Former Mayor McCallion Lies in State
The ceremony will be held at Mississauga City Hall, located at 300 City Centre Drive.
The City of Mississauga has invited the public to pay their respects to former Mayor Hazel McCallion, who will lie in state at city hall on Sunday and Monday.
The ceremony will be held at Mississauga City Hall, located at 300 City Centre Drive.
On January 29, McCallion, Mississauga’s longest-serving mayor, died. She was 101 years old.
On Sunday, dignitaries will pay their respects from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and the public will be barred from attending. Public attendance will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and anyone can come to city hall to express their condolences.
The public can pay their respects on Monday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Since Jan. 30, a book of condolences has been available at Mississauga City Hall and a number of other locations throughout the city. They will be there until the evening of the funeral.
“Residents and visitors are encouraged to share their condolences and express their sympathies to the McCallion family through the Books of Condolences,” the city said in a statement released Saturday.
There is also a virtual book of condolences to sign.
McCallion’s funeral will be held on her birthday, February 14. McCallion’s family, Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Mayor Bonnie Crombie, among others, will gather at Paramount Fine Foods beginning at 12 p.m. to celebrate the former mayor’s life.
Members of the public interested in attending the funeral can purchase a limited number of tickets on TicketMaster beginning at 12 p.m. on Feb. 9. The in-person event will require tickets, which are free of charge.
The funeral will be live streamed on the Ontario Government’s YouTube channel for those who wish to pay their respects from home.
Flags at Mississauga City Hall and all city facilities will be flown at half-mast until McCallion’s funeral concludes, according to the city.
Prabhnoor Kaur