Mississauga has always been growing, but the city of over 700,000 people has undergone fairly monumental changes over the past few years—and 2019 was a huge year for infrastructure (LRT) and development projects (Brightwater, Lakeview Village) in the city.

So, what can residents expect in 2020?

Insauga.com recently chatted with Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie about how far the city has come (especially in the last year) and how much further it will go.

“It’s been a terrific year, we have accomplished a lot. Mississauga is gaining momentum. When I look at our accomplishments over the past year, they outweigh what we accomplished in previous years,” Crombie told insauga.com.

“It makes me realize how much Mississauga has grown and changed. I think we’re being recognized around the country with things like Jurassic Park West and the She the North Rally for Bianca Andreescu. Those events attracted tens of thousands of people.”

This past year was an interesting one for Canada’s sixth-largest city. When Crombie says that Mississauga is gaining momentum, she isn’t wrong. Over the past decade, the city has welcomed a huge number of sleek condo towers (with 46 more proposed for the City Centre area), built The Mississauga Transitway (a bus rapid transit system), began construction on the Hurontario LRT, endorsed two major lakefront redevelopment projects in Port Credit and Lakeview, launched a tourism program and fought for freedom from the Region of Peel.

While the city hasn’t accomplished all of its goals, it has worked to redefine itself as a metropolitan destination in its own right and not just a suburban extension of Toronto.

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