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unusual facts about Mississauga, ON



AEA Silver Dart

Physical commemorations include Silver Dart Drive, located in Mississauga, Ontario, which is a perimeter roadway within the confines of Toronto Pearson International Airport.

Alfredas Kulpa-Kulpavičius

These include Our Lady's Church, Montreal (1952), St. St. Casimir's Church, Winnipeg and St. Gregory's Church, Toronto (1959), Lithuanian Martyrs' Church, Mississauga, Providence of God Church and Cultural Center, Detroit and St. Thomas Church, London (1978), Corporation Canadien Tire Building, Toronto (1979) etc.

Black flight

There is a large and growing Black population in Toronto's western and eastern suburbs, such as Brampton, Mississauga, Pickering, and Ajax.

Brampton Excelsiors

Brampton Excelsiors, now Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. B, a box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Brownfield status

A strip of the Texaco lands in Mississauga is slated to be part of the Waterfront Trail.

Call forwarding

A Markham business with a forwarded area code 416 Toronto number could receive calls from Malton airport in Mississauga without incurring long-distance charges (as Malton → Toronto and Toronto → Markham are each a local call).

Canadian Bearings

The company was established in 1947 with the opening of its first location in Toronto (its original headquarters, which is now located in Mississauga, Ontario)

Carmelina Moscato

Born in Mississauga, Ontario to Sicilian-born parents, Moscato began playing soccer at the age of four when she started playing for Dixie SC.

Credit Valley Conservation

The Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is a Conservation Authority responsible for the protection and management of the Credit Valley watershed, surrounding the Credit River from its headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to the point at which it meets Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga.

CVH

Credit Valley Hospital, a regional hospital located in Mississauga, Ontario

Eleonora Dimakos

Dimakos' expertise as La Chic Fashionista stemmed from her past experience in the news media as Entertainment Anchor and Live-Eye Reporter for First Local's Mississauga Edition broadcast on Rogers Television, her involvement in several indie films and music videos as both an actress and makeup artist, and her career as a beauty, fashion, and lifestyle model.

Flash Hollett

Frank William "Bill, Flash" Hollett (April 13, 1912 in North Sydney, Nova Scotia – April 20, 1999 in Mississauga, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings.

Geography of Mississauga

Mississauga is bounded by Oakville and Milton to the west/southwest, Brampton to the north, Toronto to the east, and Lake Ontario to the south/south-east.

Hazel McCallion

Attendees at the 2008 gala, which also marked the 30th anniversary of McCallion's election to the mayoralty of Mississauga, included former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Lincoln Alexander and American talk show host Regis Philbin.

Hazel McCallion Senior Public School

Hazel McCallion public school is named after the current mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion.

I Rock with The ONE

I Rock with THE ONE can be found at The Gateway Centre for New Canadians in Mississauga, Ontario.

Jonathan Llyr

Jonathan Llyr (born 1966 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and TV personality.

Lincoln Alexander Public School

Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, part of the Peel District School Board

Lisgar

Lisgar GO Station, a commuter-rail station in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Lynne Woolstencroft

Her tenure as mayor was dominated by the RIM Park scandal, involving the financing of RIM Park with a loan from MFP Financial Services of Mississauga, a deal which had occurred before her time as mayor but which she had supported as a councillor.

Massimo Capra

As of March 2013, Capra is married with two children and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

Matthew Barber

Barber was born and grew up in Port Credit, which is part of Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, attending Lorne Park Secondary School before moving to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University, where he volunteered at campus radio station CFRC-FM and performed at campus pubs.

Mississauga Chiefs

The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga, Ontario.

Mississauga Civic Centre

Mississauga resident Don Cherry who is most notable for being on Hockey Night In Canada and a Canadian icon added fuel to the fire when he stated that the new City Hall reminded him of his home town Kingston, Ontario because it looked more like a penitentiary than a City Hall.

Mississauga Transitway

Route 109 runs between the Meadowvale Town Centre terminal in northwest Mississauga, the Erin Mills Town Centre Bus Terminal in western Mississauga serving the growing Erin Mills community, the City Centre Transit Terminal, the Airport Corporate Centre, and the Islington Subway Station, a major terminal in Toronto.

One Eye to Morocco

The recording of album took place in Metalworks studios Mississauga.

PartyNextDoor

Jahron Anthony Brathwaite (born July 3, 1993), better known under the stage name PartyNextDoor (sometimes styled as PARTYNEXTDOOR), is a Canadian singer from Mississauga, Ontario who is signed to Drake's OVO Sound record label.

Right At Home Realty

RAH currently has over 2,300 brokers and salespeople within their organization and have offices in Toronto, Mississauga/Brampton, Oakville, Burlington/Hamilton, Durham and Richmond Hill.

Ron Searle

Ron Searle (born July 19, 1919) is a Canadian former politician who served as the second mayor of Mississauga, Ontario.

He served as mayor of Mississauga from 1976–1978, and remains active in local Conservative politics, being highly critical of Tim Peterson's installation as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in 2007 after crossing the floor, remarking that the process was "a violation of the democratic principles the Conservative Party has stood for over the years".

Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners

Environmental sustainability has become more and more prevalent in STIP's designs, demonstrated in the greenhouse gas reduction technology used in the Fathom Five National Marine Park/Bruce Peninsula National Park visitors' centre, The Wellness Centre at the UofT Mississauga Campus (UTM) also incorporated green roofs, one of which was intended for use by the biology department.

T. J. Trevelyan

Thomas Jordan Trevelyan (born March 6, 1984 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian, of Cornish descent, professional ice hockey player for the Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Taiwan ROCSAUT

Headquartered at downtown Toronto, Taiwan ROCSAUT also establishes two branches in Scarborough and Mississauga with executives supporting from the corresponding University of Toronto campuses.

Taya Marquis

The ambitious young songwriter attended Mississauga performing arts school Cawthra Park Secondary School.

The Mississauga Blob

The Mississauga Blob was the name given to a flaming object—later identified as a frisbee—that fell on a back-yard picnic table in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, at about 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 1979.

The Mississauga Horse

The 9th Mississauga Horse contributed many volunteers to the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I, in particular to the 170th (Mississauga Horse) Battalion, CEF.

Thomas L. Kennedy Secondary School

Thomas Laird Kennedy Secondary School is a school located in Mississauga, Ontario which was erected in honour of Premier of Ontario Thomas Laird Kennedy.

Kennedy had been a longtime resident of Streetsville (now part of Mississauga), where he was Master of the River Park Masonic Lodge.

Trafalgar Moraine

Development on the moraine has been limited to regions in Mississauga, and the construction of Highway 407.

Trillium Health Centre

The hospital's annual Diwali dinner has become known as one of Mississauga's premier social events.

TST Overland Express

TST Overland Express is a less than truckload carrier (LTL) located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

University of Toronto Mississauga Library

The University of Toronto Mississauga Library, part of the University of Toronto Libraries system, is the campus library of the University of Toronto Mississauga.

University of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance

The school internship partners include the Canadian Federal Public Service, the Ontario Public Service, the City of Toronto, the City of Mississauga, as well as many non-governmental organizations and research think tanks.

Urdu Times

Over the years, Urdu Times extended the area of publication and is now being published in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mississauga (a suburb of Toronto), Montreal, London, Birmingham and Manchester.

Vancouver's Turn

The building is described as having a 'hyperbolic paraboloid' form; the design is similar to the Absolute Tower in Mississauga and Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden.

Vista Heights Public School

In 2006, the school celebrated its 50th birthday with an alumni reunion at which Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion recalled the first days of the school.


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