With a grass-roots approach and a strong moral standard, the Kennedy family, even in their quiet way, have helped to shape the City that we call home today through successive generations.

Long before colonization, Indigenous peoples had seasonal observances and ritual communal feasts associated with fall harvests, along with dance, potlatch and other spiritual ceremonies.

While Mississauga was not home to a residential school, many Indigenous peoples with ties to this place were impacted by residential schools and government policies of assimilation that continue to have lasting effects today.

The cenotaph came to be through the efforts of local individuals and organizations following the First World War to create a permanent memorial.

Steeped in history and in community, the congregation was first formed in 1825 when Colonel Peter Adamson opened his home, Thorne Lodge, for services.