Planning and Acting for a Greener Cooksville Neighbourhood
The Cooksville Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) is a plan that was developed with your community to make Cooksville Creek and the surrounding neighbourhood healthier and ready for a changing climate.
Your Neighbourhood Action Plan
The  Cooksville Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP)  was developed through a collaboration amongst:
- Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
- City of Mississauga
- Region of Peel
- Local organizations, residents, community members and leaders
The action-oriented plan addresses local environmental opportunities and community interests. It advances the sustainability objectives of project partners at the neighbourhood scale, including the City of Mississauga’s strategic plans such as the Climate Change Action Plan (2019), Build Beautiful Stormwater Master Plan (2023), Parks, Forestry and Environment Future Directions Plan (2024), Homegrown Mississauga: Urban Agriculture Strategy (2022), Natural Heritage and Urban Forest Strategy (2014) and many others. This plan will also drive implementation of CVC’s Cooksville Creek Subwatershed Study.
The plan was endorsed by City of Mississauga’s Environmental Action Committee and General Committee and CVC’s Board of Directors in late 2024/early 2025.
Key Features of the Plan
The Action Plan is centered around a collective, forward-thinking vision for the Cooksville neighbourhood, created in collaboration with the community and project partners. Reflecting their strong commitment to the community and its future, a total of 2,388 residents, along with representatives from local businesses, institutions, organizations, and agencies, contributed to the development of this plan.
Cooksville is a diverse community of vibrant social networks and champions leading local action for a safer, healthier and more climate-resilient neighbourhood for all.
The goals of the SNAP include:
- Safe and Active Mobility
- Ready For Rain
- Access to Fresh Food
- Healthy Landscapes, Natural Areas and Cooksville Creek
- Climate Resilience and Local Leadership
The SNAP focuses on four overarching priorities and enhancements for:
- Safer walking and cycling
- Sustainable actions on private properties
- Stewardship of natural areas
- Robust community engagement
The Plan outlines 29 recommended actions focused on key priorities such as stewardship of natural areas, sustainable practices on private properties and strong community engagement.
Early actions such as community engagement activities, stewardship of natural areas and sustainable home landscaping programming are underway.
The Plan also provides a framework for measuring progress and shared success.
About the Neighbourhood
The area of focus for the Cooksville Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) encompasses an established neighbourhood spanning over 355 hectares along Cooksville Creek in south central Mississauga.
It is situated south of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Railway Line to the Queen Elizabeth Way Highway and between Confederation Parkway and Cliff Road. Additionally, the plan includes an extension north of Queensway, crossing Lummis Park to Paisley Boulevard West and extending north to Confederation Parkway.
It’s home to nearly 28,000 people living in blocks of single family and semi-detached houses, townhomes and high-rise buildings.
The area includes:
- Residential areas
- Commercial areas
- Schools
- Places of worship
- Transit hubs
- Neighbourhood parks and gardens
- Community gathering spaces
- A network of valleyland along Cooksville Creek
As a mature urban area, it presents:
- Natural areas and community assets that we can protect and enhance
- A lively and active community ready to engage in climate action
- Many opportunities for environmental restoration and retrofit
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