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KBC is located on South Service Road between Cawthra Road and
Hurontario Road (Highway 10).
From the north, make a right from Cawthra or a left from Hurontario
onto South Service Road just after crossing the QEW.
From the south, make a left from Cawthra or a right from Hurontario
onto South Service Road just before crossing the QEW.
Kenmuir Baptist Church is located in Cooksville, Mississauga just off the
Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 10. Although in a residential area, it is just a
few blocks away from what used to be the downtown core of the City of
Mississauga. While that title is now reserved for the Square One Mall area
several kilometers to the north at the junction of Burnhamthorpe Road and
Highway 10, the Cooksville area is still very much alive with people who
frequent the many small businesses there.
Mississauga is one municipality of three within the Region of Peel, the other
two municipalities being Brampton and Caledon. The Region has a total land area
of 808 square kilometers, and Mississauga covers just under one quarter of that
(185 square kilometers), but holds 64% of the Region's population. With a
population of 588,500 as of 1999, it is Canada's sixth largest city.
This beautiful city of trees is often regarded as an extension of Toronto by
those who live elsewhere, yet it is not actually part of the Greater Toronto
Area (GTA) by definition. Mississauga has its own mayor, Mayor Hazel McCallion,
who despite celebrating her 79th birthday last February, remains very sharp and
highly respected. Mayor McCallion is a Christian herself, by the way, and
incidentally or not, has made it clear that in many ways the people of
Mississauga still value a different lifestyle than those of Toronto. For
instance, there is no 'Gay Pride Parade' in Mississauga as there is in Toronto
each year, while there is a 'March for Jesus' each summer here.
However, like Toronto, Mississauga has more than it's fair share of industry.
If one checks the labels on any number of their household items, it does not
take long to realize that a large number of everyday items are made here and
then transported all over Canada. Also, Mississauga resembles Toronto when it
comes to traffic, although we lack their subway system.
Just as Toronto continues to be a major centre for immigrants to come and
settle, Mississauga also attracts a major number of these new Canadians. In
fact, according to a poll taken by the City of Mississauga in 1996, only 59% of
residents speak English as their primary language. The break-down into other
native languages is as follows:
| PREFERRED LANGUAGE |
PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION POLLED |
| ENGLISH |
59.0 % |
| FRENCH |
1.3 % |
| CHINESE |
4.4 % |
| POLISH |
4.2 % |
| ITALIAN |
3.6 % |
| PUNJABI |
3.6 % |
| PORTUGUESE |
3.2 % |
| TAGALOG (FILIPINO) |
1.9 % |
| SPANISH |
1.7 % |
| ARABIC |
1.4 % |
| CROATIAN |
1.3 % |
| URDU |
1.0 % |
| OTHER |
10.6 % |
| MULTIPLE RESPONSES |
2.8 % |
Thus Mississauga is a city rich in cultural diversity, as well as industry.
Any church wishing to reach the people of the area for Christ needs to do so
bearing this in mind. | 