The Stanfields trace their Mississsauga roots back to the 1840s when Thomas Stanfield first arrived in Streetsville. He eventually moved south and purchased 100 acres south of Dundas Street. He then established a home on the west side of The Second Line East near Middlegate Road.
In the mid 1950’s, Thomas L. Kennedy, MPP Peel, proposed that the name of Second Line East, which had been known at one time as Bloomfield Road, be changed to Stanfield Road, to pay tribute to the Stanfields who had contributed so much to the community. Col. Kennedy wrote to Ruth Stanfield, who lived on Second Line East, saying he would do whatever he could to have the name changed by the municipality. “The name Stanfield should be given some thought to your road. They have made a great contribution to the village of Dixie. Only for them we would never have either a skating rink or curling rink,” wrote Col. Kennedy.
Since the turn of the 1900s, hockey was the winter sport enjoyed by young and old alike. The Stanfields, who had branches of family in the Burnhamthorpe and Dixie Communities, were active in skating and hockey from the start.
The Stanfield family became synonymous with the game of hockey in the winter and many other sports in the summer. The Stanfield name became a legend in Toronto Township sporting circles.
Victor G. Stanfield, a Dixie Stanfield, might well be credited with being the first to bring the family name into the headlines of the sports pages of the local newspaper. Victor was a fruit farmer in the Dixie community and was one of the founding members of both Dixie Arena Gardens and the Dixie Curling Club. He served as Treasurer and Director of the Arena when it opened in 1949 and, later, as the first president of the Curling Club. His cousin, Gordon Stanfield, however, was the man who was responsible for keeping the name on the hockey pages of newspapers for more than three decades.