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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 kmē), was auctioned off to William Chisholm , a Scottish immigrant, in 1827Events February 20 Battle of Huzaingo February 28 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. March 7 Ellen Turner is abducted The Shrigley Abduction case begins. 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-CanadaPetro-Canada is a Canadian oil and gas firm headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Petro-Canada was founded as a Crown Corporation in 1975 by an act of parliament. Canada's large oil reserves had long been under the control of American corporations who geared refinery, the Procor factory, and, most importantly, the Ford Motor Company factory.
In 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e the town of Oakville merged with its neighbouring villages (Bronte, Palermo, Sheridan, and Trafalgar)to become the new Town of Oakville.
Oakville is divided into many different communities called divisions. These divisions have little to do with politics and are largely for geographic reference.
Oakville's divisions are: