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The Community Group Registry Program is designed to support not-for-profit, volunteer-based community groups, organizations and clubs.
Becoming a registered group gives you access to:
Review the different categories of groups that are eligible for the program.
Includes non-profit social service organizations, religious organizations, service clubs, preschools, general interest clubs or Mississauga-based groups that are charter members of a provincial or national non-profit organization.
Provider: A group that provides direct programs or service delivery for children, youth and/or adults that align with the City’s Recreation Division mandate and strategic master plans.
Club: A social club for the leisure and recreational communal benefit of Mississauga residents.
Provider: A group that provides direct arts, culture or heritage programs or service delivery for children, youth and/or adults that align with the City’s Culture Division mandate and strategic master plans.
Club: A social club for the art and cultural communal benefit of Mississauga residents.
Provider: A group that provides direct programs or service delivery for older adults that align with the City’s Recreation Division mandate and strategic master plans.
Club: A social club operated by Mississauga older adults for the leisure or social benefit of older adults who live in the City.
A Mississauga-based sport group that delivers league-based programs and/or services that directly benefit Mississauga residents and align with the City’s Recreation Division mandate and strategic master plans.
If 80% of your members are youth, and the group is sanctioned by a sport governing body, your group is not eligible to be a community sport provider.
A Mississauga-based group sanctioned by the sport’s governing body, which provides organized league-based sport activities and/or services primarily to youth ages 21 and under, that align with the City’s Recreation Division mandate and strategic master plans.
Adult leagues or programs within an affiliated sport group can only comprise 20% of the group and will be categorized as a “community sport provider”.
Neighbourhood associations that strengthen and support resident engagement and provide opportunities for greater active participation in the local community by delivering one or more neighbourhood-based activities, programs or events.
Provider: A group that provides environmental, education and stewardship programs, which could include naturalization, horticulture, gardening, and urban agriculture that align with the City’s Parks and Forestry mandate and strategic master plans.
Club: A social club for the environmental and naturalization benefit of Mississauga.
A Mississauga-based social club operated by youth 21 years of age and under that is for the leisure or social benefit of youth who are residents of Mississauga. The club’s activities must align with the City’s Recreation Division mandate and strategic master plans.
Youth clubs cannot receive regional status.
After you’ve determined your group’s category, and you meet the residency requirements, review the policy requirements in the Community Group Registry Program Policy.
If your group meets all the requirements, complete the Statement of Interest Form online. We’ll contact you within four to six weeks to discuss next steps.
If you’re not sure whether your group fits into any of these categories, or you’re starting a new community group but you don’t meet all of the eligibility or policy requirements yet, complete the Statement of Interest Form anyway. We’ll contact you to discuss your group.
If you have questions at any point, email us at community.group@mississauga.ca or call 905-615-3200 ext. 5054 and we would be happy to help!