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Mississauga Centre is at about 500 kilometres from Parliament Hill and 30 kilometres west of downtown Toronto.
MiWay buses and GO Transit provide public transportation.
The Credit River, which flows through Erindale Park, has a Chinook and Atlantic salmon population, as well as bass, trout, and pike.
The riding is home to a number of parks including Camilla Park, Cooksville Park, Woodington Green and Kingsbridge Common, among others.
Cooksville Creek runs through the riding.
About 62% of the riding’s population are immigrants, with some of the largest populations born in India, Pakistan, and China.
Arabic, Urdu, and Mandarin are the most common non-official mother tongues in the riding.
Less than 1% of the riding’s population identify as Aboriginal.
Average individual income is $38,478.
Celebration Square has a wading pool/ice rink, floral gardens, and art installations. It hosts cultural festivals, including Fiesta Kg Kalayaan, Viet Summerfest, and Muslimfest.
Riverwood Park has trails and bike pathways, and is home to picturesque Chappell House and MacEwan Terrace Garden, popular spots for wedding photography.
Square One Shopping Centre can be found in the heart of Mississauga Centre. With over 320 stores, the mall is the largest in Ontario.
Mississauga is Canada’s sixth-largest city by population.
There is a Mississauga Park in Japan. It’s the matching park to this riding’s Kariya Park, opened to mark the twin-city relationship between Mississauga and Kariya.
Mississauga’s postmodern City Hall opened in 1987 and garnered several architectural awards. Nearly 250 architects submitted proposals, with Edward Jones and Michael Kirkland winning the competition.
Sales and services, business, finance and administration, and natural and applied sciences are the top occupational fields.
Average family income is $89,970.
Over 60 of Canada’s “Fortune 500” companies base their headquarters, either globally or Canadian-based, in Mississauga. Pharmaceuticals, banking, electronics, and aerospace are some of the most dominant industries.
Square One Shopping Centre’s “Green Steps” program tries to reduce the mall’s carbon footprint through increased recycling containers, an automated energy management system, high-efficiency lighting, and eco-friendly cleaning supplies.
Indigenous Mississauga peoples were the first to inhabit the land the Mississauga Centre now sits on. French traders arrived in the 17th century, and the British signed various treaties with the Mississaugas throughout the 1800s to provide settlers hundreds of thousands of acres of land on which to live.
