Mississauga

The City is currently updating the 2018 Cycling Master Plan. Public consultation is underway.

In June 2023, the City launched the Mississauga Climate Leaders Program (MCLP), which was created to provide local businesses with the support and recognition needed to take climate action.

Mississauga's Climate Change Action Plan, 2019 is a corporate and community plan with mitigation and adaptation actions.

Mississauga's Climate Change Action Plan, 2019 is a corporate and community plan with mitigation and adaptation actions.

City of Mississauga adopted the Peel Region ZEV Strategy and it is continuing to implement it.

The Climate Change Action Plan, 2019 set a goal for the City to reduce community GHG emissions by 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2050 (below 1990 levels). The city is updating its Climate Change Action Plan, which is expected to be completed in 2025.

In 2023, the City, in collaboration with the City of Brampton and the Town of Caledon, completed a feasibility study evaluating design options for a potential home energy retrofit program and established the Centre for Community Energy Transformation (CCET) to support the community's transition towards a low-carbon future

Between 2022-2023, staff reviewed and updated the City’s road engineering design standards to ensure they conform with the new Complete Streets Guide

Mississauga's Climate Change Action Plan, 2019 is both corporate and community and has mitigation and adaptation actions.

The City of Mississauga council approved the update to their GDS approving a tiered mandatory approach. All new development submitted after March 2025 has to comply with Tier 1 GDS requirements. Tier 2 standards will become mandatory in 2028 and Tier 3 standards in 2030.

The Mississauga GDS has a requirement for all buildings with an available roof area larger than 500m2 must include one or a combination of green roof, cool roof, blue roof and/or solar PV: Green roof and/or blue roof for at least 50% of Available Roof Space Cool roof installed for 100% of Available Roof Space Use a combination of a green, blue, cool roof or solar PV for at least 75% of Available Roof Space

The City has updated the zoning by-law in 2022 requiring at least 1 energized outlet in low rise, at least 20% EV Ready in Part 9 buildings and stacked townhomes with communal parking. The parking minimum in the corridor of Hazel McCallion LRT is under development.

The Green Fleet and Equipment Policy prioritizes investment in low and zero-emissions fleet, equipment and infrastructure; the Electric Vehicle Charging Station Standard will guide the installation of electric vehicle chargers on City property. In addition, in 2019, MiWay committed to transition towards a transit fleet with lower emissions. The current level of service is 2nd generation of hybrid buses. A pilot for fully battery electric buses (BEV) is planned for 2025 and another pilot for hydrogen buses is currently in development.

The City of Mississauga has a corporate Green Building Standards that applies to all municipal buildings and requires a minimum of Tier 1 requirements with tier 3 being the goal for all new municipal buildings.

The City diligently reports the progress made against the 2019 CCAP community emissions reduction targets through its progress reporting page. The City is also committed to reporting community emissions through the CDP platform annually and makes TCFD disclosures through the Annual Financial and Sustainability Report.

Mississauga's Urban Agriculture Strategy is geared at encouraging healthier lifestyles, empowering the community to learn new skills about growing and harvesting produce and supporting local businesses with ties to urban agriculture. Implementation of the strategy is ongoing.

Mississauga's Urban Forest Management Plan, 2014-2033 is a 20 year plan to guide the management of urban forests.