Mississauga

See also: Mississaugas

Mississauga is the 6th more big city of the Canada. Located in the south of the Ontario at the junction of the river of Credit and the Lake Ontario in suburbs of Toronto. The city is the result of the fusion of Streetsville, Erindale, Port Credit, Meadowvale Village, Cooksville, Clarkson and Applewood. According to the census of Statistical Canada of 2001, the city had 612,925 inhabitants but estimated of 2005 a very considerable growth of population shows which is henceforth estimated at 705.000 h. the current mairess of the city east Hazel McCallion.

Economy

Dividing its municipal borders with the town of Toronto in the west, Mississauga is an important economic center. More than 18.000 companies are located at Mississauga of which head offices of some of the largest companies in Canada. Dynamics and directed towards new technologies, the city plays an increasingly important part in Canadian economic development.

The principal employers are:

  • Air Canada
  • Opinion
  • Bell Canada
  • Canada Customs and Returned Agency
  • Canada Post (Postal Gateway Facility)
  • Cara Operations
  • Credit Valley Hospital
  • Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
  • Federal Express train Canada Ltd.
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Hershey' S Canada
  • Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd.
  • Honeywell
  • Loblaws Companies East
  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Ministry for transport (Ontario)
  • Petro-Canada
  • Pepsico Canada Ltd.
  • Praxair Canada Inc.
  • PPG Canada Inc.
  • Purolator Courier
  • RBC Banks Royal
  • Siemens AG
  • TD Canada Trust
  • Trillium Health Group
  • Ville of Mississauga
  • Wal-Mart Stores Ltd.
  • Xerox

Transport

The largest Canadian airport Pearson International airport of Toronto is located at Mississauga. Moreover, the largest Ontarian highways whose Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway 401) cross the city.

Demography

  • the most spoken Languages

Only 59% of the inhabitants of the city speak the English like native tongue. Other languages often mentioned are the Chinese (4.4%) and the Polish (4.2%). The French, as for him, is the native tongue of 1.3% inhabitants of Mississauga.

  • most important religions

Catholicism: 42.1%, Protestantism: 21.8%, Islam: 6.9%, Hindouisme: 4.8%, Sikh: 3.8%.

External bonds

  • Town of Community Mississauga

  • Gate of Mississauga
  • Mississauga News

Simple: Mississauga, Ontario

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