Meadowvale, Ontario
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Meadowvale is a community located in the northwestern part of Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a village in Toronto Township. In the 1970s, Meadowvale was selected to be the name of a new town community for the newly (1974) incorporated City of Mississauga; the name was applied to a development a few miles west along Derry Road.
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[edit] Nearest places
- Brampton, north
- Milton, northwest
- Erin Mills, south
- Streetsville, south
[edit] Geography
Meadowvale is located at . The community is situated near the Credit River which lies to the east. Pine forests including other types of trees are along the Credit Valley which covers most of the central part of the subdivision. Another creek named Levi Creek runs to the south and southwest and is a tributary of the Credit lying to the south.
The rough boundaries of Meadowvale are: Western boundary Ninth Line, Eastern boundary Mississauga Road, Northern boundary Highway 401, Southern boundary Britannia Road. [1]
Meadowvale has two lakes, Aquitaine and Wabukayne, both of which were largely man-made. A system of parks and trails connects the two lakes, which are located about 1.5 kilometres apart. [2]
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- density: -
- Area code: +1-905
- Postal code: L5N
[edit] Demographics
- Population of Meadowvale as a whole
- For planning purposes the city of Mississauga is divided into 24 districts. Here are the estimated 2006 populations for districts which comprise the area known as Meadowvale. [5]
- Meadowvale 43,000
- Lisgar 30,500
- Meadowvale Village 26,200
If Meadowvale were its own city, it would have the 30th largest urban area population in Canada.
- Breakdown of visible minority population as of 2001
- South Asian 11.3%
- Black 6.7%
- Chinese 3.4%
- Filipino 2.8%
- Arab/West Asian 1.7%
- Latin American 1.4%
[edit] History
The village of Meadowvale was established in the 1820s by Irish immigrants from the state of New York. [7] In the town's early years, the main industry was milling, with the mills drawing power from the Credit River. [8] In the late-1950s, Highway 401 began construction south of Meadowvale Village and was opened several months later.
In 1968, Meadowvale was incorporated into the new Town of Mississauga. In the 1970s, farmland west of the original Meadowvale Village was developed into a series of subdivisions that make up much of present-day Meadowvale. This area has continued to expand ever since, and now fills most of the northwest corner of Mississauga.
Meadowvale has also seen an expansion of industrial and business developments along the Hwy. 401 corridor. A number of major corporations have offices here, including Wal-Mart Canada, Siemens, Microsoft, DuPont and the Royal Bank of Canada.
In recognition of its many historical buildings, Meadowvale Village was recognized as Ontario’s first Heritage Conservation District in 1980. [9] To reduce traffic through the village, the Derry Road by-pass was built in the mid-1990s. Located about one kilometre north of the Old Derry Road, the new Derry Road is a major east-west traffic artery running from Mississauga Road to Mavis Road.
In June 2006, Meadowvale found itself in an international media spotlight, as a number of former Meadowvale Secondary School students were among those charged in an alleged terror plot to bomb well-known Canadian buildings and assassinate political leaders. [10]
[edit] Transportation
Meadowvale is accessed via two 400-series highways, Highway 401 and the electronically tolled Highway 407. Winston Churchill Blvd., Erin Mills Parkway and Mavis Road are major north-south roads that connect Meadowvale to the rest of Mississauga. Derry and Britannia Roads are major east-west roads. Meadowvale GO Station offers train and bus service to Toronto. A new Lisgar GO Station is set to open in 2007 [11] to serve commuters in western portion of Meadowvale. Meadowvale Town Centre serves as a hub for Mississauga Transit, offering bus service to most parts of the city, and to the Toronto subway system. Meadowvale also has a series of bike trails, offering access to, among other things, schools, the Meadowvale Town Centre and the Meadowvale Community Centre.
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[edit] Map and aerial photos
Clarkson • Cooksville • Dixie • Erindale • Erin Mills • Lakeview • Lorne Park • Malton • Meadowvale • Port Credit • Streetsville
