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 Sweeper Parts Mississauga - Mississauga is a Southern Ontario city in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), part of the Regional Municipality of Peel. Mississauga is a fast growing city, doubling its residents each decade for the last couple of decades. It is Canada's sixth most heavily populated municipality (pop. 734,000) and the third most densely inhabited city on the Great Lakes. Between 1986 and 1991, the city of Mississauga had the largest growth in population of whichever city within Canada. Population growth has slowed somewhat after that, although a sustained growth in population continues. Inhabitants of the city are called Mississaugans.
Mississauga's growth is primarily because of its history as a Toronto suburb. However, Mississauga City is no mere bedroom community. The municipality has extensive industrial and corporate development, providing an abundance of employment opportunities. The city has succeeded in creating a distinctive image for itself during the past decade. An international architectural design competition held in the year 2006 for two condominium towers, called Absolute World, created an iconic landmark for Mississauga City. The towers, that are near completion, are the tallest to be found within any suburban city within Canada.
The highly accessible markets of Mississauga make it perfect for major domestic markets in Midwestern and Northeastern United States and Canada. Situated in the city limits is the Toronto Pearson International Airport and five major freeways. Mississauga's large financial/corporate district has the Canadian headquarters of such major international Fortune 500 companies as Fujitsu, General Electric, Wal-Mart Canada, Hewlett-Packard, PepsiCo, Microsoft, Intuit Canada and Siemens. As a matter of Fact, over 60 of the Fortune 500 base their Canadian or global headquarters in this city.
The numerous trades which are supported within Mississauga City include banking and finance, electronics and computers, pharmaceuticals, transportation parts and equipment industries. In the financial sector, the major employers include Citibank Canada, and its two corporate IT development centres, and TD Bank Financial, with its three Corporate IT development centres. Retail is another strong sector. Mississauga boasts the second-biggest shopping mall of the Greater Toronto Area, Square One Shopping Centre. The city of Mississauga is currently without debt, though it may need to borrow money for new capital projects in 2012.
The city of Mississauga has the head office of some airlines comprising Air Georgian, Kam Air and Air Canada Jazz, that operates a regional office within Mississauga.
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