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Town of Oakville
Downtown Oakville
Downtown Oakville
Motto: Avancez (French) (Go forward)[1]
Coordinates: 43°27′N 79°41′W / 43.45, -79.683
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Halton
Wards 6
Neighbourhoods 12
Established 1827
Government
 - Town Mayor Rob Burton.
 - Governing Body Oakville Town Council.
 - MPs Bonnie Brown, Garth Turner
 - MPPs Ted Chudleigh, Kevin Flynn
Area [1]
 - Total 138. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group In Political geography and International politics, a country is a Political division of a geographical entity Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district Rob Burton is the mayor of Oakville, Ontario, in Canada. The Oakville Town Council is the governing body of Oakville, Ontario, Canada. For the Country music singer part of The Browns, see Bonnie Brown (musician M John Garth Turner, PC, MP (born March 14 1949 is a Canadian business journalist broadcaster and politician Ted Chudleigh is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding Kevin Daniel Flynn is a Politician in Oakville Ontario, Canada. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 51 km² (53. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi)
Elevation 173 m (568 ft)
Population (2006)
 - Total 165,613 (Ranked 26th)
 - Density 1,195. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2006 census for Census subdivisions This list Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/km² (3,095. 6/sq mi)
  [2]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
Postal code span L6(H,J,K,L,M)
[1] Stats Canada
Website: Town of Oakville Official Website

Oakville (2006 population 165,613[2]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km or 19 mi away) on its eastern border and Hamilton (about 20 km or 12 mi away) from its western border. UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area metropolitan community. The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous Metropolitan area in Canada.

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History

In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dundas Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also known interchangeably as Highway 5 west of Toronto is a major arterial street which forms In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton from the Mississaugas, except for the land at the mouths of Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), Sixteen Mile Creek, and along the Credit River. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected Legislature for the province of Upper Canada and functioned as the province's Lower house. The Mississaugas are a subtribe of the Anishinaabe First Nations people located in southern Ontario, Canada, closely related to the Ojibwa Bronte Creek is a waterway in the Lake Ontario watershed of Ontario Canada. Sixteen Mile Creek is a River running through Halton Region Ontario, Canada, from the Niagara Escarpment, through the towns of The Credit River is a River in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment to empty into In 1807, British immigrants settled the area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

In 1820, the Crown bought the area surrounding the waterways. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The area around the creeks, 960 acres (approximately 4 km²), ceded to the Crown by the Mississaugas[3], was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U William Chisholm ( October 15 1788 &ndash May 4 1842) was a farmer businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He left the development of the area to his son, Robert Kerr Chisholm and his brother-in-law, Thomas Merrick. Robert Kerr Chisholm ( May 26 1819 &ndash February 27 1899) was a political figure in Oakville Ontario, serving as mayor in 1866

Oakville's first industries included shipbuilding, timber shipment, and wheat farming. In the 1850s, there was an economic recession and the foundry, the most important industry in town, was closed. Basket-making became a major industry in the town, and the Grand Trunk Railway was built through it. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American

The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of Cities Service Canada (later BP Canada, and now Petro Canada) and Shell Canada (later closed) oil refineries, the Procor factory, and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company's Canadian headquarters and plant, all in close proximity to the Canadian National Railway and the QEW/403. Citgo Petroleum Corporation (or Citgo) is a United States -incorporated Venezuela -owned refiner and marketer of Gasoline, lubricants Petrochemicals Petro-Canada () is a Canadian oil and gas firm Its headquarters are in the Petro-Canada Centre in Calgary, Alberta Shell Canada Limited is the subsidiary of Europe -based Royal Dutch Shell and one of Canada 's largest integrated oil Companies. An oil refinery is an industrial Process plant where Crude oil is processed and refined into more useful Petroleum products, such as Gasoline Procor is a Canadian company producing Railway shipping cars It is Canada's largest private rail car rental fleet that has more than 21000 conventional and special-purpose Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited is the manufacturing and sales arm of Ford Motor Company for Canada. Oakville Assembly Complex is a Ford Motor Company Automobile factory in Oakville Ontario, Canada, occupying the same site as and combining the

In 1962 the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages (Bronte, Palermo, Sheridan, and the remainder of Trafalgar Township) to become the new Town of Oakville, reaching northwards to Steeles Avenue in Milton. Bronte is the community that makes up much of the west end of Oakville, in Ontario, Canada. Steeles Avenue is an east-west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of York Region, Ontario, Canada. Milton ( 2006 census population 53939 is a town in southern Ontario, Canada, part of the Greater In 1973, the restructuring of Halton County into Halton Region brought the northern border southwards to just north of Highway 407

Neighbourhoods

Oakville's Planning Department divides the town into 12 communities. Highway 407, officially called the 407 Express Toll Route (ETR, is a Tollway located in the Greater Toronto Area, southern Ontario, Canada These divisions have little to do with politics and are based on traditional neighbourhoods. Oakville's Planning Department's 12 communities are:

Demographics

Ethnic Origin[4] Population Percent
English 47,920 29. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English 13%
Scottish 34,055 20. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. 70%
Irish 30,795 18. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate 72%
German 15,490 9. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as 41%
Italian 15,195 9. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging 23%
French 13,905 8. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( 45%
Polish 8,865 5. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. 38%

According to the 2006 Canadian Census Oakville had 165,613 residents. This represents a 14. 4% increase since the 2001 Census.

According to the 2006 census, Oakville had a younger population than Canada as a whole. Minors (youth under 19 years of age) totalled 28. 1 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 11. 7 percent. This compares with the Canadian average of 24. 4 percent (minors) and 13. 7 percent (pensioners). The average age of Burlington residents is 38. 4 compared to the Canadian average of 39. 5. In the five years between 2001 and 2006, the population of Burlington grew by 14. 4%, while Canada as a whole grew by 5. 4 percent. [5]

Because of its close proximity to Toronto, Oakville is increasingly becoming diverse. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario As of 2006, 81. 2% of the population was white. White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye Other groups include South Asian: 6. 0%, Chinese: 3. 2%, black 2. 1%, and mixed race: 2%[5]

79. 4% of residents stated their religion as Christian, almost evenly split amongst Roman Catholics and Protestants including Anglicans. Non-Christian religions include Muslim: 2. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion 0%, Hindu: 1. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical 3%, Sikh: 1. Sikh (English or; ਸਿੱਖ sikkh, IPA) is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. 1%, and Jewish: 0. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ 7%. 14% indicated no religion.

The median household income was $ 83,982 with an average house value of $306,209.

Sports

Oakville has a long history of sporting. The only recognized professional sports team in Oakville is the Oakville Blue Devils of Canadian Soccer League. Brampton Lions FC are a Canadian Soccer team founded in 2002. The Blue Devils are affiliated with the Oakville Soccer Club, which is the biggest soccer club in Canada. [6] The other proffesional team is the Oakville Ice women's ice hockey team of the NWHL. Oakville is home to the Oakville Crusaders Rugby club, also the biggest rugby club in Canada. Oakville also has a moderate amount of success in hockey with the Oakville Blades, a Tier II Junior "A" franchise since 1966, and a "AAA" hockey system. The Oakville Blades are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The current rep hockey team in Oakville is the Oakville Rangers. The town also has the Oakville Buzz, a Junior "B" lacrosse team who won the Founders Cup in 2006. History Founded in 2001 the Oakville Buzz have gotten better and better ever year of their existence The OLA Junior B Lacrosse League is a Box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada. Box lacrosse ( boxla, boxcrosse, or indoor lacrosse) is an indoor version of Lacrosse played in Canada and the United States The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of Canada 's Junior "B" Lacrosse leagues The current rep lacrosse team is the Oakville Hawks. There is also the Oakville Aquatic Club. The club has came second at Long Course Provincials last year in Ottawa, On. And second last year at the swimming Age Group Nationals in Montreal, Que. This year (2008) they came in third place at the Short Course Provincial Championships in London, Ontario.

Glen Abbey Golf Course, site of several Canadian Open professional golf championships and many other amateur tournaments, is also located in Oakville. Glen Abbey Golf Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1976, is one of Canada 's most famous golf courses and is home to the Royal Canadian The Canadian Open (currently sponsored as the RBC Canadian Open) is a Golf tournament which was founded in 1904

Education

Elementary schools and high schools in Oakville are a mix of private and public schools, with one of the highest ratios of private schools to student population in the country. Oakville is covered by the Halton District School Board, Halton Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest, and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Oakville is home to Sheridan College, a renowned animation and business studies institute, and Oakville's only higher education facility. The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington Halton Hills Milton and Oakville The Halton Catholic District School Board has its headquarters in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest, also known as CSDCSO or Ontario District School Board #58, manages the French-language Public Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud is the Roman Catholic separate, French language School board for the South-Central region of Ontario Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville Ontario and

Government

Municipal

At the municipal level, the governing body is the Oakville Town Council consisting of a mayor (currently Rob Burton) and twelve councillors. The Oakville Town Council is the governing body of Oakville, Ontario, Canada. This is a list of Mayors of Oakville Ontario. DatesMayor1857-1862 George King Chisholm 1863-1865 Rob Burton is the mayor of Oakville, Ontario, in Canada. A councillor or councilor ( Cllr, Coun, Clr or Cr for short is a member of a Local government council such as a The town is divided into six wards, with two councillors elected to represent each ward. In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district

Each ward's Town Councillor represents the ward solely on Oakville Town Council. Each ward's Town and Regional Councillor is a member of the 21-member governing council of the Regional Municipality of Halton, in addition to being a member of the 13-member Town Council.

Provincial

Oakville is divided into two provincial ridings which use the same boundaries as the federal ridings and is currently represented provincially by:

Federal

Oakville is divided into two federal ridings which use the same boundaries as the provincial ridings and is currently represented federally by:

Arts and culture

Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts

Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts

The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts houses several performances by local and international artists. A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries Oakville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since Kevin Daniel Flynn is a Politician in Oakville Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. For the provincial electoral district see Halton (provincial electoral district Halton is a federal electoral district Ted Chudleigh is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre For the Country music singer part of The Browns, see Bonnie Brown (musician M The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political John Garth Turner, PC, MP (born March 14 1949 is a Canadian business journalist broadcaster and politician The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is a municipally run multi-use facility which opened in downtown Oakville Ontario, Canada in 1977. It is also the performing venue for the Oakville Symphony Orchestra and the Oakville Ballet Company. The Oakville Ballet Company is a Ballet company in Ontario Canada. The Oakville Arts Council provides further artistic talents in the town showcasing films, literary figures and visual arts.

Taras Shevchenko Memorial Park

In close proximity to the crossing of Third Line and Dundas Street West is a sixteen acre park owned by the Ukrainian Taras H. Shevchenko Museum and Memorial Park Foundation with the poet's statue in the centre. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Тарáс Григóрович Шевчéнко ( &ndash) was a Ukrainian Poet, Artist and humanist. [7] Over the years, this site has been vandalized, including an arson fire that destroyed the Museum in 1998. Near the end of 2006, the statue was stolen, probably to be melted and bronze to be sold for scrap. [8] On January 2, 2007, Halton Regional Police recovered the statue's head. __NOEDITSECTION__The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS provides policing services for the Halton Region in Ontario, Canada which encompasses the City [9]

Sister city

In April 1984, Oakville Mayor Harry Barrett, and Neyagawa Mayor Tadahiro Nishikawa signed an agreement making the two municipalities sister cities. is a city located in Osaka, Japan. As of 2003 the city has an estimated Population of 246905 and the density of 9984 In honour of this declaration, a major Oakville street was renamed Neyagawa Boulevard. [10]

Transportation

External links

See also

References

  1. ^ Coat of Arms. VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; ˈviːə 'vee-ah' is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail The Corridor is a VIA Rail passenger train service area in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario. This is a list of the schools in Oakville Ontario, Canada. Halton District School Board These schools are part of the Halton District School Board Town of Oakville. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St
  2. ^ a b Statistics Canada. 2007. Oakville, Ontario (table). 2006 Community Profiles. 2006 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 92-591-XWE. Ottawa. Released March 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Halton County (1877). Waler & Miles. Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
  4. ^ Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for census subdivisions (municipalities) with 5,000-plus population - 20% sample data. 2006 Census Data. Statistics Canada (2008-04-01). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China.
  5. ^ a b Community highlights for Oakville. 2006 Census Data. Statistics Canada (2008-04-30). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Retrieved on 2008-06-04. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China.
  6. ^ OSC Newsletter
  7. ^ Taras Shevchenko Memorial Park
  8. ^ Toronto Star news article
  9. ^ CBC news article
  10. ^ Oakville's Sister City - Neyagawa, Japan
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