Nice areas to live in Oakville, ON?

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Mr. P's Person

Oakville is beautiful period. Housing is very expensive though. Burlington, Milton, Georgetown or anywhere in the Halton region (maybe not Acton) is very nice and all a lot cheaper than Oakville.

Tracy M

Oakville is gorgeous but very expensive so be prepared to spent a lot of money to live there. Any place close to the lake is ideal but again, a lot of money. There are a lot of beautiful sub divisions too....just take a drive through and check it out.

KDM1985

I recently moved to the Bronte area of Oakville (South West end near the boarder of Burlington) it is absolutley gorgeous and very safe. There are a few very good schools around the area. You should definitely check it out.

There aren't really any "bad" areas in Oakville so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Capri

In Oakville i think Area around Trafalger Go Staion and Ford Drive is good

Anywhere is nice to live in Oakville. Oakville is one of Canada's most affluent communities. It is the home of Ford of Canada and is on the waterfront

Oakville companies have access to a high quality local work force, as 58% of residents have a post secondary education. This level of education is 38% greater than the provincial average. While manufacturing industries account for 15% of employment, managerial/business/administrative categories make up 36% of occupations. Being situated within the GTA, businesses in Oakville also draw on a larger increasingly mobile work force of 1.2 million within a 30 kilometre radius of Oakville.
Within a one-hour drive, Oakville workers/employers have access to eight universities and eight technical colleges for formal or continuing education. Local elementary and secondary schools are supplemented by nine independent schools. Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning main campus is located in Oakville, and provides a variety of education and training opportunities in business, animation, engineering, arts, social sciences and technical fields. Sheridan provides education to 13,000 full time post secondary students and 37,000 continuing education students.

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Major Employers
http://www.oeda.ca/employers.htm

Oakville's Largest Private Sector Employers
Company No. of Employees Product/Service
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited 3797 Canadian Head Office and Auto Assembly Plant
Goodrich Landing Gear 757 Manufacturers Landing Gear & Flight Controls
Zenon Environmental Inc. 642 Manufacturer and Marketer Unique Water Filtration Systems
TDL Group Corp., The 600 Head Office/Warehouse/Restaurant
Omron Dualtech Automotive Electronics Inc. 530 Manufacturer Auto Electric Components
Extendicare (Canada) Inc. 500 Convalescent Home
GE Lighting Canada 500 Manufacturer Fluorescent and Incandescent Lamps
Mancor Canada Inc. 490 Manufacturer Truck, Tractor & Train Components
York Barbell Co. Ltd. 400 Manufacturer Sporting Goods
First Canadian Title 359 Title Insurance, Home Closings, and Mortgage Portfolio Services
Petro-Canada Oakville Refinery 350 Petroleum Refinery
AMEC 350 Engineering Services
Procor Limited 349 Railcar Leasing and Repair Services
Mattamy Homes Limited 300 Residential Construction and Land Development
Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company 300 Propery and Casualty Insurer
Polywheels Manufacturing Ltd. 300 Compression Moulders of Plastic Automotive and Consumer Products
BD Canada (Becton Dickenson Canada Inc.) 260 Medical Product Distribution
Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems/Schlegal Canada Inc. 250 Manufacturer Seal/Perimeter Sealing for Building/Construction/Automotive
Instacare Nursing Services Inc. 250 Nurse's Registry
ATC-Frost Magnetics Inc. 250 Designer and Manufacturer Transformers
Moen Inc. 240 Marketing and Distribution Plumbing Items
Altana Pharma 220 Medical Device Development and Promotion
The Weather Network 210 Head Office/Transmission and Broadcast Studios
Radian Corporation 203 Manufacturer Commercial Communication Towers and Dishes
Canspec Group Inc. 200 Materials Engineering, Inspection and Non-Destructive Testing
Regencycare Corporation 200 Personal Care Home
Hatch Acres 200 Consulting Engineering Services

Major Service Sector Employers
Company No. of Employees Product/Service
Home Depot of Canada Inc. 420 Retail Hardware
Loblaws Supermarkets Limited 400 Supermarket
Sobey's Capital Inc. 380 Supermarket
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. 280 Department Store
Canadian Tire Corporation 238 Automotive Parts, Hardware and Sporting Goods
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. 230 Supermarket
Sears Canada Inc. 200 Department Store
A&P Drug Mart - The Barn Markets 200 Supermarket
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Company of Canada 450