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Streetsville (pop. 12,040) is a village located in the northwestern corner of Mississauga, Ontario, on the Credit River. It is unique in that it has retained a variety of historical buildings and streetscapes, harkening to an era that has long since past. While the village is surrounded by modern suburban development, it still has a unique "small town" charm.
While a number of settlers had moved into the area now known as Streetsville, the village's growth was stimulated by Timothy Street, for whom the village is named, who settled there with his family in 1825.
In 1858, Streetsville was incorporated as a village, with John Street as its first Reeve. In January 1962, Streetsville was incorporated as a town; at that point, the town's population had exceeded 5,000. The Town of Mississauga was incorporated in 1968, joining together the settlements of Dixie, Clarkson, Meadowvale Village and Erindale. While Port Credit and Streetsville were excluded from this, they were merged into the new City of Mississauga, when it was incorporated in 1974. Hazel McCallion, who had been the mayor of Streetsville from 1970 to 1973, became the mayor of Mississauga in 1978.
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