Oakville issued $1.34 billion in building permits through August, 61 per cent more than a year earlier
Oakville issued $1.34 billion in building permits January–August 2026, up 61 per cent on 2025, with 1,006 new units.
Oakville news
Housing
Housing supply, affordability policy and the rules that shape what gets built.
Housing coverage
Oakville development digest, week of October 19: a radio-tower hold lifted, a 50-storey Midtown filing, and 6,420 homes still in review
Six Oakville planning files: Harasym hold lifted, 118 Cross Ave tower filed, Speers, Wyecroft, Westerkirk, data centres.
Oakville Hydro asks the OEB for 2027 rates that would trim a typical household's bill by 74 cents a month
Oakville Hydro's 2027 rate application, before the OEB, would cut a typical 750 kWh household bill by $0.74 a month.
What Oakville residents told the Town they want from the 2027 budget
A Nanos survey puts public safety, taxes and roads atop residents' 2027 budget priorities.
Housing
Oakville finished 3,543 homes in 2025, against a 33,000 target for 2031
Oakville completed 3,543 homes in 2025, toward a 33,000-unit 2031 provincial target.
DevelopmentGlenorchy
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.
DevelopmentMidtown Oakville
How Midtown Oakville ended up being zoned from Toronto
Four provincial orders override municipal zoning and cannot be appealed. The Town's own plan waits.
Development
A 6,420-home proposal at Trafalgar and Burnhamthorpe goes to a public meeting
Twenty-seven buildings, ten of them towers, on a single corner. Public meeting 8 September.
Town Hall
Oakville's opening number for 2027 is a 4.97 per cent tax increase
Staff say 4.97 per cent. Council has asked for options closer to inflation at 2.1.
DevelopmentBronte
Council approves four towers and 1,191 homes beside Bronte GO
Industrial land beside the GO station becomes four towers, a daycare and two public roads.
DevelopmentMidtown Oakville
Oakville Council approved the Midtown redevelopment of the former GE site at 420 South Service Road East
Council approved the official plan and zoning for the former GE site, the largest redevelopment parcel in Midtown.
Development
Oakville rewrites residential zoning rules town-wide with By-law 2026-088
A town-wide zoning amendment changes residential lot, yard and height rules across Oakville.
Development
Oakville adopts OPA 340, opening three Trafalgar Road sites to mixed-use housing
Council adopted OPA 340, allowing mixed-use housing on three Trafalgar Road sites.
HousingMidtown Oakville
Oakville can now require affordable units near two GO stations. Here is what inclusionary zoning does
Council approved the inclusionary-zoning framework (OPA 77) for the Midtown and Bronte GO areas on 19 May 2026.
Housing
Oakville adopted new housing policies for its Official Plan. Here is what OPA 78 changes
Council adopted OPA 78, a new housing section of the Official Plan, on 20 April 2026.
HousingKerr Village
A 52-unit supportive-housing building opened on Kerr Street with a seniors' wellness hub
A Halton Region supportive-housing building on Kerr Street, with 22 supportive units and a wellness hub.
