The neighbourhood
What the commute actually looks like, and which schools serve the area.
Take a look
A walk through the community and the homes.
Getting around
Drive times are approximate and vary with traffic. Train times are the scheduled service to Union Station.
Education
Ratings are the most recent Fraser Institute scores out of ten.
| School | Board | Level | Fraser rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Oak Public School In the community | HDSB | Elementary (K–8) | New in 2025 – not yet rated |
| Joshua Creek Public School | HDSB | Elementary | 9.0 |
| St. Gregory the Great Catholic Elementary | HCDSB | Elementary | — |
| White Oaks Secondary School | HDSB | Secondary | 8.8 |
| Iroquois Ridge High School | HDSB | Secondary | 9.3 |
| Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary | HCDSB | Secondary | — |
| Oakville NE #1 High School Opens Sept 2027 | HDSB | Secondary – from 2027 | New school – not yet rated |
Harvest Oak opened in September 2025 and runs K–8 from 2026/27. Secondary students north of Dundas currently attend White Oaks SS; the Board approved a new high school for this area on 5 May 2026, opening September 2027 with Grades 9–10 and reaching Grades 9–12 by 2029/30. Harvest Oak is a named feeder school for it.
Fraser Institute Report Card ratings, 2023/24: Joshua Creek PS 9.0 (rank 110 of 3,021), Iroquois Ridge HS 9.3 (rank 8 of 747), White Oaks SS 8.8 (rank 29 of 747).
Harvest Oak Public School opened in September 2025 inside the community itself. It is a three storey elementary school for roughly 750 students with childcare spaces on site, built with provincial funding. Because it is new it does not yet carry a Fraser Institute rating.
White Oaks Secondary School is the current high school for homes north of Dundas. It scored 8.8 out of 10 in the most recent Fraser Institute report card, ranked 29th of 747 Ontario secondary schools, with a five year average of 8.4. From September 2027 students in this area move to the new Oakville NE #1 High School, which Harvest Oak feeds.
On the Catholic side, St. Gregory the Great was the first Catholic elementary school opened in the North Oakville plan area, with Holy Trinity serving as the secondary school. The board has identified the need for five Catholic elementary schools in this area as it builds out.
Everything else
Oakville is regularly ranked among the best places to live in Canada, with one of the highest average household incomes in the province.
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