A woman is dead after she was stabbed in the Erin Mills area of Mississauga on Sunday afternoon, Peel Regional Police say.

Officers said they were called to a residential area in the area of Roadside Way and Ninth Line, east of Highway 407, at 12:28 p.m. for a report of a female screaming inside a basement apartment.

A woman was found in the unit with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police arrived and arrested a man at the residence.

Investigators said two children were present inside the unit when the incident occurred.

The kids, who are under the age of six, were not injured, police said.

Roadside Way was closed to everyone except residents of the street, to allow for an investigation.