About SMaRT CiTY
Our Future is Smart
We are building the future together. The Smart City program is a new initiative that will help prepare Mississauga to be future ready and resilient.
Mississauga’s Smart City is part of the City of Mississauga’s Information Technology (IT) Department. We work across all city divisions to advise, support and implement innovation. We work with external communities, insitutions, businesses and governments to learn, collaborate and work together to help build a better future.
The outcomes we are looking to achieve are ambitious – to enable a sustainable and desirable city, where people feel empowered, safe, healthy and happy. At the core, Mississauga’s Smart City initiatives are about creating A Smart City for Everybody. We believe that when everyone wins we all win.
How Did We Get Here?
Mississauga has been a Smart City for many years. We began with the creation of an extensive digital infrastructure including a publicly owned fibre network (PSN) and an Internet of Things (IoT) network that spans the entire city. Along with this we are continually expanding our online services, supporting the innovation community and bridging the digital divide with programs such as Laptop Lending, Maker Spaces and fully equipped Libraries accross the city. You can see the city’s digital city’s digital initiatives in the Smart City Assets section.
With this digital base, we began to grow our Smart City initiatives. In 2018 Canada’s Federal Government launched the national Smart Cities Challenge to help communities across the country level up to prepare for smart cities technologies. Mississauga worked closely with our community and developed a submission based on eliminating commute times, preparing for the future of mobile work and ensuring equity across the city through a community based model of a smart city. You can see our submission here.
After this submission we used the momentum to move forward and we developed the Smart City Master Plan, a 10 year plan that outlines the future of technology in Mississauga.The Smart City Program launched in 2019 with City Council approval of this Master Plan. This plan creates a framework that ensures Mississauga will use technology to help create vibrant, inclusive communities with a high quality of life so that people, businesses and the environment thrive, now and in the future.
Where are we going?
Smart city Goals
Mississauga will harness the creative power of technologies and innovative ideas to enhance the quality of life in Mississauga. We will effectively integrate physical, digital and human systems in the built environment to deliver a sustainable, prosperous and inclusive future – a Smart City for Everybody!
inclusive, embrace creativity & innovation creating opportunities for social resiliency and digital literacy.
enable local and global interconnectedness, entrepreneurship & innovation, economic opportunity and procurement innovation.
identify and affect positive change for safety, health & wellbeing, equality, cultural and social vibrancy providing a better quality of life.
support mobility that provides freedom of movement, active transportation, and future oriented multimodal with integrated technologies improving access and choice.
support solutions that provide green energy, low/no carbon mobility, climate change mitigation & adaptation and green urban planning.
be open and transparent, efficient and accessible through the use of digital services and technologies that improve customer service.
