24 researched places across 6 pockets — restaurants, shops, schools and parks.
The restaurants and cafes in the Joshua Creek plazas around Upper Middle and Ninth Line — sushi, pizza, cafes and family spots serving the executive east-end community.
The restaurants and takeout in the Iroquois Ridge plazas around Dundas and Eighth Line — sushi, pizza, global casual and family spots serving the community.
The restaurants and cafes of the Uptown Core around Dundas and Trafalgar — global casual, sushi, dessert spots and patios serving the condos and big-box shoppers.
The restaurants and takeout in The Preserve plazas around Dundas and Neyagawa — pizza, sushi, cafes and family spots serving the newer family community.
The restaurants and takeout in the new plazas along Dundas serving Rural Oakville — pizza, sushi, halal and family spots for the fast-growing communities north of Dundas.
The restaurants and takeout around the historic Palermo crossroads at Dundas and Bronte — pubs, pizza, cafes and family spots serving the west-end community.
The plazas and supermarkets around Ninth Line serving Joshua Creek — a grocery, pharmacy, bakery, banks and everyday services for the surrounding executive streets.
The plazas and supermarkets around Eighth Line and Glenashton serving Iroquois Ridge North — grocers, pharmacies, banks and the everyday shops of a family community.
Oakville's modern town centre at Dundas and Trafalgar — a Whole Foods, big-box and grocery anchors, services and restaurants amid a growing cluster of condos and transit.
Local pick: The Whole Foods and big-box anchors
The plazas and supermarkets around Neyagawa and Dundas serving The Preserve — grocers, pharmacies, banks, bakeries and the everyday shops of the newer community.
The new plazas and supermarkets along Dundas serving Rural Oakville — grocers, pharmacies, banks, bakeries and the everyday shops of the growing new-build areas.
The plazas and supermarkets around Bronte and Dundas serving Palermo West — grocers, pharmacies, banks, bakeries and the everyday shops of the historic crossroads.
The sought-after schools serving Joshua Creek, including the local public and Catholic elementary schools — strong community schools among the newer east-end homes.
The schools serving Iroquois Ridge North, including Iroquois Ridge HS and the local public and Catholic elementary schools — strong community schools by the centre.
The schools serving the Uptown Core condo community around Dundas and Trafalgar — community elementary schools and childcare for the growing transit-oriented area.
The schools serving The Preserve, including the newer public and Catholic elementary schools — busy community schools among the family streets north of Dundas.
The schools serving the new communities north of Dundas, including the newer public and Catholic elementary schools — fast-growing community schools toward the 407.
The schools serving Palermo West, including the newer public and Catholic elementary schools — community schools for the family streets by Bronte Creek.
The Joshua Creek ravine and trail network through the neighbourhood — playgrounds, sports fields and wooded walking and cycling paths along the creek at Oakville's east edge.
North Oakville's recreation hub on Glenashton — a 25-metre competitive pool, leisure pool, fitness centre, an older-adults centre and the Iroquois Ridge library branch.
Local pick: The competitive pool, gym and library
The urban parks and green squares woven into the Uptown Core — playgrounds, open lawns and trail links connecting the condos to the Sixteen Mile Creek green system.
The parks and the Sixteen Mile Creek green corridor through The Preserve — playgrounds, sports fields and trails along the creek that give the community its name.
The parks and creek-side green corridors threading the new communities north of Dundas — playgrounds, sports fields and trails along Sixteen Mile Creek and its branches.
A large provincial park on Bronte Creek at Oakville's western edge — a huge outdoor pool, a historic farm, a children's farm, hiking trails and winter skating, a year-round destination.
Local pick: The pool, farm and ravine trails