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Oakville
A lakefront town built around two harbours and a heritage main street, with the schools and train service to back up everyday life — Oakville is one of the western GTA's long-established lakeside towns.
Oakville sits on the north shore of Lake Ontario, west of Toronto and east of Hamilton. With 213,759 residents in the 2021 census, it is the largest community in Halton Region and the largest town in Ontario. It began as a harbour town — shipbuilding and the timber trade were its first industries — and the harbours are still working today, only the boats are mostly sailboats and yachts now.
Overview
The town's south edge is one continuous shoreline, with Oakville Harbour in the east and Bronte Harbour in the west, linked by waterfront parks, beaches and trails. The old town grew up around the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek, and the downtown strip runs along Lakeshore Road East; by the creek mouth, the Erchless Estate — the Chisholm family home — is now the town museum.
North of the QEW, the neighbourhoods are newer, most of them built from the 1980s on. There are more than 200 parks, and Bronte Creek Provincial Park covers the western boundary. Glen Abbey Golf Club, in the middle of town, has hosted the Canadian Open many times and is known well beyond golf. Population grew by almost 20,000 between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, up 10.3% — steady growth for the GTA, not a boom (see the chart below).
Neighbourhoods
Old Oakville
The historic lakeside core — heritage buildings, the downtown strip, and the town's grandest waterfront homes
Detached, condos
Bronte Village
The old fishing village at the west end; harbour, restaurants and cafés along the water, at a slower pace
Detached, townhomes, condos
Glen Abbey
A family community planned around the golf course, with schools and a community centre inside it
Detached, townhomes
River Oaks
An established family area in the centre-north, heavy on parks, within reach of both GO stations
Detached, semis, townhomes
West Oak Trails
A newer family area in the northwest, with trails and green space throughout
Detached, townhomes
Joshua Creek
A newer community in the northeast, next to Mississauga, with easy 403 and QEW access
Detached, townhomes
Schools & transit
Schools.Four boards run Oakville's publicly funded schools, mainly the Halton District School Board (HDSB) and the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB), plus the French public and French Catholic boards. There are 64 publicly funded schools in town: 51 elementary and 13 secondary. Public high schools include Abbey Park, Oakville Trafalgar, Iroquois Ridge and White Oaks; Catholic high schools include St. Thomas Aquinas, Holy Trinity and St. Ignatius of Loyola. Appleby College is the best-known private school. Sheridan College's Trafalgar Road Campus is in town for post-secondary. School catchments are set by the boards and change from time to time, so check any specific address with the board before you buy.
Getting around.Most commuters use the GO train on the Lakeshore West line. Oakville has two stations, Oakville GO (which is also a VIA Rail stop) and Bronte GO. At peak times there are express trains: about half an hour to Union Station on an express, around 45 minutes on a local train — check the GO Transit schedule for exact times. Drivers have three highways, the QEW, the 403 and the 407. Oakville Transit runs the local buses and feeds both GO stations.
Market data
September 2026 · updated monthly with the market report
The five main types total 160 of the town's 162 sales; the other 2 were other home types.
The month in one line: A balanced market, leaning slightly toward buyers. Sales fell, prices held fairly steady, and homes priced realistically sold faster.
For the full monthly picture — sales-to-new-listings ratio, benchmark prices and the breakdown by home type — see the Oakville section of the market report. See the market report