Malton Community Centre
Malton Community Centre is a public recreational facility in Mississauga, Ontario. It provides extensive indoor amenities including swimming pools, a fitness centre, a gym, meeting rooms, and a public library, plus outdoor amenities including basketball nets, and a children’s playground.
The facility is administered by the City of Mississauga, and the municipal address is 3540 Morning Star Drive, Mississauga, ON L4T 1Y2.
Contents
Malton Community Centre and Library first opened on February 5, 1977. At that point it served primarily as a public library, but the facility was enlarged in 2004 when a gym and community space were added, and then again in 2011, when two swimming pools were added.
Architects for the additions were Diamond Schmitt Architects in 2004, and MJMA in 2011. Today’s renovated building has been designed to meet Mississauga’s current standards for sustainability.
Indoor Facilities
Malton Community Centre serves both the Malton neighbourhood, as well as surrounding areas, and it includes an indoor aquatics centre, a fitness centre, a gymnasium, and a public library.
In addition, there are several multi-purpose rooms, including a large 150 seat auditorium, that are rentable for everything from company meetings to children’s birthday parties.
Arena
Although there is no indoor ice arena at Malton Community Centre, there is a popular indoor rink nearby at the Paul Coffey Arena.
Fitness Centre
The Malton fitness centre features personal training, cardio and conditioning equipment, plus an aerobic studio for group exercise classes.
Cardio and conditioning equipment available here includes:
- Treadmills
- Elliptical machines
- Rowing machines
- Steppers
- Upright and recumbent bikes
- Weight machines
- Free weights
The fitness studio offers group exercise classes including Zumba, Pilates, boot camps, yoga, and gentle low impact programs.
Gymnasium
The double gymnasium at Malton Community Center offers a variety of activities including badminton, basketball, indoor pickleball, volleyball, and indoor soccer.
Indoor Pool
The indoor swimming pool is a 25 metre, 4 lane rectangular pool. There is also a warm water therapeutic pool beside the main pool.
Male, female and family change rooms are equipped with day lockers.
Library
The Malton Library is a branch of the Mississauga Library System. It offers full public library services, including an active list of programs. Library hours are different than those of the community centre, so it’s wise to check ahead.
**note** at the time of publishing this article in June, 2025, the library is temporarily closed due to park development behind the building, see below.
Outdoor Facilities
Malton Community Centre has several outdoor amenities. There are outdoor basketball nets, as well as a children’s playground complete with splash pad.
The outdoor amenities are free to use, without membership or drop-in fees.
Walk Score
This community centre in Mississauga has very good walk, transit, and bike scores.
3540 Morning Star Drive
Very Walkable
Address & Contact Information
Address: 3540 Morning Star Drive
Mississauga, ON L4T 1Y2
Phone number: 905-615-4640
Email:
Website: Mississauga Website
Ownership: City of Mississauga
Type: Community Centre
Calendar: Open Year Round
Operating Hours:
- Sun 8:30a.m.– 6:00p.m.
- Mon 6:30 a.m.–10:30p.m.
- Tue 6:30 a.m.–10:30p.m.
- Wed 6:30 a.m.–10:30p.m.
- Thu 6:30 a.m.–10:30p.m.
- Fri 6:30 a.m.–10:30p.m.
- Sat 8:30a.m.– 6:00p.m.
Parking: Free
Wi-Fi: Free
Facility Access: Membership or Drop-in
Foundation Year: 1977
Gender: Coeducational
Accessibility:
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible parking lot
Fees
Community centres in Mississauga offer access to various activities for a fee. There are two types of access that you can purchase to engage in the various activities: drop-in and membership.
Drop-in
Drop-in activities allow you to “drop-in”, without an actual membership, and enjoy certain activities for a nominal fee, usually under $10. For example, you can drop in for a leisure swim, and pay as you go.
Membership Plans
The community centres in Mississauga also offer a variety of membership plans. Some are all-inclusive, and some are only for specific activities, i.e. swimming. There are discounts for youth and for older adults, and memberships can be for 1 month, 3 months, or 12 months.
Membership plans can help frequent visitors to save money, and also offer access to certain membership-only activities.
See our summary page for more information.
Activities
Drop-in
Malton CC offers a wide variety of drop-in activities that you can participate in without a membership, including:
- Adult Leisure Swim
- Ai Chi
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Buttocks Legs & Core
- Cardio & Tone
- Fun Swim
- Fun Swim for Women and Girls
- Gentle Aquafitness
- Lane & Leisure swim
- Lane Swim
- Leisure swim
- Low & Tone
- Mobility & Stability
- Oh My Aching Body
- Parent & Tot Swim
- Pilates
- Shoulder Back & Core
- Therapeutic Time
- Total Body Workout
- TRX Circuit
- Volleyball
- Warm Water Strength Training
- Yoga
- Youth Basketball
- Youth Chill Zone
- Youth Soccer
- Youth Volleyball
- Zumba
- badminton
- basketball
- indoor soccer
- indoor swimming
- pickleball
- volleyball
Membership
Malton Community Centre offers membership access to all of the above, plus enhanced access to certain sports, including:
Drop-in and membership fees can be paid by credit or debit cards, and by NFC mobile payments.
Online Reviews
Google reviews for the Malton CC are very solid, averaging 4.3 out of 5, with over a thousand reviews posted.
Park and Nearby Amenities
Malton Community Centre backs onto a forested area known as Elmcreek Park. It has extensive walking trails and bicycle paths. The area of the park next to Malton CC is currently undergoing extensive redevelopment, and is in the process of adding a playground, beach volleyball courts, fitness stations, and a natural ice rink. Completion is expected for winter 2026.
The front of Malton CC is directly across the street from Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School.
How Do I Get to Malton Community Centre?
Malton Community Centre is in the Malton area of northeast Mississauga. It’s quite close to Toronto Pearson International Airport, and is about a 19 minute bus ride from Terminal 1.
The community centre is about a 4 minute walk to Westwood Square Mall. Westwood Square Mall is a fairly major shopping centre, that is well served by MiWay Mississauga Transit, Brampton Transit, and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
For longer distance commuters, highways 427 and 407 are nearby.
Parking
Malton CC offers ample free surface parking for visitors attending various activities.
Public Transportation
Malton CC is easily accessible by public transportation and is serviced by multiple Mississauga MiWay bus routes.
Nearest heavy rail commuter train station is the Malton GO Station.
Conclusion
Malton Community Centre is an important community hub in east Mississauga. While it traces its roots back nearly 50 years, it has been carefully maintained and expanded, so that today the facilities are topnotch.
This community centre in Mississauga provides an important service to people who live in Malton, and it is an integral part of the network of recreational services available to residents throughout the city.
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