A Complete Guide to Mississauga
With a population of 721,599, Mississauga is now the 6th most populous city of Canada (2016 Census). The experts envision that the population of this Southern Ontario city is expected to reach 878,000 by 2041.
The important factors behind the rapid growth of this suburb of Toronto are relatively cheaper housing cost than Toronto, good infrastructure, a strong economy, the award of being Canada’s safest city, growing business opportunities, and evolution of job market.
In this guide, we will share some interesting facts about the city along with the reasons to choose it as your next home and the main attractions. Let’s dive in!
Interesting Facts about Mississauga
- · Bonnie Crombie—Mayor of Mississauga—said that the percentage of people who work and live in Mississauga is more than those who go to neighboring cities for employment on a daily basis. This fact was also backed up report published by Vital Signs.
- · The busiest and largest airport of Canada, Pearson International Airport, is located in Mississauga. Around 32 million passengers use this airport every day.
- · Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, lived in Mississauga for 15 long years from 1965 to 1980.
- · Since 1981, Kariya (Japan) and Mississauga (Canada) have had a relationship of sister-cities. Therefore, you can find a Japanese Park, named Kariya Park, in Mississauga and a Canadian Park, named Mississauga Park, in Kariya,
- · Ex-Mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallian, when retired in 2014 was 93 years old, which makes her the oldest person in the world to hold a mayor office.
- · The city was established in 1974 and is named after the Aboriginal nation—Mississaugas.
Demographics of Mississauga
The city is multi-cultural with residents belonging to different ethnic backgrounds. According to the latest census (2016), almost half of the population belong to white ethnic background and around 20% have a South Asian background, followed by Chinese and black respectively.
Christianity is the major religion followed by around 60% of the population. The second highest religion is Islam with 12% followers.
The native language of over 50% of the population is not English or French. Even though English, being the official language, is spoken and understood by 95% of the residents, different ethnic groups like to communicate with each other in their native language.
According to the official census report of 2011, following common languages, excluding English, are spoken in Mississauga:
· Urdu (National language of Pakistan) is spoken by 10.9 percent of the residents.
· Polish is spoken by 8.3 percent.
· Punjabi by 6.8 percent
· Arabic by 6.7 percent
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