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New schools in Oakville

Every school being built in Oakville, or opened since 2024, and how far each has got.

Two new schools are under construction in north Oakville, a third is funded and waiting on its site plan, and two have opened since September 2024. Every figure comes from the school board, the Province or the Town. Where two of those sources disagree, the figure is left out.

Student places, by school

Capacity as the board or the Province states it. The secondary school's figure is a maximum.

Student places, by school
CategoryStudent places
New secondary, 4020 Sixth LineUp to 1,338
Oakville #5 PS, 3490 Preserve Drive926
Harvest Oak PS, 1235 Wheat Boom Drive788
N. Oakville #3 CES, 3500 Post Road671
St. Cecilia CES, 420 Threshing Mill Boulevard671

5 schools. Places are capacity, not enrolment.

Status: Approved. A decision has been taken. It has not necessarily taken effect.

North Oakville #3 Catholic Elementary School

3500 Post Road, north Oakville, near Burnhamthorpe Road West and Sixth Line

A Halton Catholic elementary school for 671 students with a childcare centre, funded by the Province in January 2025. Its site plan is still under Town review and the board has not published an opening date.

Board
Halton Catholic District School Board
Panel
Elementary
Student places
671
Provincial funding
$32.7 million
Funding announced
27 January 2025
Site plan file
1315.005/01, under review
Opening date
Not published

What happens next

Not scheduled

Site plan and construction

The site plan was resubmitted to the Town in July 2026. The board says it will post monthly construction reports once construction begins, and its 2026 capital plan lists the project year as 2028-29. No opening date has been published.

Status: Under implementation. An approved decision is being carried out, often in phases.

New Oakville Secondary School (Oakville NE #1 HS)

4020 Sixth Line, north Oakville, near Burnhamthorpe Road West

A Halton District secondary school for up to 1,338 students, under construction since June 2025. It opens in September 2027 with Grades 9 and 10 and adds Grades 11 and 12 over the following two years.

Board
Halton District School Board
Panel
Secondary
Student places
Up to 1,338
Licensed childcare spaces
88
Construction budget
About $71 million
Groundbreaking
12 June 2025
Opens
September 2027, Grades 9 and 10
Permanent name
Not yet approved

What happens next

Sep 2027

School opens

The board opens the school in September 2027 with Grades 9 and 10. Its permanent name is with a board committee, then trustees, then the Ministry of Education.

Status: Under implementation. An approved decision is being carried out, often in phases.

Oakville #5 Public School

3490 Preserve Drive, north Oakville, at Settlers Road West

A three-storey Halton District elementary school for 926 students with 88 licensed childcare spaces. The board scheduled its groundbreaking for 10 September 2026 and expects it to open in fall 2028.

Board
Halton District School Board
Panel
Elementary
Student places
926
Licensed childcare spaces
88
Budget
About $43 million
Architect
Hossack Architecture
Builder
Tambro Construction
Expected to open
Fall 2028
Permanent name
Not yet chosen

What happens next

Not scheduled

Opening

The board expects the school to open in fall 2028 and has not published a date. A permanent name, and an attendance boundary, come before it opens.

Status: Complete. Finished. The change is fully in effect and nothing further is scheduled.

Harvest Oak Public School (Oakville NE #3 PS)

1235 Wheat Boom Drive, north Oakville

A Halton District kindergarten to Grade 8 school that opened on 3 September 2025. It was planned as Oakville NE #3 PS, and trustees chose the name Harvest Oak in June 2025.

Board
Halton District School Board
Panel
Elementary, K to 8
Student places
788
Licensed childcare spaces
88
Name chosen
June 2025
Opened
3 September 2025

What happens next

Not scheduled

Nothing scheduled

The school is open. Nothing further is scheduled for the building.

Status: Complete. Finished. The change is fully in effect and nothing further is scheduled.

St. Cecilia Catholic Elementary School

420 Threshing Mill Boulevard, north Oakville

A Halton Catholic elementary school in north Oakville that opened in September 2024 with room for 671 students. It was planned as North Oakville #4 CES.

Board
Halton Catholic District School Board
Panel
Elementary
Student places
671
Opened
September 2024

What happens next

Not scheduled

Nothing scheduled

The school is open. Nothing further is scheduled for the building.


Which new school will my child attend?

This tracker does not answer that, and nothing on OakvilleIQ does. A new school gets an attendance boundary through a boundary review, and the boundary can take territory from several existing schools. The review for the New Oakville Secondary School was approved in May 2026; the others are on the school boundary tracker.

Confirm your own address with the board: the Halton District School Board’s Find Local School tool, or the Halton Catholic District School Board’s Find Your School.


French-language schools

Neither French-language board has a new school planned in Oakville. As of 24 September 2026, Conseil scolaire Viamonde’s list of projects in progress and its 2026 capital priorities include no Oakville or Halton project, and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir’s construction page lists no Oakville project; its new Halton secondary school is planned for Milton.

Both boards already run schools in Oakville. Their construction pages are the place a new one would appear first: Viamonde and MonAvenir.


What this tracker does not cover yet

Schools a board plans but the Province has not funded. The Halton Catholic board’s 2026 capital plan lists a north Oakville Catholic secondary school and three more elementary schools as future needs, and its request for secondary school funding was not approved in the last round. A planned school with no funding has no site plan, no size and no date, so it is not a tracker entry.

Each entry moves when the board or the Town publishes a change. Those pages are on our monitored source list.

The OakvilleIQ Brief

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New schools, naming decisions and boundary reviews, each linked to the board's own page.

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