![]() ![]() Prominent ethnic groups within the city include South Asian people (23.2 per cent of the population), Canadian (10.2 per cent), English (9.3 per cent), Chinese (7.6 Mississauga’s population is also ethnically diverse. Growing from 234,975 residents in 1975, planners forecast a population of 930,800 by 2051. Mississauga is the seventh-largest city in Canada, and the second-largest in the Greater Toronto Area ( see also Largest Cities in Canada by Population). The name Mississauga was chosen in a referendum. Population growth led the township to reincorporate as a town in 1968. The Ontario Research Community at Sheridan Park (1964) hosted many scientific businesses. The cancellation of the Avro Arrow in 1959 hurt the local economy. A provincial decision gave the land to Toronto Township in 1951. East of the airport, in Toronto Gore Township, aircraft plants served the Second World War and civil aviation. The Malton Airport, now Toronto Pearson International Airport, was created in the township in 1937. The Royal Flying Corps took over the private flight school in 1917. Toronto Township’s population grew, spurred by the Toronto-Hamilton Highway (1917, now Lakeshore Road) and the Queen Elizabeth Way (1939) ( see also Iconic Highways in Canada).Ĭanada’s first aerodrome was built at Lakeview near the start of the First World War. Early post office names survive today as the names of Mississauga neighbourhoods. Historically, a community’s name would be made official when it received a post office. ![]() Both municipalities remained separate until they amalgamated with the Town of Mississauga in 1974. Two became separate municipalities: Streetsville in 1858, and Port Credit in 1914. Further Settlement and DevelopmentĪmid Toronto Township’s farmland, small communities grew. A few, including Sutton’s family, joined the Chippewas ![]() In 1847, the remaining Mississauga left the village, most heading to Six Nations of the Grand River. This experience helped shape Sutton’s life as an advocate for her people. Getting legal ownership of the Credit Mission lands. When they visited England in 1838, Jones and his niece Catherine Sutton (Nahneebahwequa) were unsuccessful in His missionary friend Egerton Ryerson also lived at the Mission Village, where he learned and taught. Jones was the first Methodist minister of the Ojibwe people. The 200 acres of land set aside in Treaty 22. Superintendent of Indian Affairs James Givens and a Mississauga man named Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) established a “Mission Village” on the shore of the Credit River, opposite ( See also Upper Canada Land Surrenders.) Credit River Mission Village Treaty 22 also promised them 200 acres (0.8 km 2) on They received £51 between the parcels of land. In exchange, the Mississaugas of the Credit were to receive £522 and 10 shillings in goods every year.Īfter further encroachments from settlers, the Mississauga surrendered more land along the Credit River in treaties 22 and 23, signed in 1820. It surrendered 2,622 km 2 of Mississauga land to the Crown. The second treaty was signed in 1818 and was known as the Ajetance Purchase (344 km 2) of land to the Crown in exchange for fishing rights and £1,000 worth of goods. The purchase, originally agreed on in 1805 as an amendment to Treaty 13, ceded 85,000 acres In 1806, Mississauga chiefs signed Treaty 14, known as the Head of the Lake Purchase. Two treaty land acquisitions created Toronto Township (now Mississauga). Today, Indigenous peoples make up 0.6 per cent of Mississauga’s population. In particular, they settled along the shores of Lake Ontario. In the early 1700s, the Anishinaabeg, including the Mississauga, began migrating to southwestern Ontario. Diseases introduced by the Europeans also decimated the Huron-Wendat population. Iroquois Wars, fought in part over the control of the fur trade during the 17th century, depopulated When Europeans arrived in theġ600s, French traders allied with the Huron-Wendat and became enemies with the Haudenosaunee. Indigenous peoples have lived in the Mississauga area for thousands of years, particularly near the Credit and Humber rivers.
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