Mission
To grow and support the creative sector, deliver cultural services and enable high quality cultural experiences.
The services we provide
- Supporting growth of the film and television industry in Mississauga, delivering cultural community development, grants and arts and culture programming
- Managing culture planning, public art, policy development and research
- Managing heritage planning, policies and research as well as engagement and consultation with Indigenous communities
- Managing culture facilities including Museums (Bradley, Benares and Leslie Log House), the Small Arms Inspection Building, Meadowvale Theatre and Celebration Square
- Providing audio, video and lighting production services at culture facilities
- Operating events at Paramount Fine Foods Centre
- Operating the Living Arts Centre (as of September 2020), Mississauga’s premiere arts facility providing programming, artist residencies, events and performing arts space
Interesting facts about this service
- More than 5.6 million people have visited Celebration Square since its opening in 2011
- Creative programs and camps saw 5,755 participants in over 900 creative classes in 2019
- Meadowvale Theatre hosted 164 activities over 250 days in 2019
- There were more than 25,000 visitors to the Museums in 2019
- The Film Office issued 267 permits and saw over 1,400 filming days in 2019, setting a new record for filming in Mississauga
- There are 52 pieces of public art in Mississauga, with 22 of these being permanent pieces
- The Living Arts Centre saw 290 rentals and over 165,000 attendees at performances from 2018 to 2019