Transit · Kerr Village
Four Oakville Transit routes change on 6 September, and the on-demand network finally reaches every GO bus
Three routes redrawn, one added, and the on-demand network finally reaches every GO bus.
Oakville neighbourhood
Kerr Village
Along Kerr Street between Speers Road and Lakeshore Road West, west of Sixteen Mile Creek.
- Town ward
- 2
- Ward the Town files applications under
- Ward 2
- Town study covering the street
- Kerr Village Growth Area Review
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What is changing in Kerr Village
Context
Kerr Village in context
Kerr Village is Oakville's most convincing main street that is not downtown. It runs a few blocks of independent restaurants, garages and small shops between the rail corridor and the lake, and it has the two ingredients the town's other growth areas mostly lack: an existing street wall and an existing street life.
It is under review as a growth area, which in practice means the Town is deciding how much height and density the street can take without losing the thing that makes it work. The applications in the pipeline are a fair preview of that argument: mid-rise proposals at 550 Kerr Street and 50 Speers Road, plus a cluster of sites on Garden Drive and Wilson Street.
The area's transit position improved on 6 September 2026, when Oakville Transit reworked Route 1 Trafalgar to give riders more direct access to downtown by way of Kerr Street while holding the route's existing frequency.
Development
What is in the pipeline
- Oakville Developments (2010) Inc. at 550 Kerr Street, an active zoning by-law amendment.
- Helberg Properties at 50 Speers Road, with both an official plan amendment and a rezoning.
- Garden Residences Corporation at 105 to 159 Garden Drive, and Amica East Oakville at 152 Wilson Street.
- Format Lakeshore at 42 Lakeshore Road West was recently approved.
- The Kerr Village Growth Area Review is the Town study that will set the ceiling for the rest of the street.
Schools
Public information
- Brookdale Public School
- Thomas A Blakelock High School
- W H Morden Public School
Attendance areas are set by the boards and change through boundary reviews. Confirm your address with the board.
Parks and amenities
- Trafalgar Park Community Centre, 133 Rebecca Street, with arena ice and a community centre.
- Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, 2302 Bridge Road.
- The Sixteen Mile Creek valley forms the eastern edge of the area.
Getting around
- From 6 September 2026, Route 1 Trafalgar gives riders more direct access to Downtown Oakville by way of Kerr Street, at the frequency the route already ran.
- Route 14/14A Lakeshore West runs along the southern edge of the area.
- Oakville GO Station is a short distance east across Sixteen Mile Creek.
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