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Oakville is a town and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton.At its 2021 census the town had a population of 213,759, [3] with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it Ontario's largest town.
The Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival in Oakville, Ontario that has taken place since 1993. The festival is produced by volunteers and coordinated by the Downtown Oakville Business Improvement Area. It is funded by the BIA and other sponsors to make the outdoor festival free to the public.
Founded in 2014 by Oakville residents Wendy Donnan, Judah Hernandez and Stephanie Colebrook, Oakville Festivals of Film and Art is going into its 8th year in 2021. [3] OFFA and OFFA Online is a community-oriented festival. They aim to bring the best documentaries, features and short films to cinephiles in Southern Ontario. [10]
The Oakville Centre contains two theatres, a 470-seat auditorium and a 120-seat intimate studio theatre. The Oakville Centre presents up to 260 performances a year which includes local, Canadian and international artists from around the world. The Oakville Centre is home to several local-oriented performing arts groups: Oakville Ballet Company
The attraction is split into a number of destinations, each representing some part of Canada. At its opening, these included Little Golden Horseshoe (Golden Horseshoe), Little Niagara (Horseshoe Falls and the city of Niagara Falls), Little Ottawa (), Little Toronto (), Petit Quebec (Quebec City), and Little North (Northern Canada).
Village Media is a Canadian media company, which operates a number of hyperlocal online news and community websites throughout Ontario. [1]Village Media's news sites focus on providing local stories written by local journalists in the communities that they serve. [2]
Oakville is a growing town and will develop more rapidly as the resources of the surrounding district are more thoroughly exploited." [6] Lumber was a major industry in the early days of the city; in 1916, Oakville Lumber Company, Big Fir Lumber Company, Vance Lumber Company, and others were in operation, along with the Callow Mill. [13]
Oakville Place was first owned and maintained by Cadillac Fairview before being bought by RioCan in the 2010s. [9] The mall is located at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth Way and Trafalgar Road. Oakville Transit bus route 13 (Westoak Trails) stops on the north side of the mall on Leighland Avenue and makes connections with Oakville GO Station.