Oakville, Ontario

Oakville
Town of Oakville
Aerial view of Oakville in 2023
Motto: 
Avancez ("Go forward")[1]
Oakville
Coordinates: 43°27′23″N 79°42′50″W / 43.45639°N 79.71389°W / 43.45639; -79.71389[2]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionHalton
Wards7
Neighbourhoods12
Established1827
Government
 • MayorRob Burton
 • Governing BodyOakville Town Council
 • MPsAnita Anand
Pam Damoff
 • MPPsStephen Crawford
Effie Triantafilopoulos
Area
 (2021)[3]
 • Land138.94 km2 (53.65 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total213,759
 • Density1,538.5/km2 (3,985/sq mi)
DemonymOakvillian
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
L6H to L6M
Area codes905, 289, 365, and 742
Websitewww.oakville.ca

Oakville is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The population of Oakville was 213,759 in 2021.[3] The mayor of Oakville is Rob Burton.

Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road in 1793 and was bought by the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1805. British immigrants settled the area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario in 1807. The Crown bought the area surrounding the waterways in 1820 and the area around the creeks, gave up to the Crown by the Mississaugas, was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827.[4]

The towns of Bronte, Palermo, Sheridan, and the remainder of Trafalgar Township merged with Oakville in 1962.

The new Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital at 3001 Hospital Gate is open (as of December 13, 2015).

References

  1. "Coat of Arms". Town of Oakville. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
  2. "Oakville". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  4. "Oakville Museum History". Oakville. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

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