Erin Mills

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: the University of Toronto Mississauga, on the historic Erindale College grounds at the eastern edge, anchors the area, with Visual Arts Mississauga running programs and shows out of Riverwood, and the Erin Meadows and Erin Mills community centres and libraries serving the district.

Hot local spots: Erin Mills Town Centre, with its 185-plus shops and restaurants, is the retail hub, backed by the plazas along Winston Churchill, Eglinton and Burnhamthorpe and a farmers’ market in season.

Parks & green space: the Sawmill Valley and Glen Erin trails run through the community, linking to the Credit River corridor and the Riverwood Conservancy, with the Burnhamthorpe Trail crossing the city uninterrupted.

Your Typical Neighbour

Erin Mills is established, diverse family suburbia, a broad multicultural mix of homeowners raising families, plus students and staff tied to the UTM campus at its edge. Home ownership is high, most households are families in single-family homes, and incomes sit around or above the Mississauga average. It is a settled, owner-occupied community more than a transient one, with pockets of newer condo and rental stock adding some turnover.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile, City of Mississauga

What We Love

It was planned properly, and it pays off daily. The trail network along the Credit River and the creek valleys is genuinely good, the schools run deep, and the Town Centre plus the surrounding plazas cover the shopping without a drive across the city. Add the UTM campus and its green grounds, real family houses on generous lots, and quick access to the 403 and 407, and you get a complete, low-drama family community with more nature woven through it than most suburbs manage.

What We Don’t Love

It is spread out and car-dependent, with no walkable village core and life organized around arterial roads and parking lots. Transit beyond the GO stations is limited, so most families run two cars. The housing, largely built to a plan across a few decades, is comfortable but uniform, and the sheer size of the area means “Erin Mills” covers a lot of ground with little that ties it together beyond the mall and the trails.

Real Estate

Erin Mills is a house-dominated market of detached homes built from the 1970s onward, with generous helpings of semis, link homes and freehold townhomes, plus condo and rental clusters near the Town Centre and the arterials. Lots are suburban-sized, and homes backing onto the trail system or the river carry a premium. It is a family move-up market at heart, with the townhome and condo stock providing accessible entry points for first-time buyers. New to the market? Start with our First-Time Buyer guide.

(Current prices and days on market appear in the live statistics block below, updated quarterly.)

Schools

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Lisgar MS
Craig Kielburger SS
Trelawny PS
Osprey Woods PS
Kindree PS
É Élém Le Flambeau
Meadowvale SS
ÉS Jeunes sans frontières

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

St Albert of Jerusalem ES
St Edith Stein ES
St Therese of the Child Jesus School
ÉSC Sainte-Trinité
St Simon Stock ES
ÉSC Sainte-Famille
St. Peter School
Our Lady of Mount Carmel SS
ÉÉC Ange-Gabriel
ÉÉC Saint-Nicolas

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

Transit

The Erindale and Streetsville GO stations on the Milton line are the main transit anchors into Union, with MiWay buses connecting the district to City Centre and the UTM campus, plus the Mississauga BRT along the 403 corridor. Highways 403 and 407 border the area for drivers. It is a car-first community for daily trips, with GO the main rapid option.