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CreativeHub 1352 offers dynamic programming that emphasizes collaboration across artistic disciplines and the intersection of people and ideas. In the light-filled industrial space of the Small Arms Inspection Building, creativity, culture, and connection await! Enjoy hands-on workshops, the Lakeview Farmers' Market, artistic exhibitions, creative and culinary festivals, movie nights, and community experiences designed to spark curiosity and bring people together.
Explore our Programs
Explore your artistic side and develop new skills through our hands-on weekly daytime programs. This series features creative drop-ins, hands-on learning sessions, and community workshops in a welcoming social environment.
Weekly Daytime Programs

Explore your artistic side and develop new skills through our hands-on weekly daytime programs. This series features creative drop-ins, hands-on learning sessions, and community workshops in a welcoming social environment.

Culture, conversation, and unforgettable evenings await. Enjoy bi-weekly events on Thursdays such as movie nights, inspiring talks, storytelling, and hands-on arts & culture workshops designed to spark curiosity and connection.
Bi-Weekly Evening Programs

Culture, conversation, and unforgettable evenings await. Enjoy bi-weekly events on Thursdays such as movie nights, inspiring talks, storytelling, and hands-on arts & culture workshops designed to spark curiosity and connection.

Running Sundays from May through October, the Market offers a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere where residents and visitors can shop local, connect with neighbours, and experience the energy of Lakeview’s growing community.
Lakeview Farmers' Market

Running Sundays from May through October, the Market offers a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere where residents and visitors can shop local, connect with neighbours, and experience the energy of Lakeview’s growing community.

Every other week, browse an impressive array of original creations and hand-crafted products from a diverse selection of artisan vendors. This event provides the best opportunity to shop local, and complements the weekly Lakeview Farmers' Market.
Lakeview Artisan Market

Every other week, browse an impressive array of original creations and hand-crafted products from a diverse selection of artisan vendors. This event provides the best opportunity to shop local, and complements the weekly Lakeview Farmers' Market.

Coming Up Next

Register or RSVP for one our upcoming sessions. And don't forget to join us every Sunday for the Lakeview Farmers' Market from 9:00am - 2:00pm.

  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
    Jul 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Jul 30, 2026, 7:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Step into a world of pure imagination! Join us for our first feature film presentation at the Small Arms Inspection Building followed by a guided discussion.
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  • Mend & Make 2: Papermaking Workshop
    Mend & Make 2: Papermaking Workshop
    Aug 02, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Aug 02, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Sign up to create your own paper using recyclable materials at the Small Arms Inspection Building.
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  • Bring Your Own Craft: Featuring Pie Pennants
    Bring Your Own Craft: Featuring Pie Pennants
    Multiple Dates
    Aug 04, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Aug 04, 2026, 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Bring your craft project and join us for a casual, community crafting session.
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  • Mend & Make 5: Intermediate Crochet
    Mend & Make 5: Intermediate Crochet
    Aug 06, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Aug 06, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Small Arms Inspection Building (SAIB), 1352 Lakeshore Rd E, Mississauga, ON L5E 1E9, Canada
    Strengthen your crochet skills in this intermediate‑level workshop designed to help you grow beyond the basics.
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CreativeHub 1352's Story

The Small Arms Inspection Building is a compelling, light-filled WWII heritage building with an essential connection to parkland, conservation lands, the waterfront, trails, and neighbourhood.

This historical and cultural landmark was saved from intended demolition through the efforts of CreativeHub 1352, a non-profit, charitable, community-driven organization. As a result, the City of Mississauga designated the property under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2009, who then acquired and began the restoration of the building in the spring of 2017. The Small Arms Inspection Building is owned and operated by the City of Mississauga.

CreativeHub 1352, previously Small Arms Society, is a charitable non-profit organization which exists for the advancement of Mississauga’s community cultural development through the arts, heritage, and environmental sciences. 

 

Working with community partners, CreativeHub 1352 fosters year-round creative multidisciplinary programming for the benefit of the Mississauga community. Through collaboration with the City of Mississauga, we are a key stakeholder in the reuse and programming of the Small Arms Inspection Building as a creative hub.

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Small Arms Building

CreativeHub 1352 wishes to acknowledge and honour the land upon which the Small Arms Inspection Building is situated as the historical and traditional territory of First Nation peoples. We recognize and thank the Anishinabek (Ojibway), Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Métis and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation for their stewardship of these lands over millennia and are grateful to have the opportunity to work here and continue to honour the heritage and build community on this territory.

 

CreativeHub 1352  is committed to ensuring that its internal policies and practices are free of barriers, emphasize the value of diversity, and promote full participation to ensure dignity, respect, and equal access for volunteers, participants, staff and residents. Through our processes and practices, we are working to eliminate barriers for people who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce – Aboriginal people, those of the LGBTQ2S+ community, people with disabilities, racialized persons, and women.

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