Here’s how walkable Mississauga is compared to other Canadian cities

Do you wish Mississauga was a little more walkable?

While the city has plans to urbanize and make it easier for residents to walk and cycle around the municipality, Mississauga still has a ways to go before it becomes less of a driving city. 

According to new rankings from Walk Score, a company owned by Redfin that rates cities’ walkability, Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto are at the top.

Cities in which residents can complete their day-to-day tasks without a car have higher scores–a Walk Score ranking on 90 means all errands can be completed by foot, while scores between 70 and 89 indicate most errands can be completed on foot, and scores of 50 to 69 indicate some but not all errands can be completed on foot.

Toronto finished with a Walk Score of 61–good enough for the third-best score in the country.

Mississauga boasts a walk score of just 49, meaning most errands require a vehicle. 

That said, Walk Score says that Mississauga has good public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The site also says that there are about 1,321 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Mississauga and that residents can walk to an average of 0.8 food and coffee hotspots in five minutes.

The city has a transit score of 56 and a cycling score of 54.

“A lot of Toronto is connected underground, so when it gets cold in the winter, there are still ways to get around. Then there’s the boardwalk, which allows people to walk across much of the city right on the waterfront,” Blair Anderson, market manager for Redfin Toronto, said in a news release.

“One thing people don’t always realize about Toronto is that there are lots of nature walks and trails right in the city. If it was just a concrete jungle, people wouldn’t be so inclined to walk places, but since it’s so beautiful, walking is appealing. Plus, city traffic is less than desirable these days, so being able to get around on foot is very advantageous,” Anderson continued. 

Those interested in seeing the full list can do so here.