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Mississauga: A Cultural Canvas

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Mississauga is a city of villages, created through the amalgamation of several heritage communities, including Port Credit, Streetsville, Clarkson, Cooksville and Malton.

Mississauga:

A Cultural Canvas

Absolute World twin skyscrapers

Mississauga is a young, welcoming city with diversity woven into its fabric. People from across the globe have made Mississauga home and are integral to the

#DYK CANADA’S 7TH LARGEST CITY

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF VISIT MISSISSAUGA, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

By mid-2024, hybrid-

exciting transformation taking place in this sprawling

electric buses will make

metropolis that reaches from Pearson International Airport

up 41% of Mississauga’s

southward to historic villages situated along the Lake Ontario waterfront. A positive entrepreneurial vibe is evident

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at every turn, from the city’s modernization programs

The city is scheduled to

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complete a new 18-km

and global cuisine.

Light Rail Transit line by the end of 2024

55% OF RESIDENTS WERE BO RN OUTSIDE OF CANADA 145 LANGUAGES SPOKEN

NOTABLE

VISIT MISSISSAUGA TEAM MEMBER TIP: Victoria Clarke's favourite cultural festivals • Italfest, Latin Festival and Japan Festival Canada • TD Mosaic Fest • Bollywood Monster Mashup, Canada’s largest South Asian festival

MISSISSAUGA’S CENTRAL LOCATION

Mississauga Celebration Square

means it’s well connected to the rest of Canada and the world, and offers a variety of transportation options: • Pearson International Airport (YYZ) for domestic ˔ˡ˗ ˜ˡ˧˘˥ˡ˔˧˜ˢˡ˔˟ Є˜˚˛˧˦ • GO Transit rail and bus service for inter-city and inter-regional public transportation • Seven major 400-series highways and a short drive to downtown Toronto and the U.S. border at Niagara Ignite Destination Supplement |

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