Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0Mississauga ranks above 94% of Canadian towns on immigrants: 53%
5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns, against 16% in Mississauga. With about 764,597 residents in July 2025, Mississauga counted 244,575 households at the 2021 Census. Across Mississauga, 19% of households are one person living alone. On residents with no religion, Mississauga sits lower than 89% of Canadian towns: 18%.
What stands out about the people of Mississauga
More immigrants than most towns
53% of residents are immigrants, against 26% across Ontario’s towns and 17% across Canada’s towns. Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (60%), then in Europe (21%); 25% of them arrived from 2011 to 2021. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
A mix of backgrounds
Visible minority residents make up 62%, more than in 91% of Canadian towns, and immigrants 53%. Identity & religion ↓
A city of high-rises
27% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 90% of Canadian towns; 28% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
Mississauga changed by −1% from 2016 to 2021, slower than 81% of Canadian towns
Every figure here comes from the 2021 Census unless it carries another date. How the population moved between the last two censuses, and since.
Change, 2016 to 2021
By July 2025, the estimate had risen a further 6%.
In Mississauga, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 84% of Canadian towns
Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
Half of Mississauga’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 58% of Canadian towns. On average, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns. For Mississauga, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women.
2.9 people per household, more than in 87% of Canadian towns
Household types, then household sizes.
Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
The figure for one-parent families is 10% in Mississauga and 8.2% across Canada’s towns.
Below 93% of Canadian towns: 4.4% of residents 15 and over live common-law
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Compared with 46% across Canada’s towns, 52% of residents 15 and over are married here. For common-law partners, the comparison across Canada’s towns is 11%.
In Mississauga, 27% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Households in single-detached houses: 37%, below 80% of Canadian towns. Here, 30% of households rent their home.
$102,000 a year: the median household income
Incomes here are for 2020, the year before the census, CERB and other pandemic benefits included. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
Half of Mississauga’s households had a total income above $102,000, 19% more than the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). The median across Ontario’s towns is $91,600. COVID-19 benefits went to 33% of residents with an income (typical: 28%).
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 56% of Canadian towns: 10%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 65%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Immigrants here were most often born in Asia (60%), then in Europe (21%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across Canada’s towns. Most recent wave: 25% of immigrants arrived in 2011–2021 (Canada’s towns: 27%).
62% of residents belong to a visible minority, more than in 91% of Canadian towns
Visible minority and Indigenous identity, then religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Among other religions: Muslim (17%), Hindu (8.8%), Sikh (3.4%) and Buddhist (2%). Across Canada’s towns, visible minority residents come to 15%. Indigenous residents are rarer here than in 90% of Canadian towns.
54% have a mother tongue other than English or French
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
28% most often speak a language other than English or French at home, and 3.4% speak neither official language. Mississauga has fewer residents whose mother tongue is French than 77% of Canadian towns, at 0.9%. Bilingual residents: 6.7%, near enough the figure across Canada’s towns.
Degree holders aged 25 to 64 make up 47% in Mississauga, more than in 81% of Canadian towns
Highest certificate, diploma or degree of residents aged 25 to 64.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
Without any certificate: 7.1% of 25- to 64-year-olds (typical: 9.5%).
In work on census day: 55% of adults
Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic: some of these rates are lower than in a usual year. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, above this 55%; 17% of residents are 65 or over.
From a median age of 35 in DT Core to 49 in Port Credit
The city’s 33 neighbourhoods, youngest first; each links its own page.
Port Credit is the oldest area, with 25% aged 65 or over; DT Core the youngest (median age 35). DT Cooksville has the largest immigrant share, 66%. DT Hospital has the most renters: 88% of households.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Mississauga
The closest towns, coloured by how old their residents are.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississauga | 764,597 | — | 40.8 | 17% | 53% |
| Creditview | 10,972 | 1.0 km | 41 | 20% | 59% |
| DT Core | 33,003 | 2.0 km | 34.8 | 13% | 60% |
| Roseborough | 54,539 | 2.2 km | 40 | 14% | 62% |
| Uptown | 12,244 | 2.3 km | 39.5 | 19% | 64% |
| Fairview | 7,597 | 2.5 km | 45.9 | 22% | 61% |
| Hurontario | 43,877 | 2.6 km | 42.2 | 17% | 61% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Unpaid care, car ownership and internet access aren’t in the Census Profile, nor is the change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins other than visible minority and Indigenous identity are left out of the charts.
- The census’s own words. These are self-reported answers: Indigenous identity, immigrant status, religion. The census’s “visible minority” comes from the Employment Equity Act (non-white in colour or race, Indigenous peoples aside), and the page sets each beside other towns without labelling any.
- Against Ontario’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of Ontario’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
Questions about Mississauga’s residents
What is the average age in Mississauga?
The median age is 40.8. 15% are under 15 and 17% 65 or older.
Is Mississauga bilingual?
6.7% of residents can speak both English and French (typical across Canada’s towns: 7.5%); 0.1% speak French only and 90% English only. French is the mother tongue of 0.9%.
How diverse is Mississauga?
Immigrants: 53% (Canada’s towns: 17%). Visible minority: 62%. Indigenous identity: 0.5%.
What religion are people in Mississauga?
18% said they have no religion and 50% that they are Christian; 32% named another faith.
Is Mississauga good for families?
15% of residents are under 15 (Canada’s towns: 16%); couple families are 55% of households and one-parent families 10%. Schools near Mississauga are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Mississauga?
Half of Mississauga’s households had more than $102,000 in 2020, before tax; across Canada’s towns the median was $86,000.
What is the population of Mississauga?
About 764,597, by Statistics Canada’s estimate for July 2025. The 2021 Census found 717,961 people in Mississauga, about the same as 2016.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population · Statistics Canada, population estimates for 1 July 2025 (table 17-10-0155). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).