About Mississauga

     The city of Mississauga is located beside the heart of Ontario, Toronto. There are countless tourist attractions in Mississauga such as playdium, a popular arcade and theme park, the new Marilyn Monroe condos, several other parks and golf courses, galleries, and other historic sites from WWI. There is also two post-secondary establishments located in this city: University of Toronto Mississauga, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning Hazel McCallion Campus and the Canadian Business College. Mississauga was established as a city in 1974 and is also one of Canada’s 6th largest municipal city at a population of 772 thousand and is recognized as Canada’s safest city for the 13th year in a row. Figure 1.2 demonstrates the estimated population growth from 1991 to 2031. Mississauga is also ranked first overall among Mid-Sized American Cities of the Future 2014 by fDi Magazine. 

FIGURE 1.2

     Employing more than 413,325, people have chosen this city as the place to be. Mississauga has approximately 56,100 businesses and is a great location for business to grow (refer to figure 1.3 below). Over 500 companies have their Canadian head office or a major divisional head office in Mississauga. It is centrally located with easy access to global markets - a 90 minute drive from the U.S. border and within a day’s drive is North America’s richest markets with access to 164 million consumers. Canada’s largest international airport is located right in Mississauga, with non-stop services to 180 destinations in 60 countries across the globe. 

FIGURE 1.3