Improving signs and maps in Downtown Mississauga

Overview

Building off the City’s Wayfinding Pilot Program that concluded in fall 2025, the City is moving forward to establish a comprehensive wayfinding strategy for the Downtown Core.

Clear and consistent signs help people move around safely and confidently. They reduce confusion and make it easier for people to explore and go to places, like local shops, restaurants and attractions. Whether you’re walking, shopping, taking transit or just visiting, good wayfinding provides everyone with a better experience getting around the city.

Our goals for the new wayfinding strategy are to:

• Help people find places more easily
• Reduce barriers for people with diverse needs and preferences, such as wheelchair or stroller users
• Make downtown easier to get around and more welcoming for everyone
• Support walking, micro-mobility and transit use
• Bring more people downtown to support local shops and businesses
• Build a model we can use in other areas of the city in the future

What we’re doing

Starting in November, we will:

• Reveal initial design concepts of the signs and collect feedback
• Ask what information should be displayed on the signs to help ease navigation and how best to portray it
• Use this feedback to design better, permanent signs along with an implementation strategy for future, long-term use

Throughout this time, you can still find temporary wayfinding signs in Downtown Mississauga that cover existing, outdated signs or are located on windows, walls and sidewalks. After the delivery of the wayfinding strategy, pending future funding, permanent signs will be installed throughout the Downtown Core.

These permanent wayfinding signs may do the following:

• Provide directions to popular downtown destinations
• Show where you are on a map and where you can walk to in five minutes, like parks, transit stations, restrooms and other major destinations.

Get involved

Whether you live, work or study in downtown or are visiting the area, we want to know what you think.

Get involved now by visiting our project engagement site to:

• Take a short survey: Tell us what you think of the pilot wayfinding signs
• Sign up for email updates: Find out about new engagement opportunities as they become available

On November 21, we’ll open our next engagement phase to hear your thoughts about our new proposed designs for the wayfinding signs.

Contact

Have questions? Contact Michael Tunney, Manager, Culture Planning, at Michael.Tunney@mississauga.ca.