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Oakville

Sixteen Mile Creek and a lakeshore town

Oakville in brief

Oakville is Halton Region's seat on Lake Ontario between Burlington and Mississauga, now Ontario's largest town by population. Dundas Street was surveyed as a military road in 1793, and British immigrants settled along the lakeshore after 1807.

The Crown bought land at the mouths of Sixteen Mile Creek and Bronte Creek from the Mississaugas, then auctioned lots that became the harbour town. That creek mouth still shapes downtown Oakville's harbour and parks.

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#20
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City Score
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Oakville

Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.

Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

OpenStats

Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.

Single edition · 2026

#20
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.809

Only one published edition places Oakville in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

OpenStats

Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#86
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 84.9

Only one published edition places Oakville in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Property tax · OpenStats

OpenStats Residential Mill Rates

OpenStats

Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).

Single edition · 2024

#38
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 7.96

Only one published edition places Oakville in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Livability

Globe and Mail Most Livable Cities

The Globe and Mail

2023 data partnership with Environics Analytics ranking 439 Canadian communities on ten livability categories.

Single edition · 2023

#29
Published · 2023 · of 439

Only one published edition places Oakville in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Livability

Maclean's Best Communities

Maclean's

Successor-style municipal livability ranking published by Maclean's for 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 edition).

Single edition · 2019

#4
Published · 2019 · of 415

Only one published edition places Oakville in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Oakville

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • It borders Burlington to the southwest, Milton to the northwest and Mississauga to the northeast.

    Wikipedia

  • Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest urban area in Canada.

    Wikipedia

  • Oakville is Ontario's largest town by population and the seat of Halton Region on Lake Ontario between Burlington and Mississauga.

    Wikipedia

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