Beautiful Oakville - one of the most affluent towns in Canada
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Uploaded by proukraine on Sep 16, 2010
A town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area.
Oakville's first industries included shipbuilding, timber shipment, and wheat farming. In the 1850s, there was an economic recession and the foundry, the most important industry in town, was closed. Basket-making became a major industry in the town, and the Grand Trunk Railway was built through it.
The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of Petro Canada and Shell Canada oil refineries (both now closed), the Procor factory, and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company's Canadian headquarters and plant, all close to the Canadian National Railway and the Queen Elizabeth Way highway between Toronto and Fort Erie (Buffalo).
In 1962 the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages to become the new Town of Oakville, reaching northwards to Steeles Avenue in Milton. In 1973, the restructuring of Halton County into Halton Region brought the northern border southwards to just north of Highway 407.
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weather is nice
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Tá fixe o video...
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great video, great place, love the animals, beautiful houses.. simply, it's a dream place. :)
kind regards from serbia.
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Omg It's an amazing area!
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Iam packing my stuff and move
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nice video and the area is also very nice
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Beautiful video. Well done, I used to live on lakeshore close to downtown. Miss it. Stuck in tucson.
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The WASPS of Lakeshore Road Oakville are just PRETEND "WANNABE RICH" with delusions of grandeur! Truth: They are not even remotely close to the "RICH" of Toronto. StatsCan shows that the richest enclave in Oakville (South of Lakeshore)
has an average family income of $284,673/year. And the richest in Toronto?!?
Bridlepath $771,608/yr. Lawrence Park $689,416/yr. Rosedale $659,063/yr. Lytton Park $644,603/yr. Hogg's Hollow $575,776/yr. Forest hill $491,157/yr.
Not so smug are we now?
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OMG THAT CAT... AAHAH she comes to my house everyday.. o_O LOOLOLOLOL
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Oakville actually has an economically diverse population (not just a "bunch of rich kids" ) and there are many different homes, townhomes and condos to choose from - not all expensive. Great place to raise a family.
OakvilleBusiness 8 months ago 6
Everywhere is racist, you can't avoid it really and personally I think Oakville is more discriminating towards youth then anything else. It is extremely expensive to live there though, when you can get houses of the same size or bigger for half the price in surrounding areas.
sheo 7 months ago 3