Ebonhawke

As mentioned above, there's really not a good option for commuter train service from Mississauga to Kitchener at the moment, so it's a drive west on the 401.

The good news is that going from Mississauga to Kitchener means you're going against the massive flow of traffic that heads into the Toronto area every morning, so it's a relatively 'known' time to do the commute. If you were heading into the Toronto area from west of the city, you'd really have a lot of variation on how long your commute would be - but it's always a busy commute into the city.

Depending on what your significant other does for a living, I'd explore a bit before committing to a particular location - imho, there's a definite difference in 'feel' between Kitchener and Mississauga - which area suits you 'better' will all depend on what you're hoping to get out of your experience by coming to Canada.

DandNHill

Think I'd chose Kitchener every time. I hate these modern suburban cities. They just have no character. Same goes for Brampton apart from the small old downtown.

Siouxie

Kitchener downtown


Mississauga downtown


Do you prefer smaller town living or city living? Personally, I'd opt for Kitchener..

dbd33

There's no downtown in Mississauga. It's truly a place where there's no there, there. Port Credit and Streetsville have a few shops and restaurants but they're like Oakville, relatively nice looking dormitory locations.

Partially discharged

oh come on, you must have a very loose idea of what downtown is. Surely this is urban enough for you.

https://goo.gl/maps/6q6NyVQ5pSp

Surely its not anywheresville Canada.

dbd33

The architecture leads me to expect that Costco is around the corner.

Partially discharged

Followed by a Bed Bath and Beyond, Tootsie Shoes, Winners, Montana's, Tim Horton's, repeat repeat

or a Starbucks within a Starbucks

frenchie82

Hi there, we are in the same boat, just waiting for the go ahead from my husbands company to transfer from UK to Kitchener and so now frantically looking online at areas that would be suitable for us. We have childen ages 4 and 9 so schooling will be an important factor for us too. Feel free to get in touch if you would like and we can swap ideas etc

JamesM

I worked out of that Konica Minolta building for about two months when I first came back here in 2010.

The Downtown in Mississauga is basically Square One shopping Mall with a few things dotted around it.

If I could twin Mississauga it would be with Milton Keynes.

I think if one wanted to position themselves to work in Mississauga and Kitchener then Milton must be the destination that comes into play. That's even less of an eye pleaser.