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Mississauga

Ontario · Canada
City population
717,961
#7
in Canada
#3
in Ontario
#772
worldwide
OttawaMississauga
43.579, -79.658 · 374 km from Ottawa
City population
717,961
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Canada
#7
of 295 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#772
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Canada
1.7%
of the national population

About Mississauga

Canada's seventh-largest city by population, Mississauga holds 717,961 residents and accounts for 1.7% of the national population. It sits 374 km from Ottawa and ranks third in Ontario. The city lies within a cluster of major centres: Brampton (656,480) is 15 km away, Etobicoke (365,000) is 10 km away, and Oakville (213,759) is 14 km away.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Canada
#7of 295
LargestSmallest
Position in Ontario
#3of 100
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Canada
Region
Ontario
Rank in region
#3of 100
Distance to capital
374 km
to Ottawa
Elevation
159 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Toronto
Coordinates
43.579, -79.658
Record updated
2025-08-04
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 295 in Canada

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

10KMEtobicoke365K people14KMOakville214K people15KMBrampton656K people19KMMilton133K people22KMGeorgetown44K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Mississauga718K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Mississauga compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Mississauga718K

Mississauga Population FAQ

What is the population of Mississauga?

Mississauga has a city population of 717,961. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Mississauga?

Mississauga is in Ontario, Canada, 374 km from the capital, Ottawa. Its coordinates are 43.579, -79.658.

How big is Mississauga compared with other cities in Canada?

It is the 7th largest of the 295 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Canada, holding 1.7% of the national population.

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