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Oakville neighbourhood

Uptown Core

Around Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street East, on both sides of the Oak Park and Hays Boulevard blocks.

Town ward
5
Ward the Town files applications under
Ward 5
Town of Oakville
Largest publicly owned site in the node
2264 Trafalgar Road, the former Public Works site
Town of Oakville

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What is changing in Uptown Core

We have not yet published a story specific to Uptown Core. The Oakville-wide coverage below applies here, and the sections that follow set out what the public record currently says about the area.


Context

Uptown Core in context

Uptown Core is the growth area that has already partly happened. The blocks around Oak Park Boulevard and Hays Boulevard were built as a denser, more walkable node at Trafalgar and Dundas well before the current round of provincial housing policy, and the result is a working, if incomplete, mid-rise centre with retail at grade.

The unfinished part is what the current review is about. The Town's Uptown Core Growth Area Review is reconsidering how much more height and density the node should take, and the largest single opportunity is publicly owned: the former Public Works site at 2264 Trafalgar Road, where the Oakville Municipal Development Corporation has filed an official plan amendment, a rezoning and a draft plan of subdivision.

Trafalgar Road through here is also one of the two corridors Oakville Transit has named for a future Frequent Transit Network at 15-minute or better headways, which is the service level that makes a node like this work without a car.


Development

What is in the pipeline

  1. Oakville Municipal Development Corporation at 2264 Trafalgar Road, the former Public Works site, with an official plan amendment, rezoning and draft plan of subdivision.
  2. SmartREIT at 256, 260 and 294 Hays Boulevard and 271 Oak Park Boulevard, and Silwell Developments at 90 Oak Park Boulevard.
  3. Recently approved: a condominium application at 2136 and 2148 Trafalgar Road.
  4. The Uptown Core Growth Area Review is the Town study that will set the ceiling for the node.

The Town files active development and site plan applications by ward. For Uptown Core, start with Ward 5 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

  • Montclair Public School1285 Montclair Dr
  • Post's Corners Public School2220 Caldwell Dr
  • White Oaks Secondary School1330 Montclair Dr

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

  • River Oaks Community Centre, 2400 Sixth Line, is the nearest full community centre to the west.
  • Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Drive, is the nearest to the east.
  • Trafalgar Park and the Morrison Creek system lie south of the node.

Getting around

  • Trafalgar Road is one of two corridors Oakville Transit has identified for a future Frequent Transit Network at 15-minute or better headways.
  • Route 1 Trafalgar was reworked on 6 September 2026 to give riders more direct access to Downtown Oakville by way of Kerr Street.
  • Dundas Street is the second corridor named for the Frequent Transit Network.

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