About Mississauga
Metalworks Institute is located in Mississauga - Canada’s 6th largest & fastest growing major city
Metalworks Institute is located in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in the heart of downtown Mississauga. Mississauga is recognized as Canada’s 6th largest and fastest growing major city with a population of 729,000 residents representing cultures from around the world.
Situated next to Toronto, our location provides students all the amenities of a large city, but with significantly lower costs of living. There’s plenty to do and lots to see. The Metalworks Institute Campus is walking distance to Square One, the largest shopping mall in Ontario (second largest in all of Canada), numerous movie theatres, the Living Arts Centre as well as countless restaurants.
Mississauga is...
Safe
Recognized as the safest city in Canada 8 years in a row. Mississauga offers family-oriented sports, leisure & arts facilities with 11 community centres and a vibrant downtown city centre with major retail, office, entertainment and condo living.
Green
We have more than 480 parks & 23 major trail systems including part of a 485 mile (780 km) waterfront trail running from Niagara-on-the-Lake to the Quebec border.
Connected
Mississauga is Canada's gateway. Home to Toronto Pearson International, Canada’s largest airport, Mississauga is also within a day’s drive of North America’s richest markets with access to 164 million consumers.
Corporate
Mississauga is a corporate capital. With close to 55,000 registered businesses employing more than 425,000, Mississauga is home to 61 Fortune 500 Canadian or major divisional head offices and 50 Fortune Global 500 Canadian headquarters.
Getting around Toronto & Mississauga
Mississauga Transit
MiWay is the main transit service in Mississauga. The current MiWay service consists of two types of bus routes: MiLocal, local buses that make frequent stops, and MiExpress, express buses between major destinations. Click here to plan your route. Visit the Site
GO Transit
GO Transit is a network of train and bus lines that keep people moving around the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. GO Transit provides service to downtown Toronto and carries over 70 million passengers a year. Click here to plan your route. Visit the Site
Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission, more commonly known as ‘The TTC‘ operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in the City of Toronto. The TTC makes it easy to travel from Toronto to the Metalworks campus. Click here to plan your route. Visit the Site
Züm
Züm is a public transit solution that supports high-capacity routes and has benefits similar to rail transportation – using world-class technologies to provide better and faster ways to connect people and places. Visit the Site
Presto Transit Payment Service
PRESTO is an electronic payment system that eliminates the need for tickets, tokens, passes and cash. PRESTO works across local transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Ottawa, making paying for your trip simple, convenient and secure. PRESTO connects eleven different transit systems in Ontario, making it the most convenient way to pay for public transportation in Mississauga and Toronto.