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Living in Mississauga

In Mississauga, tenants pay an average rent of €1,267 a month (2025) and unemployment is 14% (2021).

The unemployment rate was 14% in May 2021. Foreign-born residents accounted for 57.9% of the population in 2021. The bachelor’s-or-higher share was 38.2% in 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-1030 sources

Population717,961people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Mississauga (Census subdivision 3521005)
Median gross salary3,622EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · Statistics Canada
Average rent1,267EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision
Unemployment rate14%country median 8.4% — 67% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population
Recorded crime4,296incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police
PM2.5, annual mean3.55µg/m³country median 3.6 — 2% belowOfficial source · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.

Higher unemployment than 94% of Canadian cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 69% of Canadian cities that publish it.

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Housing and cost

28% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing in May 2021.

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month
Mississauga recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€1106
Utilities, 85 m² flat€118
Transport pass€101
Internet, 60 Mbps€52
Fitness club€40
Mobile plan, 10 GB€31

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fitness club membership, monthly39.81 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited52.24 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly1,106 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant10.5 EUR31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB30.58 EUR/month31 Jul 2026Cost of Living in Mississauga. Jul 2026. Prices in Mississauga29Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass101.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home118.3 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v230Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Households spending over 30% of income on rent28 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official
Dwellings254,089 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official
Main residence dwellings244,575 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Average monthly rent (two-bedroom)1,281 EUR/month31 Oct 2023CMHC Urban Rental Market Survey — Average Rents in Urban Centres (CSD table), October 20232Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)1,267 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision1Official

Is Mississauga a good place to live?

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Remote worker28%strong on work, weak on safety · range 19–37%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–64%
Student41%strong on education, weak on work · range 33–49%
Family54%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–63%
Retirement37%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 26–48%

Work and income

What is the typical salary in Mississauga?

The median gross salary is about 3,622 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table.

City-scope median, gross, before tax and social contributions.

  • Median gross salary: 3,622 EUR/month · Statistics Canada12
  • Median gross salary (regional): 2,745 EUR/month · 2026-09-17 · www150.statcan.gc.ca24

What is the unemployment rate in Mississauga?

The unemployment rate is 14 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Mississauga is 14.0%. Of 515 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Public employment offices1 count15 Sept 2026Service Canada — Mississauga office list9Official
Employment rate55 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median gross salary3,622 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Statistics Canada12Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,745 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca24Official
Unemployment rate14 %country median 8.4%11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official

What does a salary buy in Mississauga?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Mississauga median gross pay: €3,622 (Statistics Canada, 2020-12-31).
Left over each month€1,195of €2,765 take-home
  • Rent
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  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€2,765
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Average Rent by Bedroom Type by Census Subdivision · 2025-12-31− €1,267
Public transport pass€101 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31− €101
Utilities, 85 m²€118 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31− €118
Internet€52 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31− €52
Mobile plan€31 · market price · Cost of Living in Mississauga. Jul 2026. Prices in Mississauga · 2026-07-31− €31
Left over€1,195
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Public employment offices in Mississauga

Service Canada lists 1 public employment office in Mississauga (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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Safety

How safe is Mississauga?

Police recorded about 4,296 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police3

Recorded crime across major citiesMississauga highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Mississauga highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Winnipeg7,894
Edmonton7,108
Halifax6,020
Vancouver5,438
Calgary4,796
London4,743
Québec4,630
Ottawa4,298
Hamilton4,257
Toronto4,177
Gatineau3,756
Montreal3,674
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,296 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police3Official · county

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Workers commuting by bicycle0.3 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official
Workers commuting by public transport11.4 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official
Workers walking to work2.9 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official
Destinations from nearest airport147 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat7Official
Nearest airportYYZ13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv8Official
Distance to nearest airport9.7 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv8Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mississauga. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 3.55 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 9.37 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Mississauga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 3.55 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.5
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Mississauga is 3.6 µg/m³. Of 123 cities with data, 46 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean9.37 µg/m³country median 7.02024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.6Official
PM10 — annual mean13.86 µg/m³country median 10.52024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.4Official
PM2.5 — annual mean3.55 µg/m³country median 3.62024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.5Official
Average daytime high by monthJan -0.3 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 11.6 · May 18.8 · Jun 24.2 · Jul 27 · Aug 26.1 · Sep 22 · Oct 14.6 · Nov 8.1 · Dec 2.6 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -6.7 · Feb -6 · Mar -1.8 · Apr 3.9 · May 10 · Jun 15.3 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 17.6 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 7.7 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -2.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official
Average temperature by monthJan -3.5 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 1.7 · Apr 7.8 · May 14.4 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 21.9 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 5.2 · Dec -0.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI23Official

Similar climate. In Canada: Chatham-Kent ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Ebetsu (Japan) ±0.8 °C, Warren (United States) ±0.9 °C, Grand Rapids (United States) ±1.3 °C, Cambridge (United States) ±1.3 °C, Syracuse (United States) ±1.3 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 292.4 km² in 2021. Population density was 2,452.5 people per km² in 2021.

How many people live in Mississauga?

The published population was 717,961 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Mississauga (Census subdivision 3521005)16

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 112,610 is not 53.2% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area292.7 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
City area292.4 km²2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Mississauga, CSD 3521005)15Official
Foreign-resident share53.23 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada13Official
Foreign residents112,610 people11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign population total; it is not immigrant status.17Official
Population density2,453 people/km²11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.17Official
Population717,961 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Mississauga (Census subdivision 3521005)16Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022

Population rose 20.9% between 2001 and 2022, from 638,254 to 771,891.

International community in Mississauga

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data379,420100.0%
Asia228,91060.3%
Europe77,85020.5%
India61,25516.1%
Americas46,53012.3%
Pakistan33,8058.9%
Philippines28,6707.6%
Africa25,4306.7%
Other places of birth in Asia23,5306.2%
China22,8306.0%
Poland19,0255.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Jamaica11,0152.9%
Viet Nam10,9502.9%
Other places of birth in Europe10,5252.8%
Portugal10,4152.7%
Other places of birth in Africa9,6602.5%
Other places of birth in Americas9,5652.5%
United Kingdom9,2252.4%
Egypt8,9752.4%
Iraq8,4152.2%
Sri Lanka7,7852.1%
Italy6,8051.8%
Syria6,7051.8%
Hong Kong6,6551.8%
Guyana6,2401.6%
Trinidad and Tobago5,7601.5%
United States of America5,5801.5%
Ukraine4,6751.2%
Korea, South4,1251.1%
Colombia3,3850.9%
Lebanon3,3150.9%
Bangladesh3,0650.8%
Croatia3,0350.8%
Nigeria2,9200.8%
Iran2,6750.7%
Romania2,6450.7%
Afghanistan2,4700.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina2,3850.6%
Germany2,1150.6%
Russian Federation1,9850.5%
Serbia1,8350.5%
Taiwan1,6850.4%
Mexico1,3900.4%
Greece1,3850.4%
Peru1,3350.4%
Brazil1,2750.3%
South Africa, Republic of1,1700.3%
Turkey9850.3%
Somalia9050.2%
El Salvador8150.2%
Oceania and other places of birth7000.2%
Hungary6900.2%
France6250.2%
Ethiopia4800.1%
Netherlands4750.1%
Morocco4600.1%
Algeria3400.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the2650.1%
Eritrea2550.1%
Haiti1550.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data712,825100.0%
Canadian citizens600,21584.2%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over482,02067.6%
Canadian citizens aged under 18118,19016.6%
Not Canadian citizens112,61015.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data714,840100.0%
Single responses642,39589.9%
Official languages445,10562.3%
English442,26561.9%
Non-official languages197,29527.6%
Non-Indigenous languages197,29027.6%
Indo-European languages107,14515.0%
Multiple responses72,44010.1%
English and non-official language(s)68,3559.6%
Indo-Iranian languages59,8858.4%
Indo-Aryan languages56,1407.9%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Sino-Tibetan languages30,0504.2%
Chinese languages29,7604.2%
Balto-Slavic languages25,3953.6%
Slavic languages25,2053.5%
Urdu24,3103.4%
Afro-Asiatic languages22,5653.2%
Semitic languages21,9203.1%
Arabic20,3802.9%
Italic (Romance) languages19,3702.7%
Mandarin18,0702.5%
Punjabi (Panjabi)14,8602.1%
Polish12,4601.7%
Austronesian languages11,8801.7%
Dravidian languages11,5351.6%
Yue (Cantonese)10,7051.5%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)10,3351.4%
Spanish9,3651.3%
Austro-Asiatic languages7,4951.0%
Vietnamese7,4751.0%
Tamil7,1951.0%
Hindi6,8601.0%
Portuguese5,9250.8%
Serbo-Croatian4,5350.6%
Gujarati4,3350.6%
Iranian languages3,7400.5%
Ukrainian3,5200.5%
Korean3,1450.4%
Russian3,0600.4%
Persian languages2,8800.4%
French2,8400.4%
Italian2,8250.4%
Bengali2,5400.4%
Serbian2,1500.3%
Malayalam2,0750.3%
Telugu1,7650.2%
Croatian1,7650.2%
English and French1,5250.2%
Multiple non-official languages1,3400.2%
Iranian Persian1,3150.2%
Dari1,3000.2%
Romanian1,2450.2%
Albanian1,2400.2%
Marathi1,1750.2%
Aramaic languages1,0950.2%
English, French and non-official language(s)8850.1%
Turkic languages8400.1%
Niger-Congo languages7600.1%
Turkish7350.1%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic7300.1%
Greek7050.1%
Pashto6950.1%
Bosnian5800.1%
Nepali5750.1%
Bulgarian5600.1%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)5600.1%
Macedonian5350.1%
Uralic languages5050.1%
Cushitic languages5050.1%
Hungarian4850.1%
Somali4850.1%
Kannada4400.1%
Japanese4400.1%
Creole languages4300.1%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)4150.1%
Indonesian3850.1%
Ilocano3500.0%
French and non-official language(s)3250.0%
Sindhi3150.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages2950.0%
Morisyen2950.0%
Akan (Twi)2950.0%
Sign languages2800.0%
Armenian2750.0%
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic2700.0%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.2700.0%
Cebuano2650.0%
Germanic languages2650.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.2550.0%
Slovak2250.0%
American Sign Language2100.0%
Tibetan2100.0%
Wu (Shanghainese)2050.0%
Baltic languages1900.0%
High German languages1850.0%
German1800.0%
Lithuanian1750.0%
Maltese1650.0%
Hiligaynon1600.0%
Czech1600.0%
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango)1550.0%
Kurdish1500.0%
Indo-Aryan languages, n.i.e.1450.0%
Konkani1400.0%
Yoruba1350.0%
Tai-Kadai languages1350.0%
Amharic1350.0%
Slovene (Slovenian)1300.0%
Kacchi1300.0%
Oriya languages1200.0%
Aramaic, n.o.s.1000.0%
Tigrigna950.0%
Bisaya, n.o.s.950.0%
Coptic900.0%
Swahili800.0%
Burmese800.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.750.0%
Odia750.0%
Lao700.0%
Igbo650.0%
Hakka650.0%
Thai650.0%
Uyghur650.0%
Creole, n.o.s.650.0%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages600.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.550.0%
Oriya, n.o.s.500.0%
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e.450.0%
Tulu400.0%
Serbo-Croatian, n.i.e.400.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages350.0%
Assamese350.0%
Min Dong300.0%
Creole languages, n.i.e.300.0%
Dutch300.0%
Kashmiri300.0%
Lingala250.0%
Berber languages250.0%
Chadic languages250.0%
Hausa250.0%
Bikol250.0%
Haitian Creole250.0%
Afrikaans250.0%
Scandinavian languages250.0%
Azerbaijani200.0%
Uzbek200.0%
Harari200.0%
Waray-Waray200.0%
Mongolian200.0%
Ga200.0%
Shona150.0%
Nuer150.0%
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e.150.0%
Finnish150.0%
Tamazight150.0%
Hebrew150.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)150.0%
Jamaican English Creole150.0%
Dravidian languages, n.i.e.150.0%
Georgian150.0%
Latvian150.0%
Swedish150.0%
Baluchi150.0%
Éwé150.0%
Ganda150.0%
Mwani100.0%
Chinese languages, n.i.e.100.0%
Estonian100.0%
Other languages, n.i.e.100.0%
Oromo100.0%
Pangasinan100.0%
Belarusian100.0%
Rusyn100.0%
Edo100.0%
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde)100.0%
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)50.0%
Ndebele50.0%
Rundi (Kirundi)50.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Turkic languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Bilen50.0%
Malay50.0%
Krio50.0%
Slavic languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Celtic languages50.0%
Irish50.0%
Welsh50.0%
Danish50.0%
Parsi50.0%
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Catalan50.0%
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e.50.0%
Gikuyu50.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad57.9 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population18Official
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher38.2 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Table 98-10-0387-04: highest certificate, diploma or degree20Official
Households244,575 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Labour force participation rate63.9 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada11Official
Median age40.8 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada14Official

Alternatives for people set on Mississauga

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Oakville as a Mississauga alternative in the same region

17 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

  • Median gross pay, city: €4,956 Oakville vs €3,622 Mississauga+37%
  • Nearest airport: 23.6 km Oakville vs 9.7 km Mississauga+143%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,486 Oakville vs €2,745 Mississauga+27%
  • Residents: 213,759 Oakville vs 717,961 Mississauga−70%
  • Unemployment: 11.7% Oakville vs 14.0% Mississauga−16%
  • A meal out: €15 Oakville vs €11 Mississauga+40%
  • Foreign residents: 41.2% Oakville vs 53.2% Mississauga−23%
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Vancouver as a Mississauga alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Unemployment: 9.0% Vancouver vs 14.0% Mississauga−36%
  • A meal out: €17 Vancouver vs €11 Mississauga+63%
  • Annual PM2.5: 2.5 µg/m³ Vancouver vs 3.6 µg/m³ Mississauga−30%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,438 (2024) Vancouver vs 4,296 (2025) Mississaugano percentage
  • Basic utilities, 85 m²: €87 Vancouver vs €118 Mississauga−27%
  • Foreign residents: 42.2% Vancouver vs 53.2% Mississauga−21%
  • Median gross pay, city: €3,785 Vancouver vs €3,622 Mississauga+5%
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Cities near Mississauga

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Brampton 13.2 km away
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3,137 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Oakville 16.9 km away
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4,956 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
Milton 21.4 km away
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4,167 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in Canada

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Vancouver706,012 residentsWinnipeg749,607 residentsBrampton656,480 residentsSurrey633,234 residentsHamilton597,010 residentsQuébec557,390 residents

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How many people live in Mississauga?

The published population was 717,961 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Mississauga (Census subdivision 3521005).

Is the air quality good in Mississauga?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.6 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

How safe is Mississauga?

Police recorded about 4,296 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police.

What is the typical salary in Mississauga?

The median gross salary is about 3,622 EUR/month (2020). The regional series (home-region basis, 2020) is a separate labelled row in the table. Source: Statistics Canada.

What is the unemployment rate in Mississauga?

The unemployment rate is 14 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Mississauga?

The median gross salary is 2,745 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

Is Mississauga a good place to live?

Mississauga may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Mississauga?

Brampton, Oakville, Milton are near Mississauga. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Mississauga?

The official country of birth distribution records 228,910 people (60.3%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Mississauga, Canada: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 38900042927b1eab6de204a92406535f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/mississauga/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_mississauga-canada-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_1fb6726c4e6e,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Mississauga, Canada: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {38900042927b1eab6de204a92406535f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ca/mississauga/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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