Lisgar

Around the Neighbourhood

Cultural landmarks: Lisgar is a residential community without its own major venues… the nearest cultural anchors are in neighbouring Meadowvale and Streetsville, including the Meadowvale Theatre. The marsh and trail system is the local landmark residents point to.

Hot local spots: retail here is plaza rather than main street. Day-to-day shopping sits in the plazas along Derry and Tenth Line, with the bigger scenes at Meadowvale Town Centre, Erin Mills Town Centre and the shops of Streetsville a short drive away. 

Parks & green space: Osprey Marsh is the signature, a 20-acre wetland trail known for Great Blue Herons, with neighbourhood parks and the walking paths that connect the subdivisions filling in the rest.

Your Typical Neighbour

Lisgar is newer, family-oriented and very diverse, in line with northwest Mississauga… a high rate of home ownership, larger-than-average households, and a strong newcomer presence, with a large South Asian community among others. Most residents own their detached or town homes, and the neighbourhood skews toward families with children and multi-generational households more than the city average. People buy here to settle.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile, Mississauga (City)

What We Love

You get a relatively new house with a yard, a GO station in the neighbourhood, and Osprey Marsh for a proper walk in nature, all for less than comparable stock closer to Toronto. The schools are a draw, the streets are quiet, and the highway access makes the region easy to get around. For a family that wants newer and low-maintenance, Lisgar delivers.

What We Don’t Love

It’s quiet to the point of sleepy, with no walkable main street, so you drive for almost everything. It’s on the far edge of the city, which means longer runs to central Mississauga and Toronto. And parts of Lisgar have a real history of flooding… the city has been building pumping stations to manage it, so ask about a specific property’s drainage and any past water issues before you buy. Not a dealbreaker, but do your homework.

Real Estate

Lisgar is mostly detached and semi-detached homes and townhouses from the 1990s and 2000s on suburban lots, newer and more uniform than the older Mississauga communities. Because the stock is relatively young, there’s less renovation needed and more move-in-ready inventory, though the trade-off is the cookie-cutter feel of a planned build. Homes back onto the marsh and trail system in the better pockets. 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.)

School

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 Lisgar GO station on the Milton line runs into Union Station, MiWay buses feed the surrounding terminals, and the 401 and 407 are close for drivers. Rail here is the Milton line only, so match the schedule to your commute.