Mississauga

Mississauga [ ˌ mɪsɪsɑgə ] is a Canadian city west of Toronto in the Province of Ontario with approximately 713 443 inhabitants in an area of 288.42 km ². It is based inhabitants the sixth largest city in Canada.

  • 3.1 colleges
  • 3.2 schools
  • 5.1 bus
  • 5.2 highways
  • 5.3 flight connections
  • 5.4 train
  • 6.1 Other

History

The city's name is derived from the Mississauga Indians here, where the land was bought in the early 19th century.

It was settled in 1805 and received a city charter in 1974. It maintains since 1981 a city partnership with Kariya, Aichi prefecture in Japan.

Most of the historical buildings are located in Mississauga Streetsville, which is referred to as the " Village in the City". It is named after Timothy Street, who won this area in 1824 for his services by the British government.

On November 10, 1979 in Mississauga derailed at the intersection of Mavis Road / Dundas Street, a freight train with 106 carloads with explosive toxins of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 200,000 residents were subsequently evacuated, so that the city places resembled a ghost town for nine days. This was after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in New Orleans, the world's largest evacuation in peacetime (see also railway accident of Mississauga ).

Economy and infrastructure

Main employer is the located in this management area Great Airport Toronto Pearson International Airport and the companies located there. Due to the relative proximity to Toronto with many large companies have their corporate headquarters or its Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, inter alia, as the Canadian air and space company Magellan Aerospace. Many companies in the pharmaceutical industry, the banking and financial services sector as well as electronics and IT are based in Mississauga. Citibank Canada operates two IT centers in Mississauga. In addition, TD Bank Financial, which operates on three IT development centers in Mississauga along with Royal Bank of Canada. Microsoft Canada, Hewlett Packard (HP) operate a branch in the city.

In Mississauga, there are several shops in the city center. A large shopping center, Square One Shopping Centre with over 360 shops, restaurants and cafés, is centrally located in the city.

Media

Mississauga is primarily served by the media in Toronto, including multiple radio and television stations. The Mississauga News, a regional newspaper, is published three times a week, and online every day. Another newspaper is the Sunday Times, a newspaper for the South Asian community, which is also published weekly and online.

FM 91.9 ( CFRE - FM) is a campus radio transmitter which transmits from the local campus of the University of Toronto with a low transmission power.

TV stations that transmit directly from Mississauga:

  • Rogers Television, operates a Community Channel
  • The Shopping Channel broadcasting from Mississauga.
  • Bite TV, Canada's first interactive television station.
  • RawalTV, Canada's first Canadian / Asian TV channels.

Education

Universities

The University of Toronto Mississauga ( UTM / Erindale College) operate a campus in Mississauga, on the approximately 10,000 students are enrolled. This is one of the three campuses of the University. Since 2002, student numbers rising annually constant at around 1000 students.

The Sheridan College is building a $ 46 million expensive college campuses, which is to be opened in autumn 2011. The site will have an area of ​​about 34,000 m2 and offer bachelor's degree programs in various disciplines. The campus is located just north of the Living Arts Centre. Initially, about 1,700 students are enrolled in the site. After complete completion of the remaining buildings and campuses capacity for 5,000 students will be available.

Train

Mississaugas schools are subject to the Peel District School Board and the Dufferin - Peel Catholic District School Board. Together these operate around 150 schools, including primary and secondary schools up to class 12 ( high school).

Sports

Mississauga is the home of the ice hockey team Mississauga St. Michael's Majors, this plays in the Ontario Hockey League since 2007. Mississauga was previously the home of the Mississauga IceDogs between 1999 and 2007 before they were moved to St. Catharines and Niagara IceDogs transformed to. The Hershey Centre is the largest sports and events center, which opened in 1999. In this hall today train even the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. More hockey teams are the woman Hockey Mississauga Chiefs, playing in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Traffic

Bus

The urban public transport is operated by MiWay ( Mississauga Transit). MiWay offers several connections within the city as well as links to key major interchanges. MiWay offers from Mississauga from connections to the Toronto subway and suburban railway system. In addition to other transport associations such as GO Transit, Oakville Transit, Brampton Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC).

Highways

The Highway 401 ( Macdonald - Cartier Freeway) connects Windsor with Quebec and runs through Mississaugas northern district. The eastern district is connected to the collector / espress way and serves as a feeder to Highway 403, the Queen Elizabeth Way runs through the southern half of the Städt. Highway 403 runs north and leads to Highway 410, which leads to Brampton. Parts of Highway 409 starting in the city and connect them to the Toronto Pearson Airport.

Flights

The Toronto Pearson International Airport ( YYZ) is located northeast in Mississauga and is a major international hub. In addition to Air Canada and Westjet Airlines fly to this airport many different airlines. The airport offers several regional, national and international destinations. It is the largest airport in Canada with more than 30 million passengers annually.

Train

Mississauga is centrally located, making three major train connections are available. These are served by the railway companies Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway, and Metrolinx. VIA Rail Canada also operates a connection between Quebec and Windsor. The nearest train stations are located in Brampton, Oakville and Toronto.

Personalities

Other

  • Hazel McCallion ( Hurricane Hazel ) since 1978 Mayor of the City
  • Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died in Mississauga
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