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49-573: Joseph E. Atkinson (1865–1948) was the founding chair of the Atkinson Foundation which was established in 1942. After Atkinson senior died in 1948, control of the Toronto Star passed to the trustees of the foundation. Atkinson, a philanthropist, was the owner and publisher of the Toronto Star until his death in 1948 at the age of 82. Atkinson was president and chair of the board of directors of

98-638: A "AAA" hockey system. The current rep hockey team for boys in Oakville is the Oakville Rangers. For girls, there is the Oakville Hornets. Skate Oakville, which is headquartered at Oakville's Sixteen Mile Creek Sports Complex, was recently the largest skating club in Canada, providing learn to skate lessons, recreational figure skating programs, competitive training, and 10 synchronized skating teams. Baseball

147-669: A "strange mixture of social justice advocate and soul-crushing capitalist" and "a scolding, arch-capitalist Marxist who ran the Toronto Star as a cash machine for social justice movements." After Atkinson died in May 1948, a front-page article in the Star announced that both the newspaper and its weekend magazine, The Star Weekly had been "willed in perpetuity" to The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, incorporated in 1942. The article included quotes from Atkinson's will expressing his desire that ownership of

196-623: A "street nurse ", educator, author, social justice activist and filmmaker, specializing in advocacy for the homeless in Canada, was the recipient of the Economic Justice Fellowship Award from the Atkinson Charitable Foundation in 2004 which was twice renewed. Cindy Blackstock , a Gitxsan activist for child welfare and executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada won

245-487: A DJ that's free and open to the public. The Oakville Place Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping mall in Oakville that opened in 1981. The mall is approximately 42,000 square metres (452,000 sq ft). The Oakville Half Marathon is an annual half marathon event held in Shell Park, with sub-events in 10K, 5K, and 2K Fun Run/Walk. Glen Abbey Golf Course is located in Oakville. Designed by Jack Nicklaus ,

294-448: A conservative city with six daily newspapers. Atkinson succeeded in turning the fortunes of the paper around and by 1913 it had the largest circulation of any Toronto newspaper. He continued to run the Star until his death in 1948, at the age of 82. He was well-known for using the power of his newspaper for his social crusades, which led him at times into controversy. Canadian journalist and historian Mark Bourrie has described Atkinson as

343-620: A current Canadian policy issue. On May 13, 2018 the Atkinson Foundation named economist Armine Yalnizyan as the two-year Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers—on collaborative research on "policy innovation for inclusive economic growth in an era of rapid technological change". In 2014 the Atkinson Foundation partnered with the Toronto Star to hire Sara Mojtehedzadeh as the "work and wealth" reporter; in 2017 they partnered to hire Carleton University graduate, journalist Sabrina Nanji to report on "democracy and democratic reform." Cathy Crowe ,

392-587: A golf course. Oakville SC is semi-professional and youth soccer club that competes in League1 Ontario . Oakville boasts over 60 soccer fields and a Soccer Club Facility with a two-star, full-size, FIFA-Certified indoor soccer pitch. Oakville is home to the headquarters and practice facilities of the Toronto Rock professional box lacrosse team competing in the National Lacrosse League. Oakville

441-539: A population density of 1,538.5/km (3,984.7/sq mi) in 2021. According to the 2021 census, the median age in the town is 41.6 years. 18% of the population is under 15 years of age, 66.3% is between 15 and 64 years, and 15.7% is 65 and over. In 2016, immigrants made up 35.9% of the population. The top 10 places of birth of the immigrant population were the United Kingdom (11%), China (9.3%), India (7.6%), Pakistan (4.2%), Poland (3.8%), Philippines (3.7%),

490-518: Is a town and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region , Ontario , Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton . At its 2021 census the town had a population of 213,759, with an estimated 233,700 people as of 2024, making it Ontario's largest town . Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area and one of the most densely populated areas of Canada. According to

539-688: Is also home to the 3rd largest minor lacrosse association in Ontario: The Oakville Minor Lacrosse Association has more than 1,500 players and competes in multiple classes and multiple divisions. The town also has the Oakville Buzz , a Junior "A" lacrosse team who won the Founders Cup in 2006. The current rep lacrosse team is the Oakville Hawks. The Oakville Blades is a Tier II Junior "A" franchise since 1966, and

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588-558: Is an annual summer jazz festival established in 1992. The event includes performances at a number of stages along Lakeshore Road in downtown Oakville. The event is free to the public. Beginning in 1982, Oakville's Coronation Park played host to the annual Oakville Waterfront Festival . Among a range of events, the festival included small amusement park rides, arts and crafts, food and drinks, free concerts headlined by Canadian bands, and nightly fireworks displays. The Waterfront Festival took place in late June of each year until 2010, when it

637-553: Is primarily served by media based in Toronto with markets in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) that cover most of the news in the GTA. One regional newspaper, the Oakville Beaver , is published once weekly. The monthly magazines Neighbours of Joshua Creek , Neighbours of Glen Abbey and Neighbours of Olde Oakville serve three key neighbourhoods. The town is also served by Oakvillenews.org,

686-593: Is provided by Oakville Transit with some bus lines extending as far as Highway 407 & Dundas Carpool Lot in Burlington and South Common Centre in Mississauga. Its bus services are focused on servicing passengers using the Lakeshore West line from four different GO stations within or near Oakville. GO Transit commuter rail and bus service operate from Bronte GO and Oakville GO stations. Via Rail services along

735-447: Is represented in Oakville by two organizations: Oakville Little League and the OMBA (Oakville Minor Baseball Association). Oakville Little League is the largest Little League organization in Canada. In 2018, there were over 1,150 young people playing across eight divisions and over 90 teams, including seven All-Star teams. Oakville Little League also fields six All-Star (Rep) teams, known as

784-727: The Montreal Star , then the largest English-language newspaper in Canada. The paper's conservative viewpoint clashed with Atkinson's liberal beliefs. While he was considering the offer, in December 1899, Atkinson was asked by a group of supporters of Wilfrid Laurier , the Liberal prime minister of Canada, if he would become publisher of the Toronto Evening Star . The group included Senator George Cox , William Mulock , Peter Charles Larkin and Timothy Eaton . Mulock and most other members of

833-829: The Credit River . 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 waterways. The area around the creeks, 390 ha (960 acres), ceded to the Crown by the Mississaugas, was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827. He left the development of the area to his son, Robert Kerr Chisholm , and his brother-in-law, Merrick Thomas. Chisholm also formed shipbuilding business in Oakville Navy Street and Sixteen Mile Creek and lasted until 1842, but shipbuilding in Oakville lasted into

882-542: The International Baccalaureate Program. The town is home to Appleby College , a private school for grades seven to twelve, established in 1911 as well as St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School , an independent all-girls school. Oakville is also home to the Trafalgar Campus of Sheridan College , primarily an arts and business studies institute, and Oakville's only higher education facility. Oakville

931-764: The Oakville Symphony Orchestra , the Oakville Children's Choir and the Oakville Ballet Company . The Oakville Arts Council provides further artistic talents in the town showcasing films, literary figures and visual arts. The Oakville Children's Choir has been in business since 1994. Oakville Galleries is a not-for-profit art museum that exhibits contemporary art, cares for a permanent collection and delivers public programming. Its exhibition spaces are located on two sites: Gairloch Gardens and Centennial Square. The Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival

980-645: The Procor factory (no longer manufacturing), 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 ( Bronte , Palermo, Sheridan, and the remainder of Trafalgar Township ) to become

1029-724: The Times started publishing daily, Atkinson became a reporter. In October 1888, he jumped to The Toronto World and a few months later joined the Globe , one of the newspapers which would become The Globe and Mail . After two years, he became the Globe' s Ottawa correspondent, covering the six sessions of Parliament from 1891 to 1896. Atkinson then became managing editor of the Montreal Herald in 1897. Joseph E. Atkinson married in Toronto on April 18, 1892, to Elmina Ella Susannah Elliott of Oakville, Ontario . Like her husband, Elliott Akinson

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1078-648: The United States (3.4%), Portugal (3.3%), Egypt (3.1%), and South Korea (2.9%). The most common mother tongues among the population in 2021 were English (57.4%), Mandarin (7.0%), Arabic (3.5%), Spanish (2.3%), and Urdu (2.2%). The 2016 census found the most reported ethnocultural background to be White (68.5%), followed by South Asian (8.9%), Chinese (7%), Arab (3.2%), Black (2.9%), Filipino (1.9%), Latin American (1.9%), Korean (1.6%), West Asian (1.1%), and other backgrounds. Aboriginals make up 0.7%

1127-523: The life science umbrella , with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals and elder care . There are also a number of retirement homes in the city. As Oakville is considered part of the Greater Toronto Area it is common for residents to commute to jobs in Toronto . The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts houses several performances by local and international artists. It is also the performing venue for

1176-650: 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. In 1869, the population was 2,000. The community was served by the Great Western Railway and it was a port on Lake Ontario. The town eventually became industrialized with the opening of Cities Service Canada (later BP Canada , and now Petro Canada ) and Shell Canada oil refineries (both now closed),

1225-408: The 2009 Economic Justice Fellowship Award. Joseph E. Atkinson Joseph E. Atkinson (born Joseph Atkinson , December 23, 1865 – May 8, 1948) was a Canadian newspaper editor and activist . Under his leadership the Toronto Star became one of the largest and most influential newspapers in Canada. Atkinson amassed a considerable fortune, eventually holding the controlling interest in

1274-671: The Atkinson Decent Work Fund has been a source of support for many projects aimed at making work decent and the economy equitable. Through the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy is a collaborative project between the Atkinson Foundation, the Honderich Family, and the Toronto Star through which they present an annual award to a "seasoned" Canadian journalist which includes funding for a year-long investigation into

1323-634: The Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA) system. Burloak Canoe Club is located in Oakville. Three Olympians, Adam van Koeverden , Mark Oldershaw and Larry Cain , trained at the club. At the municipal level, the governing body is the Oakville Town Council consisting of a mayor (currently Rob Burton ) and fourteen councillors . The town is divided into seven wards , with two councillors elected by residents of each ward. In each ward, one councillor represents

1372-504: The Great Lakes, there are varying temperatures within town boundaries, generally warmer days further from the lake, the exception being on the colder days in winter. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Oakville had a population of 213,759 living in 73,558 of its 76,179 total private dwellings, a change of 10.3% from its 2016 population of 193,832. With a land area of 138.94 km (53.65 sq mi), it had

1421-527: The Love of the Arts Festival is an annual event taking place in the late spring in Oakville. Inaugurated in 2002, the event is hosted by CommUnity Arts Space (originally known as Music and Art Shared Space who initiated the festival), a local umbrella group advocating for shared physical space for Oakville's arts and cultural groups. Currently the only such multi-disciplinary community festival of its kind in Oakville,

1470-603: The Oakville Whitecaps. The 12U and 14U Whitecaps teams compete annually to play in the Little League World Series and Junior League World Series , respectively. The OMBA (Oakville Minor Baseball Association) was established in 1963. It offers three levels of baseball to children and youth in Oakville: House League, Select and Rep. OMBA runs the Oakville A's, the official Town Rep baseball playing in

1519-701: The chief functions of a metropolitan newspaper; (2) The profits from the newspapers will be used for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature...It is my desire that the Trustees shall have the widest possible freedom possible in the decisions which they make in the operation of the newspapers and the charitable causes which they promote and maintain. Four years after Atkinson's death, his charitable foundation had distributed $ 336,867 to 42 recipients including research foundations, universities and hospitals. Atkinson had two children: Oakville, Ontario Oakville

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1568-513: The course has hosted 30 Canadian Open championships since it opened in 1977, and both Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame are located there. In 2018, the owner, Clublink , planned to demolish the golf course in order to build residential and commercial properties. In 2021, following objections from the community and municipal government, Clublink withdrew its development plan and stated it would continue operating Glen Abbey as

1617-598: The event serves to showcase local talent, skills, crafts, literary art, dance performances, theatre groups and music performances. The event is intended as a symbolic presentation of a "shared space" and is entirely sponsored by local corporate and private donations. The Northeast Oakville Fair is an annual event that takes place toward the end of spring across from the Iroquois Ridge Community Centre. The fair brings together local businesses, inflatables, food trucks, hot air balloon rides, family activities, and

1666-595: The foundation. The Atkinson Foundation promotes social and economic justice in Ontario. Since 2014, the Foundation has focused on strengthening movements for decent work and a fair economy. Colette Murphy is the Atkinson Foundation’s executive director. Past executive directors include Olivia Nuamah and Charles Pascal, who had served as the Foundation's first full-time executive director from 1995 to 2010. Since 2014,

1715-507: The group wanted the paper to be the voice of the Liberal Party, but Atkinson refused to take the job on those terms and insisted that he be given full control over newspaper policy and that the Star be run in the best interests of the paper, not the Liberal Party. Atkinson travelled to Ottawa and successfully appealed to Laurier for support. Atkinson also insisted that 40 percent of his salary be paid in stock at par value and that he be given

1764-402: The late 20th century. The population in 1846 was 1,500. The community shipped large quantities of wheat and lumber via schooners and the railway. There were three churches, a grist mill and saw mill, and various small companies making threshing machines, wagons, watches, saddles, and metal goods. There were also tradesmen of various types. Oakville's industries also included shipbuilding. In

1813-669: The line between Windsor and Quebec corridor , and operates from Oakville station. Several major roads and highways go through Oakville: Law enforcement in Oakville is performed by the Halton Regional Police Service . Fire service is provided by the Oakville Fire Department with its nine fire stations. The Town of Oakville's Waters Air Rescue Force is a volunteer organization that provides marine search and rescue service in Western Lake Ontario. It

1862-597: 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 the future Highway 407 . Oakville's Planning Department divides the town into communities. These are based on traditional neighbourhoods. Like much of Southern Ontario, Oakville has a Humid continental climate straddling Dfa/Dfb classifications, with cold winters with frequent snowfall, and warm summers. Like most lakeside municipalities on

1911-429: The opportunity to become majority owner. After some initial opposition, the ownership group accepted those terms. The group took ownership of the paper on December 13, 1899. Shareholders formally approved the hiring of Atkinson five days later, with his employment backdated to start December 13. Atkinson's name first appeared in the masthead of the December 21 edition. His task was to save a failing newspaper, competing in

1960-493: The paper he edited. After his death, control of the paper passed to the trustees of the Atkinson Foundation , a major Canadian charity. A strict Methodist, he earned the nickname "Holy Joe." Atkinson was born near Newcastle , Canada West , in 1865. His early life was difficult, creating conditions which would eventually lead to his social activism. His father died when he was six months old, his mother, Hannah, when he

2009-432: The papers "shall not fall into private hands." It stipulated that the seven trustees of the Foundation and their successors would also operate the Star and Star Weekly : This should accomplish two things: (1) The publication of the papers will be conducted for the benefit of the public in the full and frank dissemination of news and opinions, with the profit motive, while still important, subsidiary to what I consider to be

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2058-619: The population report no religious affiliation. The top employers in Oakville include: Sagen MI Canada (TSX:MIC), Algonquin Power & Utilities , Canadian Tire Financial Services , Cameron's Brewing Company , Equirex , Pelmorex , and Rockstar Toronto are based in Oakville, while Siemens , The Ford Motor Company , and MADD Canada have their head Canadian offices in the town. Many Oakville residents work in advanced manufacturing at large facilities operated by UTC Aerospace Systems and General Electric . Many Oakville companies fall under

2107-421: The population: 0.4% First Nations and 0.3% Métis . According to the 2011 census, 70.1% of the population identify as Christians , with Catholics (37.9%) making up the largest denomination, followed by Anglican (7.6%), United Church (7.3%), and other denominations. Others identify as Muslims (4%), Hindus (2.1%), Sikhs (1.4%), Buddhists (0.8%), Jewish (0.5%) and with other religions, and 20.6% of

2156-531: The town, about 36% do not have English as their mother tongue , and land available for culture and recreation is over 300,000 m (1,000,000 ft). In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton from the indigenous Mississaugas people, except for the land at the mouths of Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek) , Sixteen Mile Creek , and along

2205-596: The ward solely on the Oakville Town Council, and the other is a member of the 21-member governing council of the Regional Municipality of Halton , in addition to being a member of the 14-member Town Council. Two provincial ridings are situated in Oakville, which use the same boundaries as the federal ridings and are currently represented provincially by: Two federal ridings are situated in Oakville, which are currently represented by: Local bus service

2254-516: Was a member of the staff of the Toronto Globe . Under the nom-de-plume of "Madge Merton" she worked as a journalist for the Montreal Herald and the Toronto Daily Star . In Henry James Morgan's Types of Canadian Women , he describes "Mrs. Atkinson contrives without loss of interest to give dignity to woman's work in journalism." In 1899, Atkinson was asked to become managing editor of

2303-450: Was cancelled due to financial difficulties, despite having annual attendance of up to 100,000 visitors. It returned in August 2013, which was the most recent festival to date. The Kerrfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place in early September in Oakville. Having begun in 2014, the event includes free performances and is open to the public, located at Westwood Park. The For

2352-685: Was founded in 1954 and was a charter member of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary . Elementary schools and high schools in Oakville are a mix of private and public schools, with one of the highest ratios of private schools to student population in the country. Oakville is covered by the Halton District School Board , Halton Catholic District School Board , Conseil scolaire Viamonde , and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir . St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Oakville) and White Oaks Secondary School both offer

2401-551: Was thirteen. At about the age of 16, while working at the post office, he began to sign his name as "Joseph E. Atkinson" even though he had been given no middle name at birth. Looking for a better job, Atkinson hoped to become a banker, but through his post office work he found out about a job opening at the Port Hope Times , a weekly newspaper in Port Hope, Ontario . He joined the paper at age 18, initially collecting accounts. When

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