88 groups and initiatives will receive support for programming and services in various areas.
February 12, 2025
A total of 88 groups and initiatives will receive support for programming and services in the areas of sports, youth initiatives, older adult initiatives, theatre, dance, visual arts and other community services. This funding also includes Culture Projects Grants, which support projects that explore and integrate art into urban surroundings, providing unique opportunities to experience art outside traditional galleries, theatres and other artistic spaces.
Residents can also look forward to the spring intake of the Live Music and Small Project Matching Grants. The Live Music Grant provides funding to help offset the costs of hosting for-profit live music events, while the Small Project Matching Grant funds projects that increase resident engagement and enhances opportunities for residents to participate in events and activities at the neighbourhood level.
Community Grant Program
This program provides annual and multi-year grants to Mississauga-based, not-for-profit community groups to deliver programs and services that keep Mississauga residents active, healthy and engaged in their communities.
Approved grants:
*Indicates multi-year funding
- Active Adult Centre Mississauga: $9,600
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peel Inc.: $10,000
- Blooming Boulevards: $10,000
- Breakfast With Santa Foundation: $10,000
- Cruisers Sports for the Physically Disabled: $10,000
- Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development: $10,000
- Ecosource: $109,863*
- Erin Mills Youth Centre: $58,000*
- Global 180 Student Communications Inc.: $9,980
- Heart Comonos: $9,698
- Learning Disabilities Association of Peel Region: $10,000
- Malton Black Development Association: $10,000
- MIAG Centre for Diverse Women & Families: $10,000
- Mississauga Sports Council: $122,500*
- Music For Every Child: $10,000
- The Mississauga Youth Action Committee: $2,790
- Pak Pioneers Community Organization of Canada: $9,950
- Peel Multicultural Council: $10,000
- Port Credit Lawn Bowling Club: $8,000
- Safe City Mississauga: $310,142*
- Senior Tamils Society of Peel: $10,000
- Skills For Life: $10,000
- The Dam: $80,000*
- The Riverwood Conservancy: $369,859*
- The International Soccer: $10,000
- Tong Le Senior Association: $7,410
- Unity in the Community Centre of Mississauga Inc.: $5,000
- Volunteer MBC: $40,000*
Arts and Culture Grant Program
This program supports emerging and established, not-for-profit, professional and community-based arts, culture and heritage organizations in Mississauga. The grant supports the development of exemplary arts and culture programs, and services that improve participation, knowledge, understanding and an appreciation of arts, culture and heritage for residents of Mississauga.
Approved grants:
*Indicates multi-year funding
- Art Gallery of Mississauga: $471,600*
- Arts on the Credit: $15,000
- Crane Creations Theatre Company: $200,000
- CreativeHub 1352: $100,000
- Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters: $19,999
- Ensemble for French: $2,400
- Fashion Circuit Series Inc.: $17,000
- Figurative Expressions Life Drawing Group: $2,800
- Frog in Hand Productions Inc.: $165,000
- Heritage Mississauga: $391,690*
- Hispanic Canadian Arts and Culture Association: $19,999
- Meadowvale Music Theatre: $12,500
- Mississauga Arts Council: $471,600*
- Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble: $3,087
- Mississauga Children’s Choir: $44,000
- Mississauga Chinese Arts Organization: $22,500
- Mississauga Choral Society: $62,000
- Mississauga Festival Choir: $38,000
- Mississauga Music: $19,999
- Mississauga Potters’ Guild: $19,999
- Mississauga Theatre Alliance: $10,000
- NeoVoce Philharmonic Choir: $6,000
- Orchestras Mississauga: $275,100*
- Sampradaya Dance Creations: $190,000*
- Sawitri Theatre Group: $140,000
- Studio 145 Initiative (Coop 145): $19,999
- Theatre Unlimited Performing Arts: $19,999
- The Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $120,000
- The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga Inc.: $112,500
- Visual Arts Mississauga: $275,100*
- Youth Troopers for Global Awareness | Studio.89: $66,000
Cultural Festivals and Celebrations Grants
This grant provides funding to offset expenses associated with providing a clean and safe venue for the presentation of arts, heritage and cultural festivals, and celebrations to residents and visitors. This grant supports a range of events that reflect the City’s many cultural traditions.
Approved grants:
*Indicates multi-year funding
- International Film Festival of South Asia Toronto: $15,000
- Mississauga Italfest: $50,000
- Malton Celebrates Canada Day: $13,500
- Mississauga Latin Festival: $19,900
- Mississauga Polish Days Festival: $19,999
- Mississauga World Music Festival: $14,896
- Mosaic – South Asian Festival of Mississauga: $150,000
- Muslimfest: $70,000
- Paint the Town Red: $105,000
- Philippines Festival Mississauga: $60,000
- The Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival: $105,000
- Streetsville Christmas in the Village: $15,000
- Living with Wellness – Arts Festival: $15,000
- Discover Egypt Heritage Festival: $19,999
- Saigon Park Group Saigon Park Anniversary: $10,000
- Tastes of South East Asia : $15,000
- The Classical: Celebration of world music: $5,000
- The Egyptian Coptic Festival: $7,500
Culture Project Grants
This grant supports organizations, art collectives and Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) to create temporary, site-specific arts and culture projects that reimagine and activate urban spaces throughout Mississauga.
Approved grants:
- Blackwood Gallery: $5,000
- The Canadian Arabic Orchestra: $5,000
- Frog in Hand Productions Inc.: $5,000
- Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts Society: $5,000
- Crane Creations Theatre Company: $5,000
- MonstrARTity Creative Community: $5,000
- Youth Troopers for Global Awareness | Studio.89: $5,000
- Indus Community Services: $5,000
- Sheridan Homelands Ratepayers’ Association: $700
How you can help
When you direct the money you already spend on food and supplies to Canadian products and businesses, you help build resilience in our community for adapting to an uncertain future.
Wherever possible, choosing products made or produced in Canada, and sold by Canadians, supports your local and country-wide economy during these turbulent times and harmful tariffs.
- Buy products with a Made in Canada or Product of Canada label
- Shop at local Canadian-owned businesses
- Get your supplies from Canadian suppliers
- Choose to vacation in Canada
What the labels mean
According to Competition Bureau Canada:
- Product of Canada: At least 98% of the product contains Canadian ingredients and materials
- Made in Canada: At least 51% of the product is made in Canada in our factories and businesses
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Mississauga is hosting an in person open house for the proposed new official plan. Join us to ask questions and hear from our City Planning team.
February 14, 2025
What
- Official Plan in person open house
- Hear from Mayor Parrish about the City’s plan for growth and housing initiatives
- Talk to City planners about the goals of the Official Plan
- Light refreshments will be provided
When
- Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Time: 6 – 8 p.m.
- Location: Mississauga City Hall, Great Hall, 300 City Centre Drive
How to participate
- Visit our website to register for the open house.
- While registration is not mandatory, we encourage residents to register to help us accommodate all guests and communicate important updates about the open house.
Prepare for the open house
- Review the complete Official Plan by visiting Your Say – Official Plan Review
- Watch the virtual Official Plan meeting from January 23, 2025.
Background
- The Official Plan covers key areas like transportation, housing, culture, heritage, the environment, and the economy.
- As required by the Ontario Planning Act, the City reviews and updates the Official Plan every 10 years to meet Mississauga’s changing needs.
- Public feedback has played a key role in shaping the proposed updates, which focus on expanding housing options, enhancing community services, protecting the environment, and planning for long-term growth, as the Official Plan will guide Mississauga’s development through 2051.
- The proposed new Official Plan will come into effect once it is adopted by City Council and approved by the Province of Ontario.
- To learn more, visit mississauga.ca/officialplan.
Mississauga has declared a Significant Weather Event. Overnight weather has brought significant snow and freezing rain to the city, heavily impacting travel causing the City to close facilities and cancel programming.
February 13, 2025
City closures and cancellations
Due to inclement weather, the following City facilities will be closed on February 13:
- All community centres and cultural facilities (museums, Small Arms Inspection Building) will be closed until at least 4 p.m.
- All City Libraries will be closed until at least 5 p.m.
- Outdoor rinks will remain closed until safe to open.
- City Hall will remain open, but all public facing services (counters, café) will be closed.
A reassessment of the weather will be made at approximately 1 p.m. to determine if the closed locations will reopen for evening programming.
Where possible, cancelled classes will be rescheduled. Those with facility bookings will be contacted. Scheduled rentals may be cancelled without penalty by contacting the Customer Service Centre at 905-615-4100 or by email at facility.rentals@mississauga.ca.
In addition, MiWay Transit buses may also be delayed due to the weather. Please visit the MiWay Service Updates page here throughout the coming days for information on route delays.
Safety reminders
- Stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel, if possible.
- If travel is necessary, residents should exercise caution. Stay alert when using our roads whether you’re walking, cycling, taking transit or driving.
- Consider delaying your plans for outdoor activities. Changing your plans is much easier than being caught in a situation where yourself or others are in an avoidable situation that could impact your safety and well-being.
- If you must travel outdoors during a winter storm, ensure you are properly dressed in layers, have a source of water and food with you and a fully charged cell phone for emergencies. Also, let a close friend or family member know of your travel plans and route before leaving.
- You may experience delays on MiWay due to the winter road conditions. Please give yourself extra time when planning your trip.
- Please bring pets indoors and remember to call Animal Services at 905-896-5858 if you see an animal that is sick, injured or in distress.
- Check your emergency kit to make sure you have everything you need.
- Report any downed trees, blocked roadways/sidewalks or safety hazards to 311.
- Report power outages in Mississauga to Alectra at 1-833-ALECTRA
(1-833-253-2872) or via X @alectranews. Consider charging your cellphone, have a flashlight on hand and review these emergency preparedness tips.
Winter operations information
- Winter maintenance operations are underway.
- Give winter maintenance crews space and time to complete their snow clearing activities like treating and clearing roads, priority sidewalks, bus shelters, trails and parking lots at parks, community centres and libraries.
- Prepare to move parked vehicles from your street to allow crews to work more efficiently.
- The issuance of temporary parking permits has been suspended. Please keep parked cars off the street so crews can work safely and efficiently.
- Always apply salt and ice-melting materials as recommended by the manufacturer.
- Plan to shovel snow often to help limit heavy snow build-up and consider helping those who may need help clearing snow from their driveway or sidewalk.
- Residents should be advised there could be significant windrows with this event with this amount of accumulation.
- The City’s winter maintenance teams will continue de-icing and clearing snow from four-season parking lots, community centres, arenas, and libraries, trails and walkways that serve as transportation links for local communities. (e.g. trails, walkways and easements to school boundaries).
For information and updates about the City’s, facilities and programming, follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @mississaugalib @saugaparksrec @SaugaCulture
Councillor Dasko is happy to share another update, as promised.
Both rebates provide financial support to Mississauga residents who install water-resistant materials or other flood prevention measures within their home or on their property.
February 12, 2025
Today, the City launched two flood prevention rebates to help residents offset the cost of installing measures to limit flooding in and around their homes. These two programs offer up to a total of $10,500 in financial support for eligible Mississauga homeowners.
City rebate programs
The City has launched two rebate programs to help offset the cost of upgrades for Mississauga homeowners.
- Flood Resilience Rebate: is a City rebate program created to help those who had flood damage and installed eligible water resilient materials and other measures to make their homes more resistant to future flooding. The rebate pays for up to 50 per cent of the cost of these materials, labour and tax, up to a maximum of $3,000.
- Basement Flooding Prevention Rebate: is a City rebate program created to replace the Foundation Drain Collector Sump Pump Subsidy. This new city-wide rebate program offers up to $7,500 to pay for eligible basement flood prevention measures, such as a sump pump or downspout disconnection.
Apply for the Flood Resilience Rebate
To be eligible, you must be a registered owner of a detached home, semi-detached home, duplex or townhouse within Mississauga. To provide proof of ownership, you must provide a copy of your City tax bill. The name on the application must match the registered owner listed on the tax bill. You must have experienced flood damage on or after the July 8, 2013, storm event. Only one registered owner per residential address is eligible to receive a rebate.
Residents must complete a rebate application and submit it with a copy of their City tax bill and proof of eligibility, including:
- Proof of flooding: such as an insurance claim or photos of flooding in the residential dwelling.
- Proof of eligible work: such as receipts for purchased materials.
- Proof of payment: such as paid invoices from a contractor for completed work.
You can submit your application and supporting documentation online or by mail.
Applications will be accepted until December 31, 2025.
Apply for the Basement Flooding Prevention Rebate
To be eligible, you must be a registered owner of a detached home, semi-detached home, duplex or townhouse within Mississauga. To provide proof of ownership, you must provide a copy of your City tax bill. The name on the application must match the registered owner listed on the tax bill. All measures must be installed by a professional with a valid City of Mississauga business license.
Residents must complete a rebate application and submit it with a copy of their City tax bill and proof of eligibility, including:
- Proof of eligible work: such as quotes for work to be completed.
- Proof of payment: such as paid invoices from a contractor for completed work.
Retroactive applications for measures installed after July 16, 2024, prior to launch of the program, will be accepted until August 1, 2025.
New applications can be made for measures installed on February 12, 2025 and after. This type of application has two stages, pre-approval and final approval. For further information, please visit the rebate program webpage.
You can submit your application and supporting documentation online or by mail.
This is an ongoing program that is subject to Council approval.
Useful links
- Read more about the City’s stormwater infrastructure.
- Learn more about how to reduce the risk of flooding on your property.
- Watch the City’s Flooding Information Session video.
- FAQ’s
February 11, 2025
Public engagement and education activities
The City is launching a new public engagement campaign to seek the public’s ideas and input on eight key priorities identified by City Council. Residents can share their feedback through these activities:
- Visit mississauga.ca/imagine to learn more about the project and complete a survey to share your ideas and contribute to the fabric of Mississauga’s future.
- Engage with our City Ambassadors to share your opinions at various events, community centres, arenas and museums in your neighbourhood.
- Speakers event (spring): Be inspired by leading experts in equity, diversity, inclusion, climate action and urban mobility at this free special event (registration in advance will be required).
Imagine Mississauga guided by your vision
Imagine Mississauga is about creating a collective vision that reflects the hopes, needs, and aspirations of every resident. This visionary blueprint will steer our city’s growth, resource allocation, and response to both present challenges and future opportunities. It’s a commitment to creating a Mississauga that resonates with all who call this municipality home.
Key themes for the Strategic Plan
As we imagine the next chapter of Mississauga’s story, the City is focusing on eight central themes and will be engaging with residents on the following:
- Reimagining mobility: Envisioning innovative transportation solutions to reduce congestion and enhance connectivity.
- Climate resilience: Imagining a greener, more sustainable Mississauga for generations to come.
- Housing for all: Creating solutions for accessible, affordable housing that fosters diverse communities.
- Wellness reimagined: Visualizing a city where personal and public wellbeing flourish through enhanced services and programs.
- Fiscal innovation: Imagining smart, sustainable financial strategies that support our city’s growth and stability.
- Inclusive Mississauga: Creating a city where diversity is celebrated, and every resident feels a sense of belonging.
- Economic vibrancy: Nurturing an economy that attracts investment, inspires innovation and creates opportunities for all.
- Arts and culture: Cultivating a vibrant creative environment that celebrates diversity, enriches community life through artistic expression and positions Mississauga as a cultural destination.
Learn more, get involved
Your imagination is the key to unlocking Mississauga’s potential. Be part of this transformative journey by sharing your ideas at mississauga.ca/imagine.
The Mississauga Matters campaign focuses on getting housing built and keeping Mississauga affordable for all.
February 4, 2025
About Mississauga Matters
The City’s Mississauga Matters campaign ensures that all provincial candidates and major political parties recognize the significant role Mississauga plays in the province. The Mississauga Matters campaign will focus on two priority pillars; getting housing built and keeping Mississauga affordable for all. The priorities outlined within the campaign aim to strengthen the city and ensure stable funding for ongoing challenges like the housing crisis, the development of local and regionally connected transit and funding shortfalls for major projects rebuilding the Mississauga Hospital (The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital). Most of all, the priorities aim to keep Mississauga an affordable place to live.
While the City and the provincial government have tackled several important issues together, Mississauga is dedicated to advocating for the needs of its residents. The 2025 Mississauga Matters campaign focuses on the following priorities:
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Getting housing built: Leveraging housing-enabling infrastructure
- Extending of the Dundas Bus Rapid Transit line, to reduce travel times for approximately 30,000 new daily riders and improve east-to-west connections across the GTHA.
- Expanding transit for all-day, two-way GO Service for the Milton GO Rail corridor, which serves approximately 8,000 businesses, supports more than 143,000 jobs, and is projected to serve up to 94,000 passengers by 2041.
- Advance funding and alignment confirmation for the Hazel McCallion Line Extension (Downtown Loop) Mississauga.
- A new transit facility to support the expansion of sustainable public transit in Mississauga, which is critical to increase housing availability in our community and achieve the Government of Ontario’s target of 120,000 new homes over the next 10 years.
- Expediting the approval of Mississauga’s applications to the Housing Enabling Water Systems Fund and the Housing Enabling Core Services Stream to support housing development initiatives and meet urgent community needs while providing flood protection for communities.
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Keeping Mississauga affordable for all
- Addressing the housing crisis demands with feedback from our partnership with more than 30 experts from Ontario’s leading private and not-for-profit housing developers, who have developed actionable solutions. In July 2024, Mississauga launched a Mayor’s Housing Task Force with private and non-profit representatives to address housing supply challenges, building on the 2023 Housing Action Plan with strategic recommendations in development charges, building standards, zoning, and affordable housing funding.
- Supporting predictable funding for Mississauga by signing a new deal to provide equitable transit funding, recognizing Mississauga’s status as a major economic hub and one of the largest economic centres in both Ontario and Canada.
- Advocating a fair share deal for the Region of Peel and Mississauga, given the Region currently faces a deficit of $868 million annually, translating to a $578 per-person financial gap across Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon.
- Reconsider the amount expected from the Mississauga community for the local share needed for a new regional healthcare facility in Mississauga – the Mississauga Hospital rebuild.
- Removing the 5% payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) cap for the Greater Toronto Airports (GTAA). This ensures a more equitable formula that prevents tax increases on residents and businesses.
- Investing in solutions to Mississauga’s food insecurity crisis by prioritizing funding to support local food banks in Mississauga and support the Groceries and Essentials Benefit brought forward by Food Banks Canada, aimed to help struggling households afford vital costs like food and shelter.
The Mississauga Matters campaign will run throughout the provincial election as a way for residents to engage with the priorities that affect their lives ahead of voting day. The City is encouraging residents to join the conversation on social media and reach out to local candidates using the #MississaugaMatters hashtag.
For more information on Mississauga’s provincial election priorities, please visit mississaugamatters.ca.
On January 29, the City of Mississauga opened a Request for Expressions of Interest to reimagine the Living Arts Centre and its surrounding lands.
February 3, 2025
The proposed LAC transformation will help Mississauga further solidify its position as a top destination for business, tourism and culture. This development will help fill a gap in Mississauga’s downtown, offering a much-needed venue for world-class conferences and business opportunities, while providing a space for international, national, and local events, as well as cultural showcases.
Located in the heart of Mississauga’s downtown core and near Toronto Pearson International Airport, the LAC is a hub for visitors from all over the world with a rapidly growing population and a strong business community. The City requires modern, versatile spaces to accommodate the demand for local, national and international events. The LAC has long been recognized as a cultural landmark housing performance theatres, an exhibition gallery, eight professional art studios and sophisticated meeting facilities.
The request for expressions of interest is now open to organizations interested in partnering with the City to reimagine the LAC lands. This process will help the City identify the best potential uses for the site.
For more information on how to submit an expression of interest, please visit our website.
Background
- Mississauga is a leading business and tourism destination, home to more than 100,000 businesses, 1,400 multinational firms, and 77 U.S. Fortune 500 and 66 Global Fortune 500 companies. The City attracts millions of visitors annually with its world-class restaurants, events, parks and experiences. This includes the LAC, which plays a key role in Mississauga’s vibrant arts and tourism scenes.
- The City is also home to Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada’s largest airport, which serves more than 50 million passengers annually.
- Mississauga also boasts the second-largest economy in Ontario and a highly educated workforce, supported by two globally recognized post-secondary institutions located in the city and 32 additional institutions within a one-hour commute.
- Information gathered during the RFEI process will provide the City with options on how to use the LAC and the surrounding lands for a hotel and convention/conference centre to support the City’s growth.