Development · Glenorchy
Oakville has banned houses on its busiest transit corridor
Within 50 metres of Dundas Street, six storeys is now the floor and townhouses are out.
Oakville neighbourhood
Joshua Creek
East Oakville, north of the QEW between Eighth Line and Ninth Line, around Burnhamthorpe Road East and Dundas Street East.
- Town ward
- 6
- Boundary review status
- Initiated 2 June 2026, decision expected winter 2026
- Earliest implementation
- September 2027
- Ward the Town files applications under
- Ward 6
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What is changing in Joshua Creek
Schools · Joshua Creek
A pocket of Joshua Creek is being moved back to its home school
One pocket of housing would move back to its home school. A decision is due this winter.
Context
Joshua Creek in context
Joshua Creek is one of the newer complete communities in Oakville, built out through the 2000s and 2010s on the town's eastern edge and still adding blocks along Dundas Street East and Burnhamthorpe Road East. It has the profile that follows from that: young households, high enrolment pressure at build-out, and a school system that has had to keep adjusting.
That adjustment is now running in reverse. Joshua Creek Public School was crowded enough during construction that the board redirected students from a pocket of new housing near Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive to Falgarwood Public School instead. Enrolment projections have since fallen, portable requirements have eased, and in June 2026 trustees started a boundary review to bring that pocket back.
The development pipeline here is still active but late-stage: Mattamy phases on Burnhamthorpe Road East and around William Cutmore Boulevard, plus subdivision applications on Dundas Street East. It is the tail of a build-out rather than the start of one.
Development
What is in the pipeline
- Mattamy Joshua Creek North at 1156 Burnhamthorpe Road East, with a rezoning and a draft plan of subdivision.
- Clockwork Phase 3 at 1395 and 1405 Dundas Street East and 3010 William Cutmore Boulevard.
- Mattamy Bressa Phase 2 at 3008 William Cutmore Boulevard, and WP Development at 1005 Dundas Street East.
- Recently approved: ARGO at 3022 Meadowridge Drive and Mattamy Joshua Creek Phase 3.
Tracked here
- Status: Approved. A decision has been taken. It has not necessarily taken effect.Dundas Urban Core building types and minimum height
Schools
Public information
- Joshua Creek Public School
A boundary review begun in June 2026 would move a pocket near Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive back into the Joshua Creek boundary, as early as September 2027.
Attendance areas are set by the boards and change through boundary reviews. Confirm your address with the board.
Parks and amenities
- Joshua's Creek Arenas, 1663 North Service Road East.
- Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Drive, is the nearest full community centre.
- The Joshua Creek and Morrison Creek valley systems run through the area.
Getting around
- The Southeast Oakville Ride On-Demand zone, extended to 9 p.m. on weekdays in July 2026, covers the area south of here.
- Oakville Transit routes on Dundas Street East, Burnhamthorpe Road East and Eighth Line serve the community.
- Route 80N, a new school special route introduced on 6 September 2026, connects students in north Oakville to Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School.
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