City Centre

Roughly Highway 403 to the north, Hurontario Street to the east, Mavis Road to the west and Webb Drive and Central Parkway West to the south. The tighter Downtown Core runs from Confederation Parkway to Hurontario Street and from Centre View Drive to Webb Drive.

Almost everything here is a condominium. The neighbourhood has the largest concentration of high-rise condo buildings in Mississauga, spanning three eras. The 1990s and early 2000s towers cluster around Kariya Drive, Webb Drive and Elm Drive south of the mall. The 2007 to 2012 wave produced Absolute World, the 56 and 50 storey towers at 50 and 60 Absolute Avenue designed by MAD Studio and known locally as the Marilyn Monroe towers. The current wave includes M City, the Rogers Real Estate and Urban Capital community planned as eight towers with the first two complete and occupied, Camrost Felcorp's Exchange District at 135 to 181 City Centre Drive, Amacon's Parkside Village and the Daniels blocks near the Civic Centre. Oxford and AIMCo's Square One District plan proposes a 130 acre remake of the mall lands with about 18,000 homes over the coming decades. Townhouses exist as podium-level or stacked units within these master plans rather than as street blocks, and freehold houses are essentially absent.

The City Centre Transit Terminal on Rathburn Road is MiWay's main hub with about 21 routes, and the Square One GO bus terminal beside it runs GO buses to Union Station and beyond. The Mississauga Transitway, a dedicated busway with 12 stations between Winston Churchill Boulevard and Renforth, feeds the terminal using shoulder lanes on Highway 403 and Centre View Drive. The Hazel McCallion Line light rail on Hurontario will add Mississauga City Centre, Robert Speck and Burnhamthorpe stops on the neighbourhood's east edge. Metrolinx has said construction on the initial route is expected to finish in 2028, with a passenger opening date to be announced after testing. Highway 403 forms the north edge, with the QEW and 401 a short drive on Hurontario or Mavis. Cooksville GO on the Milton line is south on Hurontario.

Public elementary students are generally directed to Fairview Public School just south of Webb Drive, with Thomas L. Kennedy Secondary School at 3100 Hurontario Street, open since 1953, as the area high school. On the Catholic side, Father Michael Goetz Secondary School at 330 Central Parkway West is the closest high school, and Corpus Christi is among the elementary schools serving the area. French immersion is offered at selected Peel and Dufferin-Peel schools, and Gaétan Gervais is the French-language public secondary school nearby. Post-secondary is a draw: Sheridan College's Hazel McCallion Campus opened at Duke of York Boulevard in 2011 and expanded in 2016, and the University of Toronto Mississauga is a MiWay ride west on Mississauga Road. Catchments change as new towers open, so confirm your address with the Peel District School Board or Dufferin-Peel Catholic board.

Square One is the anchor, with more than 320 stores, and the streets around it hold most of the restaurant density in the city, from the food court to Celebration Square's food truck events and the patios along Burnhamthorpe and City Centre Drive. Community Common at 355 Princess Royal Drive is the open lawn across from City Hall with ping pong and chess tables, an outdoor fitness area and a dog spot. Kariya Park offers cherry trees, a pavilion and ponds behind the towers on Kariya Drive. Zonta Meadows at 410 Rathburn Road West, known for its accessible playground, is closed for redevelopment until October 2026. The Living Arts Centre hosts theatre and concerts, the Art Gallery of Mississauga sits inside the Civic Centre, and the renovated Central Library covers five floors. Cooksville Creek's paved trail runs along the east side of Hurontario for a quick escape from the towers.

City Centre suits first-time buyers who want a one-bedroom or den unit and a commute that starts on foot at the transit terminal, students and staff at Sheridan, and investors who rent to that same pool. Downsizers from the surrounding subdivisions like being able to walk to the library, Celebration Square and the mall. It is a weaker fit if you want a yard, a quiet street or a school within a short walk, since the neighbourhood is built almost entirely of towers and the schools sit at its edges.