Oakville opens a survey for a 'Campus of Parks' study of Ward 1's lakeside southeast, running to November 27
The Town wants to plan the community parks, parkettes, trails and open spaces south of the QEW between Bronte Road and Third Line as one connected network. A resident survey is open from November 9 to 27, the first of three rounds of public input.
The details
What is happening
The Town of Oakville has started a Ward 1 Southeast Campus of Parks Study and opened a public survey to go with it. In a November 9 release, the Town says the study will look at the community parks, neighbourhood parks, parkettes, trails and open spaces in the area as one connected network, a "campus of parks," rather than as separate sites, and asks residents and park users to weigh in before it drafts a long-term vision.
The study area is the part of Ward 1 south of the QEW down to Lake Ontario, between Bronte Road and Third Line. The Town's project page sets out the same boundary and links a map; it does not list the individual parks, but the lands take in the lakeside green space on the east side of the Bronte area.
The study area and phases
- South of the QEW to Lake Ontario, between Bronte Road and Third Line, in Ward 1
- Community parks, neighbourhood parks, parkettes, trails and open spaces, treated as one connected network
- Public survey, November 9 to 27, 2026, online through the Town's project page
- A public meeting and community feedback period, tentatively January or February 2027
- A public meeting to present study findings and draft recommendations, tentatively March or April 2027
- Implementation of any recommendations, subject to approval through the capital budget process
How to take part
The survey asks how people use the parks, what they value most and what changes would make the spaces more welcoming and accessible. It is open until November 27, 2026, through the Ward 1 Southeast Campus of Parks Study page on oakville.ca. The Town says it will post details of later engagement opportunities once they are confirmed.
What it means
Nothing is decided yet. The Town frames this as the start of a long-term vision for the area's green space, and its own materials stress that the phase dates are tentative and that acting on any recommendation would have to compete for money through the capital budget. For now the practical step is the survey: it is the first point at which residents can shape what the study weighs.
