Mississauga Valleys

Mississauga Valleys is bounded by Burnhamthorpe Road East to the north, Cawthra Road to the east, Dundas Street East and the CPKC rail line to the south and Hurontario Street to the west, with the TRREB boundary also taking in the Kaneff Crescent condominium block just west of Hurontario at Burnhamthorpe.

The Valleys was never meant to look uniform. Along the west side and around the Hurontario and Burnhamthorpe corner are the tower in the park condominiums of the mid 1970s to early 1980s: Parkway Terrace, twin 18 storey towers at 20 and 50 Mississauga Valley Boulevard completed in 1976; Parkview at 1580 Mississauga Valley Boulevard from 1977; and on Kaneff Crescent, Obelisk I (1980), Place IV (1981), Place Royale and Place Avant (both 1983). Suites in these buildings commonly run well above 1,100 square feet with separate dining rooms, solariums and in some cases two parking spaces. Newer buildings such as Alba at 1 Fairview Road East add contemporary layouts. The middle of the loop has condominium townhouses, including the complex at 180 Mississauga Valley Boulevard and rows on Lolita Gardens. East toward Cawthra Road the streets are detached homes: shallow bungalows on wider lots from the first postwar subdivisions, then 1960s and 1970s two storeys and side splits, with low rise blocks completed by 1975 and apartment buildings added through the 1980s.

Cooksville GO Station at 3210 Hurontario Street is on the Milton line; its new station building opened in November 2020 with a 1,458 space parking structure. MiWay routes 2 Hurontario and 103 Hurontario Express run the west edge to City Centre Transit Terminal and Port Credit, route 26 Burnhamthorpe runs the north edge toward Kipling, and local buses stop on Mississauga Valley Boulevard at the community centre. The Hazel McCallion Line, an 18 kilometre light rail line with 19 stops from Port Credit to Brampton, is under construction along Hurontario with stops at Cooksville and Fairview; Metrolinx has not confirmed an opening date, and Mississauga's mayor has said she does not expect riders before 2029. Highway 403 is north via Hurontario, the QEW south, and Highway 401 via Hurontario or Cawthra.

The Valleys Senior Public School at 1235 Mississauga Valley Boulevard, at Central Parkway East, takes Peel District School Board students in grades 6 to 8 from the neighbourhood and feeds T.L. Kennedy Secondary School at 3100 Hurontario Street, which has operated since 1953 and runs Specialist High Skills Majors in business and technology. Elementary students attend Peel schools in and around the loop, Corsair Public School among them. Catholic students are served by Dufferin-Peel schools in the surrounding Cooksville and Fairview area, with Father Michael Goetz Catholic Secondary School at 330 Central Parkway West the closest Catholic high school. Sheridan College's Hazel McCallion Campus on Duke of York Boulevard is a walk across Burnhamthorpe. Verify catchments with each board, since boundaries here shift with the condo population.

Mississauga Valley Park sits in the middle of the loop with tennis courts, a ball diamond, a splash pad and paths that follow Cooksville Creek and, roughly, the old Toronto Suburban Railway right of way from Lolita Gardens up to Burnhamthorpe Road. Beside it, the Mississauga Valley Community Centre and Library at 1275 Mississauga Valley Boulevard, opened in 1980 and renovated in 2004, has a pool, arena, gym and fitness centre under one roof. Richard Jones Park and Stonebrook Park add green space along the creek. Square One at 100 City Centre Drive, the largest shopping centre in Ontario with more than 360 stores, is across Burnhamthorpe, with Celebration Square and the Living Arts Centre beside it; plazas along Hurontario, Burnhamthorpe and Dundas handle groceries and errands. Cooksville's restaurant strip on Dundas Street is at the south end.

Mississauga Valleys suits buyers who want space for the money in a condo: young families and downsizers find 1970s and 1980s suites with real dining rooms, two full bathrooms and parking, all near a community centre with a pool and a library. Commuters get Cooksville GO and, eventually, the LRT on Hurontario. Investors like the walk to Square One and Sheridan College. Detached buyers on the east side get a quieter street plan and mature trees while staying inside the city centre orbit.