Village · Oakville, Greater Toronto

Downtown Oakville

A harbour-side main street with boutiques and big lots

Long-term owners
Food lovers
Quiet streets

Downtown Oakville in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Toronto, Statistics Canada (approximate areas).

At a glance

Downtown Oakville is a historic lakeside district with a harbour, Lakeside Park and walkable shops and restaurants on Lakeshore Road, surrounded by large older houses. About 54% of homes are detached and 36% are apartments, 34% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.87M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.): $1.67M^*
Residents: 25,080
Households renting: 34%
Homes that are apartments: 36%

What the numbers mean

Owners valued the median home at $1.87M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Toronto MLS® Home Price Index (-11% since then), that is about $1.67M, 82% above the Toronto-area suburbs median of $917K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
34% of households rent, close to the 34% city-wide.
21% are 65 or older, versus 16% city-wide, a sign of long-time residents and a settled pace.
54% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 40% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 22,273 at the 2021 census.

0-1415%

15-197%

20-246%

25-3411%

35-4411%

45-5415%

55-6414%

65+21%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 22,273 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached54%

Semi-detached4%

Row house5%

Duplex flat2%

Apartment under 5 storeys9%

Apartment 5+ storeys27%

Upfront closing costs¹

Ontario charges a tiered land transfer tax, up to 2.5% on the part of a home over $2 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Ontario land transfer tax: $29,860

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Oakville. Policing there is by a regional police service, and none publishes neighbourhood crime counts we can compare with Toronto's. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.