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Municipal
Streetsview is a member of the eleventh ward within the city of Mississauga. Representing the ward is Councillor George Carlson. George was first elected Councillor of the eleventh ward in 2000 and was re-elected in 2003, 2006, and 2010. Carlson is a direct descendant of one of Streetsville’s founders, Henry Rutledge (1797 – 1875) who also served as a local Councillor. Prior to the annexing of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion was the mayor of Streetsville (1970–1973). She is now the third mayor of Mississauga and still resides in Streetsville.

Provincial
Streetsville resides in the Provincial riding of Mississauga-Streetsville. The riding was created in 2003 after both Mississauga—Erindale and Mississauga South were divided up. The riding is continued to be represented by Provincial Liberal Legislative Member Bob Delaney. Delaney was elected in the provincial election of 2003, by defeating Progressive Conservative Nina Tangri by over 7,000 votes. In 2006, Delaney was appointed the Parliamentary Assistant to Minister Responsible for Seniors. He was re-elected in the provincial election of 2007 again, defeating Tangri by 11,155 votes. On January 25, 2010, Delaney was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Revenue.

Federal
Prior to 1993, Streetsville favoured the Conservative party with Progressive Conservative Bob Horner being elected as an MP in the 1984 and 1988 federal elections. Since then Streetsville voters swayed towards the Liberals with the party winning the riding consecutively to this date. In 2000, Liberal MP Steve Mahoney defeated Alliance candidate Philip Leong in the Federal Mississauga-Streetsville riding and remained in office until 2003. Wajid Khan then took the riding in 2004 by beating Conservative Nina Tangri by 8,481 votes and continued onto a second term after defeating Conservative challenger Raminder Gill by 5,792 votes in 2006. During his seconder term, Khan served as a consultant to Steven Harper and the Conservative party on issues concerning the Middle East. Based on an ultimatum established by the Conservatives, Khan switched parties in 2007 and posed as a Conservative candidate in the 2008 elections. Liberal, Bonnie Crombie, went on to defeat Khan in the elections by 5,000 votes.

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Demographics
Streetsville is considered one of Mississauga's most affluent communities. In 2009, Streetsville’s population stood at 47,327 with an average age of 38. This was an increase in the amount of people that resided in Streetsville since 2006. The population incurred a 20% increase from 2006. The increase in population also increased the number of households. This increased from 12,178 in 2006 to 13,722 in 2009. These households work in many different sectors within Streetsville. Majority of the population work within grey collar or blue collar jobs. There are a minimal number of labour workers, amounting to approximately 27%. The average household income computes to an amount of $124,255. In relation to religion, almost half of Streetsville consists of Roman Catholics. The top ethnicities include East Indian, English and Canadian. The 19th century structure provides home to many families with homes averaging 3.4 bedrooms. The average family consists of three people per home and 1.4 children per family.

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Demographics
As of 2009, Streetsville’s population stood at 47,327 with a 9.9% population increase between 2001 and 2006 and a subsequent 20% increase from 2006 to 2009. From 2006 to 2009, households also increased in number from 12,178 to 13,722. The majority of Streetsville residences own their own homes (85%) with more then 51,000 residents holding a university or college degree. Also the majority of residences work within grey collar or blue collar jobs as labour workers make up approximately 27% of the population. Furthermore, the average household income of Streetsville residents amounts to $124,255 with only a 5.6% unemployment rate. In relation to religion, 41.4% of residents are Roman Catholics while religious populations such as Muslims (6.9%) and Anglicans (6.3%) are continuing to grow. Also nearly 48% of Streetsville residents are identified as visible minorities including predominantly East Indians, South Asians and Chinese. Subsequently, 53% of the population's main language is English while the region boasts many non-official languages such as Chinese, Arabic, and Panjabi. With homes averaging around 3.4 bedrooms, the average family consists of three people per home and has around 1.4 children. Streetsville's population has an average age of 38 with 33% of the population being between ages 25-44, 23.1% of the population are between the ages 45- 64 and 14.5% of the population being between the ages of 15- 24. Also among the population, 61.4% of residents are married while 29.1% are single and 9.5% are widowed or divorced.