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    Mississauga ( / ˌmɪsɪˈsɔːɡə / ⓘ MISS-iss-AW-gə ), [3] historically known as Toronto Township, [4] is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario, situated on the western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a population of 717,961 as of 2021, Mississauga is the ...

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    Indigenous peoples have lived in the Mississauga area for thousands of years, particularly near the Credit and Humber rivers. When Europeans arrived in the 1600s, French traders allied with the Huron-Wendat and became enemies with the Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois Wars, fought in part over the control of the fur tradeduring the 17th century, depopula...

    Two treaty land acquisitions created Toronto Township (now Mississauga). In 1806, Mississauga chiefs signed Treaty 14, known as the Head of the Lake Purchase. The purchase, originally agreed on in 1805 as an amendment to Treaty 13, ceded 85,000 acres (344 km2) of land to the Crown in exchange for fishing rights and £1,000 worth of goods. The second...

    Superintendent of Indian Affairs James Givens and a Mississauga man named Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) established a “Mission Village” on the shore of the Credit River, opposite the 200 acres of land set aside in Treaty 22. Jones was the first Methodist minister of the Ojibwe people. His missionary friend Egerton Ryerson also lived at the Mission V...

    Amid Toronto Township’s farmland, small communities grew. Two became separate municipalities: Streetsville in 1858, and Port Credit in 1914. Both municipalities remained separate until they amalgamated with the Town of Mississauga in 1974. Toronto Township’s population grew, spurred by the Toronto-Hamilton Highway (1917, now Lakeshore Road) and the...

    Mississauga is the seventh-largest city in Canada, and the second-largest in the Greater Toronto Area (see also Largest Cities in Canada by Population). Growing from 234,975 residents in 1975, planners forecast a population of 930,800 by 2051. Mississauga’s population is also ethnically diverse. According to the 2021 census, prominent ethnic groups...

    While various industrial and shipping businesses are located in the city, Mississauga has a surprising number of offices for a suburb. Major businesses include Bell Canada, Canada Post, FedEx, General Mills, IMAX, Magellan Aerospace, Microsoft and Sobeys. In addition, nearly 50,000 people work on the grounds of Toronto Pearson International Airport...

    Mississauga is part of a two-tier municipal structure. The city provides services such as transit, fire, recreation and culture. The Region of Peel provides services such as water, waste, public housing and health. City Council consists of a mayor and 11 councillors, elected every four years. Each of them serves as a Region of Peel Councillor. The ...

    Mississauga’s primary cultural venue is the Living Arts Centre, which includes three theatres and multiple art studios. The Small Arms Inspection Building is a Second World Warindustrial space renovated for event use. The Paramount Fine Foods Centre is host to the Mississauga Steelheads OHL team, Raptors 905 NBA G League team, and the Mississauga S...

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    Mississauga, historically known as Toronto Township, is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario, situated on the western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a population of 717,961 as of 2021, Mississauga is the seventh-most populous municipality in Canada, third-most in Ontario, and second-most in the Greater Toronto ...

  3. Postal code span. L4T to L5W. Area code (s) 905 and 289. Website. www.mississauga.ca. Mississauga, Ontario is the sixth-largest city in Canada and the third largest city in Ontario (after Toronto and Ottawa ). It borders the largest city in Canada, Toronto. In fact, it is a part of the Greater Toronto Area.

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  5. May 1, 2024 · Mississauga, city, regional municipality of Peel, southeastern Ontario, Canada.It lies at the western end of Lake Ontario, immediately southwest of Toronto.First settled in the early 19th century on land purchased from the Mississauga Indians, the township of Toronto gave rise to the villages of Port Credit (incorporated 1934) and Streetsville (incorporated 1958), both of which became towns in ...

  6. The City of Mississauga, Canada’s sixth largest municipality, is located on the Traditional Territory and Treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This land was purchased from the Mississauga people by the British crown in 1806 in a legal agreement known as the ‘Treaty 14’, or the ‘Head of the Lake Purchase’, for ...

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