Mississauga City Centre
The board files this area as City Centre.
A downtown built from scratch around a shopping centre, with the country’s most photographed condominium towers and an LRT still under construction.
Homes for sale in Mississauga City Centre
322 on the market now — each with its school boundaries, sale history and what comparable homes actually sold for.
What it is like
Almost entirely condominium, and unusually consistent: most of the stock is post-2000 towers within walking distance of Square One. The Absolute World towers — the curved pair universally called the Marilyn Monroe buildings — are the area’s signature. Unit sizes run larger than in downtown Toronto for the same money, which is the trade most buyers here are making, and parking is generally included rather than unbundled.
Getting around
The City Centre Transit Terminal is the hub of MiWay’s network and the western end of the Mississauga Transitway, a dedicated busway running east toward Renforth and Kipling station on Line 2. GO buses connect to Union Station. The Hazel McCallion Line, the light rail being built along Hurontario between Port Credit and Steeles, is not yet running: Metrolinx now quotes substantial completion in spring 2028, and the city has publicly cautioned it may be later. Anyone buying here on the strength of the LRT should treat it as a future amenity rather than a current one.
Things to see and do
Celebration Square in front of the Civic Centre programmes concerts, film nights, a skating rink and the city’s major festivals through the year. The Living Arts Centre holds theatres and studios, and the Central Library is on the same block. Square One itself is the largest shopping centre in Ontario. The Credit River trails and Port Credit’s waterfront are a short drive south.
Shops, restaurants and work
Square One and the surrounding blocks carry the retail. The office cluster along Robert Speck Parkway and Hurontario holds a substantial share of Peel’s white-collar employment, and Pearson Airport is roughly fifteen minutes north, which shapes both the office market and the rental one.
Schools nearby
Within about 2.5km of the middle of the neighbourhood, with the Ministry of Education’s EQAO results where the school reported them. A rating is one measure of one thing, and school boundaries are set by the board rather than by distance — check any individual listing for the boundaries that actually apply to it.
| School | Level | EQAO |
|---|---|---|
| ÉÉC René-Lamoureux | Elementary | 9.4 / 10 |
| St Matthew Separate School | Elementary | 9.0 / 10 |
| Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School | Elementary | 8.7 / 10 |
| St Philip Elementary School | Elementary | 8.0 / 10 |
| St David of Wales Separate School | Elementary | 7.9 / 10 |
| St. Giovanni Scalabrini Catholic School School | Elementary | 7.8 / 10 |
Sale figures are aggregates from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s MLS® System over the last twelve months. School information: Ontario Ministry of Education and EQAO. Population, income and age: Statistics Canada 2021 Census, averaged across the dissemination areas this neighbourhood covers.