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A pocket of Joshua Creek is being moved back to its home school
One pocket of housing would move back to its home school. A decision is due this winter.
Oakville neighbourhood
Falgarwood
North of the QEW between Trafalgar Road and Eighth Line, south of Upper Middle Road East.
- Town ward
- 6
- Boundary review process
- Pathway 2, no parent committee required
- Transit service model
- Ride On-Demand zone
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What is changing in Falgarwood
Context
Falgarwood in context
Falgarwood is a quiet, largely built-out community of 1970s and 1980s housing wrapped around Morrison Creek, and it has spent the last decade absorbing the overflow from faster-growing areas east of it rather than growing itself.
That is the reason it is in the news. When Joshua Creek Public School was running portables, the Halton District School Board directed students from a new pocket of housing near Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive into Falgarwood Public School. Trustees voted in June 2026 to review that arrangement and hand the pocket back, using the board's lighter Pathway 2 process, which does not require a parent boundary review committee. A decision is expected in winter 2026 and could take effect as early as September 2027.
Falgarwood is also one of four Oakville Transit Ride On-Demand zones, which for a low-density community is a more useful service model than a fixed route, and one of the clearer examples of the town treating different neighbourhoods differently on purpose.
Development
What is in the pipeline
- No active development or site plan applications appear on the Town's Ward 6 list for addresses inside Falgarwood as of 4 September 2026.
- The nearest activity is on Dundas Street East and Burnhamthorpe Road East to the north and east.
- Town-wide files still apply, including the 2027 budget direction and the interim control by-law on data centre applications.
Schools
Public information
- Falgarwood Public School
It is one of two schools named in the boundary review trustees initiated on 2 June 2026, which would move a pocket near Dundas Street East and Prince Michael Drive into the Joshua Creek Public School boundary.
Falgarwood Public School is one of two schools in a boundary review begun in June 2026, which would move a pocket of housing into the Joshua Creek boundary.
Attendance areas are set by the boards and change through boundary reviews. Confirm your address with the board.
Parks and amenities
- The Morrison Creek valley and its trail system run through the community.
- Iroquois Ridge Community Centre, 1051 Glenashton Drive, is the nearest full community centre.
- Maple Grove Arena, 2237 Devon Road, is the nearest Town arena to the south.
Getting around
- Falgarwood is one of four Oakville Transit Ride On-Demand zones, a curb-to-curb shared-ride service booked by app, online or by phone.
- Oakville Transit routes on Upper Middle Road East and Trafalgar Road serve the edges of the community.
- Trafalgar Road is one of two corridors identified for a future Frequent Transit Network.
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