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Kerr Village

Along Kerr Street between Speers Road and Lakeshore Road West, west of Sixteen Mile Creek.

Last checked September 5, 2026Town of Oakville, Halton school boards, Oakville Transit, Statistics CanadaHow we know
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Town of Oakville, Halton school boards, Oakville Transit, Statistics Canada
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September 5, 2026
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development applications, parks, transit routes, heritage properties and schools, from the datasets linked on each
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Town ward
2
Town of Oakville
Ward the Town files applications under
Ward 2
Town of Oakville
Town study covering the street
Kerr Village Growth Area Review
Town of Oakville

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What is changing in Kerr Village

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Context

Kerr Village in context

Kerr Village is Oakville's most convincing main street that is not downtown. It runs a few blocks of independent restaurants, garages and small shops between the rail corridor and the lake, and it has the two ingredients the town's other growth areas mostly lack: an existing street wall and an existing street life.

It is under review as a growth area, which in practice means the Town is deciding how much height and density the street can take without losing the thing that makes it work. The applications in the pipeline are a fair preview of that argument: mid-rise proposals at 550 Kerr Street and 50 Speers Road, plus a cluster of sites on Garden Drive and Wilson Street.

The area's transit position improved on 6 September 2026, when Oakville Transit reworked Route 1 Trafalgar to give riders more direct access to downtown by way of Kerr Street while holding the route's existing frequency.

Development

What is in the pipeline

  1. Oakville Developments (2010) Inc. at 550 Kerr Street, an active zoning by-law amendment.
  2. Helberg Properties at 50 Speers Road, with both an official plan amendment and a rezoning.
  3. Garden Residences Corporation at 105 to 159 Garden Drive, and Amica East Oakville at 152 Wilson Street.
  4. Format Lakeshore at 42 Lakeshore Road West was recently approved.
  5. The Kerr Village Growth Area Review is the Town study that will set the ceiling for the rest of the street.

The Town files active development and site plan applications by ward. For Kerr Village, start with Ward 2 on the Town’s active applications page. A ward is not the same shape as a neighbourhood; it is where the Town keeps the file.

Schools

Public information

Attendance areas are set by the boards and change through boundary reviews. Confirm your address with the board.

Every school in Oakville · Boundary review tracker

Parks and amenities

  • Trafalgar Park Community Centre, 133 Rebecca Street, with arena ice and a community centre.
  • Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, 2302 Bridge Road.
  • The Sixteen Mile Creek valley forms the eastern edge of the area.

Getting around

  • From 6 September 2026, Route 1 Trafalgar gives riders more direct access to Downtown Oakville by way of Kerr Street, at the frequency the route already ran.
  • Route 14/14A Lakeshore West runs along the southern edge of the area.
  • Oakville GO Station is a short distance east across Sixteen Mile Creek.