Fairview

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: Fairview leans on City Centre next door, where Square One, Ontario’s largest shopping mall, Celebration Square and the Living Arts Centre provide the big-ticket shopping, events and culture within a few minutes’ reach.

Hot local spots: the dining and shopping scene is essentially Square One and the City Centre strip, plus the established restaurants along Cooksville’s stretch of Hurontario just to the south. Fairview itself is residential, so the standout spots are a short hop away rather than on its own streets. [Local agent: add any specific Fairview-adjacent favourites you’d point clients to.]

Parks & green space: Fairview holds up better here than its size suggests, with Dr. Martin L. Dobkin Community Park, City View Park, Fairview Park and part of John “Bud” Cleary Park running through the neighbourhood.

Your Typical Neighbour

Fairview skews younger and notably international: it is largely condo-dwelling professionals, many of them new to Canada, with a sizeable majority of residents born outside the country. The freehold streets add a layer of settled families and longtime owners. It is one of the more diverse pockets of central Mississauga, incomes track close to the city average, and the appeal is affordability and location rather than prestige. It is a practical, get-a-foothold kind of neighbourhood.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, Mississauga

What We Love

Location and value. You are minutes from Square One, City Centre and the Cooksville GO, and the condos here are typically older, bigger and cheaper than the glass towers next door, which is a genuinely smart trade for first-time buyers and downsizers. The freehold streets to the west give families a real range of houses, the parks are better than the neighbourhood’s modest reputation suggests, and the Hurontario LRT, whenever it lands, should lift values and walkability.

What We Don’t Love

Fairview is light on character of its own. There is no signature main street, the shops and restaurants are mostly next door rather than here, and the area can feel more functional than charming. The Hurontario LRT has been delayed repeatedly and is now projected for around 2028, so the transit payoff is still some way off, and Hurontario traffic on the eastern edge is a daily reality. This is a buy-for-location neighbourhood, not a buy-for-vibe one.

Real Estate

Fairview is a tale of two markets. The bulk of sales are condo apartments, generally two-bedroom-plus units in older buildings that offer more space for less money than City Centre. West of Hurontario, the freehold subdivision runs from smaller starter semis to detached homes above $1M, giving the neighbourhood a wider range than its size suggests. Value and central location drive demand here, and the eventual LRT is the upside everyone is pricing in. 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

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

CATHOLIC & PRIVATE SCHOOLS

ÉSC Sainte-Famille
ÉÉC René-Lamoureux
Father Michael Goetz SS
Bishop Scalabrini School
St Philip ES

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

Transit

For now, this is a bus-and-GO neighbourhood. MiWay buses run Hurontario and the cross streets, the Cooksville GO station to the south carries the Milton line into Union, and drivers reach the 403 and the QEW easily. The Hurontario LRT (Hazel McCallion Line) is under construction along the eastern edge but is not yet open, with completion now projected for around 2028.