Mississauga with Mom
The local links families use most: memory and dementia support, help at home, getting around and good things to do together this winter. Every link goes straight to the right page.
Apply for Mom's property tax rebate
If Mom is 65 or older, or has a disability, gets GIS or ODSP, and has owned and lived in her Mississauga home for at least a year, the City offers a property tax rebate. Apply by December 31. It has to be done every year, and past years can't be claimed. Send the form with last year's T4A (OAS) slip to tax@mississauga.ca or drop it off at the Civic Centre.
Apply for the tax rebateMemory and dementia support
Where Mississauga families start when memory changes, from support groups and day programs to choosing a home.
Support for the family
Alzheimer Society Peel runs a monthly Care Partner Cafe, a four-week learning series and a three-week series on ambiguous loss and grief, all led by staff. The Cafe meets in person on the first Wednesday and online on the third Wednesday of each month.
Programs for Mom this fall
Raising Voices meets Wednesday mornings, 10 to 11:30, until November 25, with a Family and Friends Concert on December 2 at 6:30 p.m. There's also a monthly Living with Dementia group on second Wednesdays. Call or email to register first.
Adult day programs
Three Alzheimer Society Peel day centres in Mississauga: Sam McCallion (157 Queen St E), Evelyn's Place (7560 Airport Rd) and Brunel (385 Brunel Rd). $21 a day for 9 to 4, or $28 for 7:30 to 5:30.
Overnight stays at Nora's House
Overnight respite with 24/7 support for people living with dementia, near Mississauga Road and Dundas Street. Stays run 2 to 14 nights at $100 a night, so the family can rest or travel.
When behaviour changes
Behavioural Supports Ontario helps when dementia brings agitation or other changes, with an assessment and a plan at home, in hospital or in a residence. Alzheimer Society Peel leads it, and it starts with a First Link referral. No formal diagnosis is needed.
Every dementia service in one list
The Mississauga Halton health line lists local dementia services, from First Link and support groups to day programs, and lets you narrow it to your part of Mississauga.
Checking a retirement home
Look up any licensed Ontario retirement home by name or address, see its compliance history and filter for homes with a dementia care program.
How long-term care works
Ontario Health atHome decides who is eligible after a care coordinator's assessment. Once approved, you can apply to as many as five homes.
Help at home
Publicly funded help, local non-profits and the services that make Mom's week easier.
Ontario Health atHome
Publicly funded help at home after an assessment. A family member, friend or Mom herself can make the referral, with her consent.
Weekly friendly visits
Indus Community Services matches people 55 and older with a screened volunteer for a one-hour visit each week, or a 30-minute weekly phone call. Anyone can refer.
A friendly call
The Red Cross Ontario Friendly Calls Program matches trained volunteers with people who'd enjoy a regular phone chat. The Mississauga office serves the city.
Help with bathing and dressing
Peel Senior Link offers personal support, meal prep and medication reminders at no charge in select Peel Living buildings and nearby neighbourhoods. Registered clients can add light housekeeping and laundry.
Hot meals, delivered
Seva Food Bank delivers two hot meals, Monday to Friday, to people 60 and older in Peel who have low income or trouble getting out. Family can apply on Mom's behalf with her consent.
Groceries to the door
Food Bank 2 Home brings a monthly grocery and personal care order to Mississauga residents who can't get to a food bank because of illness or limited mobility, packed to their dietary needs.
Library books at home
Mississauga Library delivers books, large print, DVDs, audiobooks and talking books once a month to people who can't get to a branch, at home or in a residence.
Not sure who to call?
211 connects you to any community service in Ontario, any time, in more than 150 languages.
Getting around and snow
Free rides, door-to-door transit and how Mississauga handles the snow.
Free bus rides at 65
People 65 and older ride MiWay free with a PRESTO card set to the Senior fare type. Set it once, in person with proof of age, at City Centre Transit Terminal or a community centre. Without it, cash fare is $4.50.
TransHelp door-to-door rides
Peel Region's accessible transit for people whose disability sometimes or always keeps them off regular buses. It's free to apply, a health practitioner signs the form and the Region decides within 14 days.
When the plows come
Plowing starts at 5 cm. After a 5 to 15 cm snowfall, priority roads, sidewalks and bus stops are cleared within 12 hours, and residential streets and sidewalks within 24. The City's page links to a live plow tracker.
The driveway windrow, cleared
The City now opens up the plow ridge at the end of every residential driveway, at least 3 metres wide, within 4 hours of the street being plowed after 5 to 15 cm. No application or fee. Private roads and condos aren't included.
Visiting for the holidays?
Street parking is limited to 5 hours, with none from 2 to 6 a.m. A temporary permit covers 5 days, up to 14 a year per plate. Permits are suspended when a winter parking restriction is declared.
Accessible parking permit
Ontario's accessible parking permit is free. A doctor, nurse practitioner or physiotherapist signs Part B of the form, and you can apply online, by mail or at ServiceOntario.
Winter tire discount
Every Ontario auto insurer must offer a discount for winter tires. Ask Mom's insurer about retiree, mature driver and low mileage discounts too.
Good things to do together this winter
Outings in and around Mississauga from November to March. Dates as posted on October 11, so check before you go.
Mississauga Santa Claus Parade
A free parade at Celebration Square from 4 to 7 p.m. The City lists it as accessible. Route details are still to come, so plan for road closures.
A City in Tune at Adamson Estate
A Museums of Mississauga exhibition on local music, from Oscar Peterson to Triumph. Thursday to Sunday, 12 to 4, admission by donation.
Welcome Christmas
The Mississauga Chamber Singers' Christmas concert at Christ First United Church, 7:30 p.m. Adults $30. Their Mozart Requiem follows on Saturday, March 6.
Festival of Trees
A holiday art installation with markets and performances at the Small Arms Inspection Building, pay what you can. Weekend markets run 10 to 5 on December 5, 6, 12 and 13.
Snow and Angels
The Mississauga Festival Choir sings Christmas favourites, with an audience singalong, at 7:30 p.m. in the Living Arts Centre.
A Merry Little Christmas
The Mississauga Symphony Orchestra's holiday concert at the Living Arts Centre, 7:30 p.m., from $40. A shorter one-hour show runs at 4 p.m., from $30.
A relaxed holiday concert
An adaptive one-hour concert at 11 a.m., from $5. Wheelchair accessible, flexible seating, stretch breaks and free tickets for a support person.
Canadian skating championships
Canada's top figure skaters at the Mississauga Sports and Entertainment Centre. Single-session tickets go on sale in November. Accessible and companion seating, elevators and free assistive listening devices.
Free skating, swims and walking tracks
The 65+ Fit membership is free for Mississauga residents and covers drop-in skates, swims, fitness classes and indoor walking tracks at 13 City locations. Register in person with ID.
What Mississauga families wish they'd known
Small things that save a lot of running around.
Keep Mom's Mississauga list in one place
Add the numbers, programs and dates that matter to Mom's Circle, so everyone in the family can see them. Mom decides who sees what.
Know a great local program we missed? Email team@hellopearl.app. See every town in our local guides.
Hello Pearl isn't affiliated with these organizations. We link to them because families tell us they help. Names, prices and dates are as published on each organization's site on October 11, 2026.