Senior Homes in Mississauga, ON

Senior homes in Mississauga: a local guide

Mississauga has 70 senior homes, retirement homes and senior care providers listed on this page, covering long-term care, memory care, assisted and independent living, respite, palliative care and home care. Across the Mississauga communities with a SeniorHome.ca price estimate, the median estimated starting rate is $3,799 per month, ranging from a median of $3,202 for nursing homes to $4,254 for assisted living and independent living. Publicly funded long-term care beds are the exception: those rates are set by the province and access is arranged through Ontario Health atHome, not by the home itself.

Where senior homes are in Mississauga

Most operators list a plain "Mississauga" mailing address (44 of the mapped listings), with one using a Streetsville address, so the street is usually a better guide to neighbourhood than the postal city. In practice, listings cluster in four parts of the city:

• Centre and east: senior homes near City Centre and the Hurontario, Cooksville, Applewood and Dixie areas, where many home care and memory care agencies have offices — for example Senior Helpers on Burnhamthorpe Road West and Qualicare on Rathburn Road West.
• Southwest and lakefront: Clarkson, Lorne Park, Sheridan, Mineola, Lakeview and senior homes near Port Credit. Peel Region's Sheridan Villa on Truscott Drive (memory care, nursing home and respite, from $4,089 a month) sits in this part of the city.
• West and northwest: Erin Mills, Churchill Meadows, Meadowvale, Lisgar, Creditview, Erindale and Streetsville, home to Aspira Credit River Retirement Living on Rutledge Road (from $4,668) and Silverthorn Care Community on Mississauga Road (from $2,849).
• North and northeast: Britannia and Malton, including Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care on Mavis Road (nursing home, home care and palliative care, from $2,967).

What senior homes cost in Mississauga

Rates below are medians of SeniorHome.ca estimated starting prices — the entry cost before extra care fees, second occupants or upgraded rooms.

• Nursing homes (30 listed) — median start $3,202, only 12 have a price estimate; licensed long-term care beds are billed at the provincial co-payment.
• Memory care (22 listed) — median start $4,131.
• Respite care (22 listed) — median start $4,089, usually charged daily for short stays.
• Retirement residences (6 listed) — median start $4,047; assisted living (8) and independent living (7) both median $4,254.
• Home care (11 listed) — median start $3,349 per month of service; palliative care providers (13) median $3,799.

Compare category by category in our Mississauga cost of senior living breakdown. In a licensed long-term care home, the provincial basic accommodation co-payment rose to $68.56 per day ($2,085.37 a month) on 1 July 2025, and residents in basic rooms with low income can apply for a rate reduction.

Public long-term care and home care in Mississauga

Mississauga sits in the Mississauga Halton area of Ontario Health atHome, the organization that coordinates publicly funded home and community care and all long-term care placement. A care coordinator completes the eligibility assessment, then you choose up to five homes in order of preference; you must be prepared to accept whichever becomes available first, and you have 24 hours to consent when a bed is offered. If you move into a home that is not your first choice, you can stay on the waiting list for it.

Peel Region operates five municipal long-term care centres, two of them in Mississauga — Sheridan Villa in the southwest and Malton Village on Rexwood Road — and both sites also run adult day services, which many families use for respite before a permanent move. Retirement homes are a separate, private market: they are licensed by the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA), whose public register lets you check a licence before you sign.

Hospitals and getting around

Hospital care is delivered by Trillium Health Partners, which operates Credit Valley Hospital on Eglinton Avenue West, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre; emergency departments are at the Mississauga Hospital and Credit Valley. Ask which site a home transfers residents to — it shapes how far you will drive in an emergency.

For visiting and for residents who still get out on their own, seniors aged 65 and over ride MiWay free with a PRESTO card set to the senior fare type (otherwise a $1 cash fare applies). Residents who cannot use conventional buses may qualify for TransHelp, Peel Region's accessible transit service.

How to choose a senior home in Mississauga

• Match the care level first. If 24-hour nursing is needed, start the Ontario Health atHome application early; if the need is supervision and meals, a retirement residence or assisted living suite can usually be arranged in weeks.
• Get the full price in writing. Ask what the starting rate excludes: care packages, medication administration, incontinence supplies, second person and annual increases.
• Check the licence and the inspection history on the RHRA register for retirement homes, and the province's long-term care home reports for nursing homes.
• Visit twice, once at a mealtime. Watch staffing, how residents are addressed, and whether call bells are answered while you are there.
• Weigh the commute. Frequent visits matter more than amenities — pick a neighbourhood the family will reach on a weeknight.
• Ask about language, diet and faith programming, which varies widely across Mississauga's homes.

Not sure which care type fits? Start with a free care assessment, then shortlist three homes and tour them in one week.

Sources

• Mississauga Halton area – Ontario Health atHome
• Eligibility and Admission – Ontario Health atHome
• Apply for long-term care – Government of Ontario
• Paying for long-term care – Government of Ontario
• Long-Term Care Home Accommodation Rate Changes effective July 1, 2025 – Ministry of Long-Term Care
• Our long term care centres – Peel Region
• About Adult Day Services – Peel Region
• Who We Are – Trillium Health Partners