Construction · OpenStats
OpenStats Building Permit Value
OpenStats
Cities ranked by total Statistics Canada building permit value in the calendar year. Rank 1 is highest value.
4 editions · 2023–2026
#10
Latest · 2026 · of 42
Score 884393000
Ontario
Oshawa
Crossing place that built Canada's cars
Oshawa in brief
Oshawa lines Lake Ontario about 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, the eastern anchor of the Golden Horseshoe and Durham Region's largest city. Its name comes from the Ojibwa aazhawe, the crossing place, a fur-trade transfer point where Mississauga canoes met voyagers.
Robert McLaughlin founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company here in 1876, the shop that grew into a cornerstone of Canadian auto making. That industrial streak still shapes how the lakeshore city talks about itself.
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#37
City Score rank
67%
City Score
6
Owned lists in score
City Score over time
The green line averages OpenStats-owned rankings (radon, permit value, mill rates). Grey dots mark every published placement across all studies below.
Rankings for Oshawa
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
#37
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.674
Only one published edition places Oshawa in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
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
#93
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 63.4
Only one published edition places Oshawa in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
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
#23
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 14.32
Only one published edition places Oshawa in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.
Livability
MoneySense Best Places to Live
MoneySense
Annual composite ranking of Canadian municipalities on economy, housing, crime, health, and weather.
4 editions · 2014–2018
#102
Latest · 2018 · of 415
Worth knowing in Oshawa
Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.
Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline.
It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of downtown Toronto.
It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the Greater Toronto Area and of the Golden Horseshoe.
Oshawa's name comes from an Ojibwe term meaning the crossing place, and the city grew as a major automotive manufacturing centre on Lake Ontario.
