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North: Queen Elizabeth Way
South: Cornwall Road
West: Sixteen Mile Creek
East: Chartwell Road
Midtown is an underdeveloped 1sq km area in Oakville that is centrally located around the Oakville GO Station.
Since 2006, planning for Midtown has evolved over time after the Provincial Government designated Midtown as one of 25 ‘Urban Growth Centers’. Back then, a target minimum density of 200 residents and jobs per hectare, by 2031, was established.
In the meantime, and over the years, there have been several planning iterations involving Midtown.
Recent development proposals for Midtown include hyper-density, which has been a major concern in the Oakville community.
In the Spring of 2024, Town staff were working on an updated Official Plan Amendment for Midtown. Then in May, 2024, the Province initiated a Transit Oriented Community (TOC) process for a specific part of Midtown. As part of the TOC process, the Town of Oakville and the Region were required to enter into a Confidentiality Agreement with the Province..
The area is bounded by the Sixteen Mile Creek to the West, Chartwell Road to the East, the QEW to the North, and Cornwall Road to the South, and centrally located around the Oakville GO Station.
In May, 2024, the Province initiated a confidential Transit Oriented Community (TOC) process for a specific part of Midtown.
Previously the target was 74,000 but after many Town Council meetings the population target has now been lowered to 32,472 people and 17,268 jobs by 2051.
The Neptis Foundation is a Toronto-based non-partisan organization which publishes research on urban affairs. Here is its article on Intensification: what it is and what it promises.
An OPA is an Official Plan Amendment. The Town of Oakville has an "Official Plan" which is "a legal document containing goals, objectives, and policies intended to guide land use, development and growth in a municipality" (Town of Oakville). An OPA is a formal document that changes a municipality's Official Plan (Ontario). .
A Transit Oriented Community (TOC) is a dense, mixed-use development that is connected and walkable. The Province of Ontario has sent a letter to the Town of Oakville expressing it's intention to turn Midtown Oakville into a TOC. Currently, TOCs are only found near TCC subway stations in Toronto. To read this letter click here. Click the image to read more on TOCs from Infrastructure Ontario.
Town Councillors have created a Midtown dedicated website linked here.
The Neptis Foundation is a Toronto-based non-partisan organization which publishes research on urban affairs. Here is its article on Intensification: what it is and what it promises.
The long-range plan for accommodating population growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, first created under the then Liberal government of Ontario, is still the master plan being followed by the current Conservative government. Provincial Planning Statement 2024, coming into force on October 20, 2024.
Done right, intensification delivers on its promise - rejuvenating urban districts and adding greatly to quality of life and property values. Here are some successes reported by the American Planning Association: 3 Zoning Success Stories.
Of course, things can go wrong. Here is a story published in the Toronto Star in November 2021: A Case Study in Failed Urban Planning.
The following article, published by Policy Options, an online Montreal-based magazine, identifies principal reasons for urban planning failure and suggests desirable process changes: The five i's of failed urban planning.
As a building designer and local resident, Jonathan Sprawson has become known for his "OMG" delegation in front of Town Council. Here he describes to Rob what a livable Oakville could look like.
Watch local residents delegate for a livable Midtown.
Watch local residents delegate for a livable Midtown.
Watch local residents delegate for a livable Midtown.
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