Oakville (2004 population estimate 155,700 [1]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km away) and Hamilton (about 20 km away). Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area metropolitan community.

In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton from the Mississaugas, except for the land at the mouths of Twelve Mile Creek and Sixteen Mile Creek. In 1807, British immigrants settled the area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario.

In 1820, the Crown bought the area surrounding the creeks. The area, approximately 1000 acres (4 km²), was auctioned off to William Chisholm, a Scottish immigrant, in 1827. He left the development of the area to his son, Robert Kerr Chisolm and his brother-in-law, Thomas Merrick.

Oakville's first industries included ship-building, 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 a railway was built through it.

The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of the Petro-Canada refinery, the Procor factory, and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company factory.

In 1962 the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages (Bronte, Palermo, Sheridan, and Trafalgar)to become the new Town of Oakville.

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