Port Credit
The lakeshore village where the Credit River meets Lake Ontario. Older houses and newer condos sit side by side, so jobs range from a small galley to a full gut.
Mississauga kitchens, priced line by line
Mississauga kitchen renovation
Large parts of Mississauga grew as planned new towns in the 1970s, so many family kitchens here are of a similar age. Our Oakville office is close by, which makes a first look at yours easy to book.
How much should I budget for a kitchen Reno?
Set your budget by the size of the job, because that decides most of the price. A refresh keeps the cabinet boxes and changes the faces, while a full renovation moves walls, pipes and wiring. Cabinets, counters and trades are the big lines, and permits only show up when something moves. Once we have seen the room, each line is priced in writing, and you can trim one before you sign.
The short version
Mississauga facts for your kitchen plan
| Distance | Measured straight across, the Civic Centre sits roughly 12 km east of our Oakville office. The QEW or Highway 403 gets us there. |
|---|---|
| Permit office | The City of Mississauga Building Division, on the third floor of the Civic Centre. Applications go in online through its ePlans portal. |
| No permit needed | New cabinets or cupboards, and a sink replaced in the same spot. |
| Permit needed | A sink that is added, removed or moved, and a new kitchen exhaust, both on the City's own permit list. |
| Wiring | An electrician on our crew files the new kitchen circuits with the ESA, and an inspector sees them before drywall. |
Built as new towns
Kitchens in Erin Mills and Meadowvale homes
Erin Mills began as a planned new town in the early 1970s. Meadowvale grew from the same idea, with homes, schools and jobs laid out together.
A house from that era often has its kitchen boxed off from the dining room. Taking out that wall is usually the first option worth pricing, since it changes the whole main floor.
First we find out what the wall holds up and what runs inside it. A beam or a drain stack makes it cost more to open, and we say so at the visit.
We also check whether a heat run passes through the wall we plan to open.
Where the money goes
Lines you will see on a Mississauga kitchen quote
Each item gets its own price on paper, so you can see which one to cut and which to keep.
- Cabinet boxes, doors and hardware
- Counters, measured once the cabinets are set so the template fits
- Plumbing, with a permit only if a sink moves or a new one is added
- Electrical work by a licensed electrician, filed with the ESA
- A range hood, plus a permit when a new exhaust goes through the wall
- Flooring, backsplash tile, paint and lighting
- Dust walls, floor cover and a bin for the old cabinets
- A note on the water service if the house went up before 1960, the year Peel Region gives for possible lead pipes
- Heritage staff sign-off, noted when the outside of a district home changes
Covered on this page
Port Credit, Streetsville and the rest of the city
These are neighbourhoods of Mississauga, so the same Building Division handles their permits.
Streetsville
A historic village on the Credit River that is now part of the city. In its oldest houses we test the wiring and look at the drains before cabinets are chosen.
Erin Mills and Meadowvale
The planned suburbs described above. Their kitchens get the same free visit, measured plan and written quote as the rest of the city.
Heritage districts
Kitchens in Meadowvale Village, Old Port Credit Village and Streetsville
Mississauga has three heritage conservation districts: Meadowvale Village, Old Port Credit Village and Streetsville.
Meadowvale Village became Ontario's first heritage conservation district in 1980. It sits along Second Line West and Old Derry Road, apart from the newer Meadowvale suburb.
Old Port Credit Village was named a district in 2005. Its streets keep modest homes from the 1800s and early 1900s.
The City says interior work in most cases needs no heritage permit, though there are exceptions. Each district plan sets out what does need approval.
For a kitchen, watch the outside wall. A new window over the sink, or a hood vent facing the street, may count as an exterior change.
We email the City's heritage planning staff about details like those before the drawings go in for a building permit.
Pick the size of the job first. The budget follows from it.
Mississauga neighbours
More kitchen pages close by
Please treat these photos as idea pictures. None of them is a kitchen we built in Mississauga.
Sources we checked for this page
- City of Mississauga, when a building permit is required
- City of Mississauga, building permits
- City of Mississauga, building permit application process
- City of Mississauga, a 22 Meadowvale
- Electrical Safety Authority website
- City of Mississauga, what is a heritage property
- City of Mississauga, when heritage approval is required
- Canada's Historic Places, place lieu
- City of Mississauga, final Version HCD Plan January 2020
- Peel Region, private side water service