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 Lift Truck Chain Mississauga - Mississauga is a Southern Ontario city in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), part of the Regional Municipality of Peel. Mississauga is a fast growing city, doubling its residents each and every decade for the past two decades. It is Canada's sixth most densely inhabited municipality (pop. 734,000) and the 3rd most populous city on the Great Lakes. Between 1986 and 1991, Mississauga City had the largest growth in population of whichever city in Canada. Population growth has slowed somewhat afterward, although a sustained growth in population continues. Residents of the city of Mississauga are known as Mississaugans.
The growth of Mississauga is mainly because of it being a main suburb of Toronto. Mississauga City on the other hand is not just a mere bedroom community. There is a great deal of corporate and industrial development, that provides plenty of job opportunities. Mississauga City has succeeded in creating a distinctive image for itself during the past decade. An international architectural design competition held during 2006 for two condominium towers, known as Absolute World, created an iconic landmark for the city. The towers, that are near completion, are the tallest to be found within whichever suburban city within Canada.
The very much accessible markets of Mississauga make it perfect for major domestic markets within Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada. Located within the city limits is the Toronto Pearson International Airport and five major freeways. Mississauga's big financial/corporate district has the Canadian head office of such major international Fortune 500 companies as General Electric, Fujitsu, Wal-Mart Canada, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Siemens, and Intuit Canada. In fact, over 60 of the Fortune 500 base their global or Canadian head offices in this city.
The various trades which are supported in the city include finance and banking, electronics and computers, pharmaceuticals, equipment industries and transportation parts. In the financial sector, the major companies comprise Citibank Canada, and its two corporate IT development centres, and TD Bank Financial, with its three Corporate IT development centres. Retail is one more strong sector. Mississauga boasts the second-biggest shopping mall of the Greater Toronto Area, Square One Shopping Centre. The city of Mississauga is presently free of debt, although it might need to borrow money for new capital projects in 2012.
Various airlines have their head office in Mississauga City, including Kam Air, Air Georgian and Air Canada Jazz, which likewise runs a regional office in the city.
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