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Pride in our past, Faith in our future
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 - Total (2001 Census) <br>  - Cdn Mun Rank:
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612,925 (now 700,000) <br> Ranked 7th in 2001 (now ranked 6th)
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21251
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Hazel McCallion
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Mississauga City Council
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Navdeep Singh Bains , Albina Guarnieri , Wajid Khan , Omar Alghabra , Paul Szabo
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Bob Delaney , Vic Dhillon , Peter Fonseca , Tim Peterson , Harinder Takhar
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City of Mississauga
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In 2006, Mississauga had a population of 695,000, up over 150,000 from a decade earlier. With just over 40% of the city's population having a language other than English as their mother tongue, the city is relatively diverse, perhaps owing to its proximity to
Toronto . More than 30% of Mississauga's population speaks more than one language.
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Because the city is so close to Toronto, it contains many people of different cultures. Many of them live in the comfortable housing areas in the city outside the hustle and bustle of Toronto.
From Statistics Canada 2001 Census Data:
From Statistics Canada 1996 Census Data:
- 59% English
- 4.4% Polish
- 4.2% Chinese
- 3.6% Italian
- 3.6% Punjabi
- 3.2% Portuguese
- 1.9% Tagalog (Filipino)
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- 1.7% Spanish
- 1.4% Arabic
- 1.3% Croatian
- 1.3% French
- 1% Urdu
- 10.6% Other
- 36.9% Multiple language responses
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The Mississauga News is the city's primary English language newspaper.
The following television stations broadcast directly out of Mississauga. For more area stations, visit
Toronto Television Stations .
There are over 481 parks and woodlands areas in Mississauga, including:
- Applewood Trail
- Burnhamthorpe Trail
- Cooksville Creek Trail
- Culham Trail
- Erindale Park Credit River
- Etobicoke Creek Trail
- The Hershey Centre , the city's major sporting centre
- Indian Road Trail
- Lake Wabukayne Trail
- Levi Creek Trail
- Ligar Meadow Brook Trail
- Malton Loop
- Milgrove Trail
- Mississauga Meadow Trail
- Mississauga Valley Trail
- Oakridge Trail
- Playdium
- Rattray Marsh Conservation Area (Mississauga)
- Sheridan Creek Trail
- Waterfront Trail
- Winston Churchill Trail
Mississauga is on three major railway lines (
Canadian National Railway and
Canadian Pacific Railway ), which lead into and around Toronto; the
GO Transit commuter rail service provides service into Toronto's
Union Station along the
Lakeshore West (GO Transit) ,
Georgetown (GO Transit) , and
Milton (GO Transit) lines.
VIA Rail service in the
Quebec City-Windsor Corridor is provided on the CN Lines, although there are no stops in Mississauga.
- The Greater Toronto Area's GO Transit service also provides an extensive intercity bus service, which connects Mississauga to downtown Toronto and neighbouring suburban hubs including academic institutions as McMaster University (in Hamilton ), Sheridan College in Oakville , York University , Seneca College , Centennial College , University Of Toronto At Scarborough all within Toronto, and Durham College and the University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario .
- The city's Mississauga Transit service provides relatively frequent bus service across the city, and connects to the Toronto Transit Commission 's Subway and GO Transit (a Busway similar to Ottawa 's Transitway is being built). There are also connections to Oakville Transit , and Brampton Transit , with routes going beyond these borders. There are also plans for the construction of an LRT (similar to Calgary) along Hurontario Street ("Highway 10," the ciy's main street), and possible on some other busy streets.
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in northeastern Mississauga (
Malton ) is a hub for
Air Canada and provides flights to all regional, national, and international destinations.
Mississauga is the home to the
University Of Toronto At Mississauga (UTM/Erindale College), one of three intercity campuses of the
University Of Toronto . UTM has an enrollment of approximately 8,000 students. It is growing rapidly, at a rate of about 1,000 students per year since
2002 .
Mississauga is served by the
Peel District School Board and the
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board .
- Brett Simpson , member of the O.P.
- Evan Smith , founding member of the O.P.
- Jeremy Tozer , founding member of the O.P.
- Danny Buffett , founding member of the O.P.
- Natalie Appleton , musician, member of All Saints
- Billy Talent , rock band
- Johnny Bower , former goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Hockey Hall of Fame member
- Brad Boyes , NHL hockey player
- Mike Bullard , comedian
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- Don Cherry , former NHL coach, Commentator on CBC 's '' Hockey Night In Canada ''
- Paul Coffey , NHL hockey player
- Rik Emmett , musician, founding member of Triumph
- Ron Fellows , race car driver
- J.D. Fortune , current lead singer of INXS
- Rick Green , comedian and writer ('' The Red Green Show '', '' History Bites '')
- Joel Gibb , Singer-songwriter ( The Hidden Cameras )
- Paul Henderson , NHL hockey player and scorer of the series-winning goal in the 1972 Hockey Summit Series
- Allison Higson , Olympic swimmer
- Jane Kerr , Olympic swimmer
- Silken Laumann , former rower of the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games
- Manny Malhotra , NHL hockey player
- Stefan Molyneux , Movie Producer/Libertarian writer
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- Kevin Newman , anchor of '' Global National ''
- Ryan O'Marra , world junior hockey player
- Carolyn Parrish , MP, Mississauga—Erindale
- Oscar Peterson , world-famous jazz pianist and composer
- John Roberts , television journalist
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- Steven Nator , world famous Bollywood director
- Robert J. Sawyer , science fiction writer
- Jason Spezza , NHL hockey player
- Matt Stajan , NHL hockey player
- Daria Werbowy , international supermodel
- Wojtek Wolski , OHL hockey player
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