Lisgar, Mississauga

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Location of Lisgar in Southern Ontario
Coordinates: 43°35′55″N79°47′3″W / 43.59861°N 79.78417°W / 43.59861; -79.78417 [1]
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Ontario.svg  Ontario
Regional municipality Peel
City Mississauga
Foundedc. 1800 (as Hamlet)
Changed Division1974 Peel Region from Halton County
Changed Municipality1962 Oakville from Trafalgar Township
Annexed1974 into Mississauga
Government
 •  MP Rechie Valdez (Mississauga—Streetsville)
 •  MPP Nina Tangri (Mississauga—Streetsville)
 •  Councillors Martin Reid (Ward 9)
Sue McFadden (Ward 10)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total33,100 [2]
Forward sortation area
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Lisgar is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwestern corner of the city, bordering the larger Meadowvale district to the east and the Churchill Meadows neighbourhood to the south. [1] It is named after the former hamlet located at the corner of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Derry Road, which is actually outside the present neighbourhood in Meadowvale.

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History

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St. Peter's Church at 6136 Ninth Line

The hamlet of Lisgar was settled in the early 1800's and was named in honour of Sir John Young Lisgar, the 1869 Governor General of Canada. Prior to this, however, it was known as Switzer's Corners, after Samuel Switzer, who owned much of the land that the small hamlet was built on. By 1824, a schoolhouse, church, and graveyard had been established. The community would go on to construct an inn, general store, post office, and blacksmith shop. [3] The post office, which opened in 1871, would only sell $11 worth of stamps in two years, which led to its closure in 1873. [4]

The area of present day Lisgar was originally in Trafalgar Township within Halton County, with the hamlet itself being located on the boundary of Toronto Township (which became the Town of Mississauga east of Winston Churchill in 1968) [5] and Trafalgar Townships and Halton and Peel Counties. [6] An area along Ninth Line north of Britannia Road was known as the "Catholic Swamp." It was here that St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church & Cemetery was built in 1850. [7] [8] [9]

In 1962, Trafalgar Township was divided with the portion containing what is now Lisgar (as well as Churchill Meadows to the south and a small portion of Meadowvale to the east) being amalgamated into Oakville. [10] In 1974, Lisgar became part of Mississauga when the town was given city status and its limits expanded west to Ninth Line (with the remaining area that became part of Oakville 12 years earlier transferred to Milton). [11] An additional annexation of a narrow strip of land west to the then-new Highway 407 was carried out in 2010. [12]

In 1986 the first housing development took shape, starting with the construction of Trelawny, an unusual development consisting strictly of homes on cul-de-sacs with asymmetrical lots, centred around Trelawny Circle with the cul-de-sacs running off the through-streets and the west side of Tenth Line as far south as Britannia Road. [13] By 1996, Lisgar was nearly two-thirds developed. [14]

As development continued to increase, the growth in population called for additional transit options for residents. This would lead to the construction of the Lisgar GO Station, which began in 2006 and was complete by the following year. [15]

Sites of interest

Geography

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Trail along Osprey Marsh

The neighbourhood is bounded by Highway 407 to the west, Highway 401 to the north (with the towns of Milton and Halton Hills beyond them respectively), Tenth Line to the east, and Britannia Road to the south. [18]

Osprey Marsh, a series of man made ponds, which serves as a storm water management system as well as a park, is located in the southern portion of the neighbourhood. [19] [20]

Parks and recreation

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  2. ↑ "City of Mississauga - Population, Demographics & Housing" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Heritage Mississauga – Lisgar". Heritage Mississauga. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ Weber, Ken (September 20, 2022). "The Rise and Fall of the Rural Post Office". In The Hills. Ontario, Canada: MonoLog Communications Inc. p. 83. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
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  7. ↑ Mackintosh, Meghan (March 21, 2021). "St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church & Cemetery". Heritage Mississauga. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Catholic Swamp". Heritage Mississauga. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  9. ↑ Zirger, Rosi (January 2011). "Heritage Impact Statement: 6136 Ninth Line, Mississauga, Ontario" (PDF). Archaeological Research Associates Ltd. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ "About Trafalgar Township". Trafalgar Township Historical Society. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  11. ↑ "Oakville Timeline (P. 18)" (PDF). www.oakvillehistory.org. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Mississauga Receives Approval for Boundary Realignment". Mississauga.ca. Dec 21, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  13. ↑ "Conserving Heritage Landscapes: Cultural Heritage Landscapes Project – Appendix L: Trelawny Community (P. 285-297)" (PDF). Heritage Advisory Committee - City of Mississauga. June 4, 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Lisgar residents to get look at future". The Toronto Star. Toronto, ON. February 9, 1995. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Ground broken on construction of a new GO transit station for Mississauga". National Post. Toronto, ON. December 9, 2006. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Sylvan Oaks". HistoricPlaces.ca. Parks Canada. City of Mississauga Planning and Heritage Community Services. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
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  18. ↑ "Lisgar Community Profile" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Lisgar District Flooding Issues" (PDF). Transportation and Works Department - City of Mississauga. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Osprey Marsh". City of Mississauga. Retrieved June 28, 2024.

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