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Oakville is a lakeside town of more than 200,000 people, and a standard road map doesn’t tell you much about what each part of it is like. This interactive Oakville map lays out the town’s neighbourhoods alongside the schools, sports fields, community spaces, arts venues and pet spots that shape daily life in each one. Whether you’re thinking about moving here, comparing areas before buying a home, or looking for something to do this weekend, it’s a quick way to see what’s where.
Click any shaded shape to see the neighbourhood’s name and a short description of what it’s like to live there. Click a coloured marker to see what the place is, what kind of spot it is, and a link to Google Street View so you can look around before you go.
The markers are grouped into five categories:
Zoom in on a single neighbourhood to see what’s within walking distance, or zoom out to compare one part of town with another.
Oakville stretches from Burlington in the west to Mississauga in the east, and its neighbourhoods fall roughly into three bands.
Along the lake (south of the QEW). Bronte, on the west side, is built around its harbour, marinas and waterfront parks. Kerr Village sits just west of downtown. Old Oakville surrounds Oakville Harbour at the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek, with heritage homes and the shops and restaurants of Lakeshore Road. Further east are quiet, leafy streets with larger lots near the water.
Between the QEW and Dundas Street. Most of Oakville’s established family neighbourhoods are here, including Glen Abbey, West Oak Trails, River Oaks, College Park, Iroquois Ridge and Joshua Creek. Expect tree-lined crescents, plenty of schools and parks, and trails through the creek valleys.
North of Dundas. North Oakville is the town’s newest area, with recently built subdivisions still filling in toward Highway 407.
It depends on what you’re after. For walkability and the waterfront, look at Bronte, Kerr Village and Old Oakville. If schools and space for kids are the priority, the neighbourhoods between the QEW and Dundas are hard to beat. Look at the Schools and Sports markers there and you’ll see how well served they are. If you’d prefer a newer home, North Oakville is where most new construction is happening.
The best way to decide is to click through a few neighbourhoods, compare what’s nearby, then go walk the streets in person.
Oakville is in Halton Region on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Mississauga is to the east, Burlington to the west and Milton to the north. The QEW cuts across the middle of town and Highway 407 crosses the north end. Oakville GO and Bronte GO stations on the Lakeshore West line run straight to downtown Toronto.
