Moivng to Oakville, Ontario? Compelling Reason #4 - Live, work, play in the community

My husband and I both are fortunate to live and work in Oakville. Oakville provides the opportunity for many residents to live, work and play in the community.

Did you know that more than 400 companies have located either their national or international headquarters here in Oakville?

Why are employers attracted to Oakville? The average household income, was recently estimated at $97,550, about $18,000 higher than the average Greater Toronto Area figures.

Further, Oakville's workforce is highly educated, more than 40 per cent of residents have a university education.

The benefits of all this economic investment to our local community are seen in everything from employment to public works and services. Since businesses pay double the tax rate or residential property owners, and use fewer sevices, a healthy commercial landscape benefits the town's economic wealth.

You may have read in earlier posts that 250 acres of land in North Oakville (North of Dundas) are slated to welcome 55,000 new residents and provide some 35,000 jobs, primarily knowledge-based, as new pedestrian-friendly communities are built over the next ten years.

Here are a few of the corporations that provide employment in Oakville:

Ford Motor Company Ltd. - More than 50 years in Oakville, world's second largest automaker and largest producer of trucks.

General Electric Canada Inc. - One of Canada's largest technical, service and manufacturing companies.

Mattamy Homes - Mattamy Homes is headquartered in Oakvlle. Mattamy has created more than 80 communities across the Greater Toronto Area and is premiere homebuilder in Canada.

St. Lawrence Cement - one of the leading producers and suppliers of products to the construction industry, cement, concrete, aggregates and construction. First Canadian Title Company - Canadian arm of one of the world largest title insurers, First American Title Company Tim Horton's (TDL Group Ltd.) - a large fast food chain in Canada, with head office in Oakville. Founded in Hamilton, Ontario, this purveyor of doughnuts and coffee is now the country's largest quick service food chain, having surpassed MacDonald's in number of outlets. TDL empkys over 700 people at its corporate head offcice and ha staff of over 55,000 people across the chain.

MOEN - A quality provider of faucets and fixtures, a number one brand in the minds of consumers, Canadian head office in Oakville. in Oakville.

BOT Construction - large-scale industrial construction company, and a standard bearer for worker safety and professional standards of conduct in the industry.

Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning - the third largest college in the province.

Extendicare - One of North America's largest long term care providers, operating in Canada and the United States. Corporate headquarters in Oakville.

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