East of Meadowvale is Malton, located in the northeast corner of Mississauga, at the intersection of Derry and Airport Roads.

The population of Malton as of 2001 stands at 41,165 with a 5.2% growth since 1996. The majority of that growth is contributed to peoples over the age of 65 and new immigrants, with 24% and 10% growth from 1996 to 2001 respectively. The vast majority of these new Immigrants are arriving from India, arriving because of spiritual services, Indian Cuisine, Indian Supermarkets, and the Indian Community in Large. The fastest growing minorities, however, come from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Trinidad and Tobago. 59% of Malton consists of Immigrants.

With regards to religion, Malton consists largely of Roman Catholic and Sikh practitioners and Significant percentages of Hindus and Muslims. The Roman Catholic population can be contributed to the large numbers of Italian-Canadians that moved to Malton in the 1980's and still reside in Malton. The large number of Sikhs can be contributed to the large Punjabi population due to the locality of a Sikh temple and Sikh-based school in Malton.

While most people are acquainted with Malton as the home of Pearson International Airport, few are aware of Malton's agricultural past and its historic role as a distribution hub for grain shipments during the 19th century.

Malton was purchased from the Mississauga Indians for 8,500 British Pounds in 1818. This purchase was the second such purchase from Mississauga Indians and also included other parts of Peel (Caledon and Chiguacousy portion of Brampton), the Town of Gore, and parts of what is now Toronto, including Albion/Rexdale.

The first settlers to Malton arrived in 1819 and had roots from England. Among the first settlers was Richard Halliday. Halliday is credited for naming Malton after his birthplace in Yorkshire, England. It was these first settlers that cleared the land, built homes and struggled to establish farmland in Malton.

By 1850, businesses started forming around the "Four Corners" of Malton (Airport and Derry Roads), and businesses included a general store, a cobbler, a hotel, and a blacksmith.

The farmland in Malton was very fertile. In the beginning, the land was used primarily for growing grain to sell primarily to Britain, and later for rearing cattle, horses, sheep and pigs to sell to the Toronto marketplace. The way to Toronto at first involved using horses to follow foot paths through dense bush, but a plank road built to connect Malton to Toronto made it easy for farmers to trade in Toronto. Farmers also produced vegetables, butters, chicken, and such for trade in Toronto.

The introduction of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1854 allowed better access to Toronto markets for local farmers. The village of Malton was subdivided in 1855 and became the county seat in 1859, if only for a year. Its economic prosperity in the 1860s was short-lived, however, and did not return until the late 1930s with the construction of the airport.

Malton acquired some measure of self government in 1914 when it incorporated as a "police village". In 1937, the Toronto Harbor Commission selected 13 farms adjacent to the village for an international airport. Consequently, Malton experienced a major shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy. The airport provided wartime prosperity during the 1940s and continued to be an integral part of the economy in the post-war years, when Malton acquired an international reputation as a leader in aeronautical design and manufacturing.

Many know Malton as the home of the famous "Avro Arrow", a fighter plane still believed to have been years ahead of its time in the 1950s. The development of the Arrow was scrapped by the Federal government of the day. While Malton's product has changed, it remains a hub of commercial and industrial activity.