Midtown News

Because thousands of Oakville residents have shown up, spoken up, emailed, texted, hosted signs, rallied, and refused to disengage, the Midtown issue has not quietly disappeared the way Infrastructure Ontario clearly hoped it would.

From:  Jim Goodfellow < jlgoodfellow@mac.com > Date:  January 26, 2026 at 11:25:05 AM EST To:  Rob Burton Mayor < Mayor@oakville.ca >,  council@oakville.ca Cc:   stephen.crawford@pc.ola.org ,  tod.mccarthy@pc.ola.org ,  rob.flack@pc.ola.org , Clerks Town < TownClerk@oakville.ca > Subject:   ERO 025-1368 - Provincial priority request for four (4) Minister’s Zoning Orders for the Transit-Oriented Community in the Town of Oakville Dear Mayor Burton and Councillors, We are writin

We Love Oakville (via Jim Goodfellow), submitted formal feedback to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) regarding four Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) for the Transit-Oriented Community (TOC) lands in Midtown Oakville. Information was also forwarded to Minister McCarthy and shared with media in a press release. Although the deadline has passed, information on the ERO process is online here

Because thousands of Oakville residents have shown up, spoken up, emailed, texted, hosted signs, rallied, and refused to disengage, the Midtown issue has not quietly disappeared the way Infrastructure Ontario clearly hoped it would.

Because thousands of Oakville residents have shown up, spoken up, emailed, texted, hosted signs, rallied, and refused to disengage, the Midtown issue has not quietly disappeared the way Infrastructure Ontario clearly hoped it would.

An important story has emerged from Oakville, outlining We Love Oakville's activities to rally against the large-scale development plan in Midtown Oakville. The Oakville Beaver recently covered this issue, highlighting the community’s efforts to stop the province’s plan for an 11-tower transit-oriented community near the Oakville GO Station. Residents Unite Against the Midtown Development On December 2, the residents’ group We Love Oakville organized a meeting at Maple Grove

Crisis in Midtown: Queen’s Park Isn’t Listening! We are told by numerous sources that Infrastructure Ontario plans to release its revised Oakville Midtown TOC plan imminently – although all signs indicate it will be very similar to the prior plan in terms of content. A Local Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for October 7th, 2025, for review of the revised plan was cancelled and has yet to be rescheduled. [NOTE: This paragraph was updated on November 13th, after the origin

Midtown Official Plan Amendment (OPA 70): Where We Stand The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has posted Oakville’s Official...

We Love Oakville (WLO) is a grassroots, not-for-profit organization made up of residents' associations from across Oakville. We advocate...