Applewood

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: The anchor is the Mississauga Chinese Centre at 888 Dundas Street East, a 100,000-plus-square-foot complex of Asian restaurants, a supermarket and shops that pulls visitors from well beyond Applewood.

Hot local spots: Dundas from Dixie to Cawthra is a long ribbon of plazas and outlets where most of the eating and shopping happens, and China China Palace in the Applewood Hills Plaza on Bloor is a long-running local Chinese-and-Thai standby. 

Parks & green space: The Applewood Trail runs about three kilometres through the Applewood Hills Greenbelt along Little Etobicoke Creek, good for walking, running and biking; Garnetwood Park adds tennis courts and washrooms, and Applewood Acres holds its summer events at the local parks through the homeowners’ association.

Your Typical Neighbour

Your typical Applewood neighbour skews toward families, often multi-generational and frequently with members born outside Canada, drawn by the rare combination of detached space, trees and a short drive into Toronto. A clean census figure for Applewood as its own community isn’t published directly by Statistics Canada, so for scale: Mississauga as a whole had a population of 717,961 in the 2021 Census, a median total household income of about $102,000, and a homeownership rate of 70.4 percent. Applewood reads as a more value-oriented, slightly more rental-mixed pocket than that city-wide average, especially around the Dixie-Bloor condos.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, Mississauga, City (CY)

What We Love

Space and trees you can’t find in newer Mississauga, on real 1950s lots. The Etobicoke Creek trail system on your doorstep. And the location: being right on the Etobicoke border means Toronto is a genuinely short hop, while detached homes here still cost less than comparable houses in Mississauga’s pricier southern lakeside pockets. For buyers who want a house and a yard without the Lorne Park price tag, Applewood does a lot of quiet work.

What We Don’t Love

Transit into the city is the real weak point. You’re close to Toronto, but Dixie GO’s Milton-line service is limited and freight-constrained, so a lot of people end up driving to Kipling anyway. Some pockets, especially nearer the Dundas industrial strip and the Dixie-Bloor complexes, feel more workaday than homey. And a specific caution on the older condo and townhouse corporations around Dixie and Bloor: a few have a documented history of financial trouble, so read the status certificate carefully before you commit.

Real Estate

The housing stock is the draw here: mid-century detached bungalows, two-storeys, back-splits and side-splits on generous, mature lots, with Applewood Acres holding some of the most sought-after streets. For more price-conscious buyers there’s a real supply of condos and condo townhouses clustered around Dixie and Bloor, which is where the entry-level money goes. One repeated caution: some of those older complexes have a history of condo-corporation financial difficulty, so a thorough status-certificate review is non-negotiable. If you’re weighing Applewood against other east-and-south Mississauga options, it’s worth comparing against the waterfront energy of Port Credit, the redeveloping lakeside pocket of Lakeview, and the higher-end streets of Lorne Park. Current Applewood listings and live pricing are below in the stats block and here.

Schools

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Elm Drive PS
Corsair PS
Queenston Drive PS
The Valleys Sr PS
Chris Hadfield PS
Briarwood PS
ÉS Gaétan Gervais
Camilla Road Sr PS
É Élém Horizon Jeunesse
Fairview PS
T. L. Kennedy SS
ÉS Gaétan Gervais

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Mississauga Secondary Academy
Bridge International School
USCA Academy
Lynden School
ÉSC Sainte-Famille
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School
Corpus Christi School
ÉÉC René-Lamoureux
Father Michael Goetz SS
Bishop Scalabrini School

For school rankings and Fraser Institute scores, see our interactive Mississauga school map.

Transit

MiWay buses run throughout Applewood. For commuters, Dixie GO on the Milton line gets you downtown without the Gardiner, with the honest caveat that the Milton corridor shares track with freight, so trains are limited and weekday-peak weighted. Because Applewood hugs the Toronto border, many residents skip GO entirely and drive to Kipling Station to catch the subway into the core. The QEW is right at the south edge for drivers.