City Asset Naming Review

Project overview

The City in collaboration with Quakelab Incorporated, an equity and justice agency, reviewed our asset naming process using an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lens to develop guiding principles that will assist in the future naming of city streets, parks, facilities and other community assets.

Current assets

The City of Mississauga owns:

• 3,530 named public streets, including highways
• 374 named buildings and facilities including arenas and Museums
• 158 commemoratively named parks
• 18 items in its art collection including monuments and other public art
• 162 names on the City’s current Street Name Reserve List

Asset naming process

All naming and re-naming actions are paused to ensure future asset names are aligned with policy changes and reflect an equitable, diverse and inclusive approach.

Action plan

We are committed to building a strong, more inclusive and accessible city and plan to ensure community stories are authentically documented and shared by:

• Adopting a community-centred method to gather information about asset naming and commemorative processes
• Implementing an equitable, diverse and inclusive approach
• Completing focused and community-wide consultations to include community leader feedback in the structure of our new guiding principles

Community consultations

Thank you to all who shared their time, ideas and feedback in the community meeting on November 2, 2023. You can review the meeting presentation and feedback received.