Research guides: GGR494H5: Special Topics in GIS (Fall 2021): Special Topics: Urban Agriculture in Mississauga

Community Gardens and Food Programs

Region of Peel Open Data: Food Programs
Downloadable Open Data layer, includes locations of "Community Gardens" across Peel, including in Mississauga. Data last updated in Feb 2021.
PDF Map of Commmunity Gardens in Mississauga
Basic map showing location of 'community gardens' across the city.
Ecosource Community Gardens Program
Detailed information about each of the 'community gardens' in Mississauga. Ecosource manages the program in partnership with the City of Mississauga.

Roof-top Screening

MIssissauga Buildings - 2020
Building Footprint layer from the City of Mississauga, published in 2020. Made available in the Scholars Geoportal
MIssissauga 3D Massing Tiles (Rooftop Heights)
Building heights can be extracted from individual tiles of Mississauga open data 3D layers. Select the neighbourhood tile, and download layer.
2015 Ontario (GTA) Classified Point Cloud (Surface Slope)
A clip of 2015 Lidar Point cloud data covering the Greater Toronto Area including Mississuaga.

Ground-level Screening

Vacant Lands in Mississauga (Minimum Parcel Size -9.3 sqm)
Mississauga Open Data Layer of vacant lands in the city as of 2019.
Exisiting Land Use in Mississauga (Site coverage excluding concrete, pavement, etc)
MIssissauga Open Data Layer of city land use in 2019.
Mississauga Digital Elevation Model (Surface slop (<15" to mimize runoff)
City produced DEM of Mississauga in 2020
Mississauga Digital Elevation Model (Aspect: S is better then N)
City produced DEM of Mississauga in 2020
Soil Survey Map for Peel County
1953 report is still the most detailed soil map for the City of Mississauga.
Soil Survery Data layers (Soil Type -quality suitable for agriculture?)
Choose "Download Data" for Soil Survey Report of Peel County
MIssissauga 3D Massing Tiles (Shade -Minimum 6 hours of sunlight during the growth season)
Building heights can be extracted from individual tiles of Mississauga open data 3D layers. Select the neighbourhood tile, and download layer.
Mississauga Water Bodies (Proximity to water courses --5 meter buffer is required to avoid contamination)
City produced layer of "water bodies" in Mississauga in 2020.
MIssissauga Roads (Proximity to roads --10 meter buffer is required to avoid contamination)
City produced layer of "Roads" in Mississauga in 2020.
MIssissauga Utility Poles (Proximity to hydro poles --10 meter buffer is required to avoid electromagnetic fields)
City produced layer of "Utility Poles" in Mississauga in 2020.
Mississauga Digital Orthoimagery (Accessibility to the location & Valdation)
City produced aerial imagery showing Mississauga in 2020.