville GO Station, 5.5 km
  • Hamilton → Mississauga
    13880 km · quickest by air, 28h 39m · NZ$3,040–4,690
  • Windsor → Mississauga
    308 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · C$120–190
  • Ottawa → Mississauga
    374 km · quickest by air, 4h 14m · C$140–210
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mississauga

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mississauga. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMunro Hamilton International Airport () is approximately 1 hour by car from downtown Toronto or Niagara Falls, and accommodates major air carriers and tour operators.

From Wikivoyage: Golden Horseshoe, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    629 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    869 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,889 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,981 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    3,118 km

If you know how people move in Mississauga – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Mississauga

Mississauga is 8 km from Etobicoke, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.