RESOURCES IN OAKVILLE

LIVING IN OAKVILLE...

• Places4Students provides a real-time database of student housing vacancies around campus. Students can view property photos, floor plans, features and details around Sheridan College campuses. Students can also post or find roommates on the site! Click on your campus to see what houses or apartments are available.
  •  Davis Campus                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  • Hazel McCallion Campus                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  • Trafalgar Campus
• classifieds (such as Kijiji and Craigslist, or newspaper classifieds) are also a good option 

GETTING AROUND...

• Main GO Stations in Oakville are at Oakville GO Station and Bronte GO Station
  • Oakville: http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/travelling/stations.aspx?station=OKG
  • Bronte: http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/travelling/stations.aspx?station=BTGO

TIP: Get PRESTO! Transfers between Oakville Transit/MiWay (Mississauga)/Brampton Transit/Burlington Transit/Hamilton Street Railway are free within a two hour window with PRESTO and fares are cheaper.

NOTE: Getting to Toronto can be done through GO (take the bus to Oakville GO station, then the eastbound train into Toronto) or through Oakville Transit->MiWay->TTC (route 24 to South Common Centre, then one of a few buses to Islington subway station; route 4 from Oakville Go will bring you to Clarkson, then the 110 to South Common or City Centre will get you to buses that go to Islington). Which is cheaper depends on how far you’re going, but GO will almost always be faster.

SHOPPING FOR FOOD...

Medical Services 

Walk-In Clinics

• Sheridan College Health Services: On campus at Sheridan (https://www.sheridancollege.ca/life-at-sheridan/student-services/health.aspx
• Winston Park Medical Centre – Family Physicians & Walk-In Clinic: 2315 Bristol Cir #104, Oakville, ON L6H 6P8 (http://www.winstonparkmedicalcentre.ca/)
• Oakville Town Clinic: 300 North Service Rd W, Oakville, ON L6M 2S2 (http://www.otcclinic.com/)

Hospitals

X-Ray Labs

CML HealthCare Laboratory Services: 170 Rebecca St, Oakville, ON L6K 1J6 (http://cmlhealthcare.com/)

Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine  

Athlete’s Care Sports Medicine Centres: 1011 Upper Middle Rd E, Oakville, ON L6H 4L1 (http://www.athletescare.com/oakville)

The Sports Clinic At Winston Park: 2315 Bristol Cir, Oakville, ON L6H 6P8 (http://www.sportsclinic.ca/index.html)

Chiropractic

Cornwall Medical Clinic:  (1525 Cornwall Rd #17, Oakville, ON L6J 0B2 (http://cornwallmedical.com/)

Acupuncture

Oakville TCM Wellness Centre: 3032 Preserve Dr, Oakville, ON L6M 4M1 (http://www.oakvilletcm.ca/)

Shopping Centres

• Uptown Core (has Wal-Mart and Bulk Barn, plus other stores): take any of the bus routes 1, 5, 19, 20, or 24 depending on which is closer.
• Upper Oakville Shopping Centre: take the #6 bus towards Dundas/Laird or just walk 20 minutes east on Upper Middle Road
• Oakville Place (generic mall): take any of those bus routes south to Trafalgar Rd. at Leighland Ave
• South Common Centre (in Mississauga, a larger mall/shopping centre than Uptown Core): take the 24 bus
• Square One (in Mississauga, large mall, very popular): take the shuttle bus to HMC or the 24 bus to South Common Centre/4 bus to Clarkson GO and then the 110 bus to City Centre

Discount shopping

• Good places to shop in the Oakville area area
  • Oakville Shopping Center has an average of known clothing lines that are reasonably prices such as H&M.
  • Below is a link of thrift stores in Oakville where you can find cheap clothing. Not the greatest quality. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t.
    • https://www.yelp.ca/search?find_desc=best+thrift+store&find_loc=Oakville%2C+ON

Housewares and household items

• Ikea in burlington, is a 15 minute drive which is definitely your best buck to get good household items and furniture for your residential space.
  • http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/locator/burlington.html
• JYSK at Kerr and Speers, similar prices and furniture to Ikea
• Both Ikea and JYSK can deliver
• Value Village at Dundas and Winston Park can have some good stuff, as well as looking on Kijiji and at liquidation outlets

Laundry and Dry Cleaning

• • Here are the three closest laundry and dry cleaning services from Trafalgar Campus

• Towngate Cleaners

380 Dundas Street E

Oakville, ON L6H 6Z9

Phone number(905) 257-1658

• Dove Cleaners

361 Cornwall Rd

Oakville, ON L6J 7Z5

Phone number(905) 844-9600

• White Swan Cleaners

117 Cross Avenue

Oakville, ON L6J 2W7

Phone number(905) 842-7934

Phone and Internet Providers

• Here is a list of the top 10 Internet Service Providers in Oakville according to yelp
  • https://www.yelp.ca/search?cflt=isps&find_loc=Oakville%2C+ON
  • This is only for wireless internet, cable or home phone connectivity
• Normally best to avoid going directly to Bell or Rogers. Bell owns the fibre and phone infrastructure and Rogers owns the cable infrastructure, but they’re required to lease them at a flat rate to third-party providers (such as Distributel and TekSavvy) who provide higher data caps or no data caps at the same speed for less than Bell and Rogers

• Here is a list where one could get new mobile service providers around Oakville
  • The following website provides a detail list of what would be the best suited plan for your desired needs with the company name.
    • http://www.planhub.ca/ontario/compare-cellphone-plan

• • After that website forwards them to the carriers website, where they can get more detailed instructions on how to proceed.

Where to buy a new or used vehicle

• Consider the costs of buying a vehicle: if you’re buying a cheap used car, there will be high maintenance costs. If you’re new to Canada or under 25 or have limited driving history, insurance alone will probably cost more than using public transit.
• The best choice to buy a new or used vehicle is to go on following car search links or research on kijiji. Here a few links
  • http://www.oakvilleusedcarsuperstore.ca/
  • http://www.kijiji.ca/b-cars-trucks/oakville-halton-region/c174l1700277
  • http://www.autotrader.ca/cars/on/oakville/

Where to eat outside of home (from cheap to fine dining)

• Zomato has a great link for all cheap places to eat in Oakville. Monastery is a great place where you can get your meal for a cheap buck.
  • https://www.zomato.com/toronto/oakville-restaurants?cft=0

Computing and electronics

• Best Buy is the best choice for pre-built computers and similar electronics – take the 24 bus north (towards South Common Centre) to Dundas at Winston Park Dr. Wal-Mart is acceptable for gaming consoles and console games (1 or 5 or 19 or 20 or 24 bus to Uptown Core)
• Canada Computers has locations in Mississauga and Burlington, and they are planning to open one in Oakville
• Canada Computers, Newegg, NCIX, and other websites will ship computers, parts, and accessories to your door

Sports and Leisure in the community (including parks and community centres)

• The following link has a list of all recreational communities in Oakville allowing public swimming, public skating, and other sporting leagues then people can join. The above link also provides information on museums, special events, parks, recreations, and gardens around oakville on the home page.
  • http://www.oakville.ca/culturerec/index.html

Cultural Organizations in Halton and Peel Regions

Media (including newspapers in English and other languages), radio, television, other news sources

• Oakville Beaver
  • http://www.insidehalton.com/oakville-on
• Channel 23 on basic cable networks if you prefer watching tv.
• Silicon Halton: This website allows the oakville community that are interested in computer programming to keep in touch with events, and local group meetups for coding.
  • http://www.siliconhalton.com/

Places of Worship (all faiths)

• http://churchdirectory.ca/browse/?p=ON&a=%&c=Oakville
  • The following link provides a detail list of all available places of worship around Oakville. You can filter the search region by providing city, province and church name.

Local Social Services for Newcomers

• https://www.yelp.ca/c/oakville/localservices

Weather reports

• The following is a link to the Oakville weather network
  • https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/weather/ontario/oakville

Local Attractions (and attractions in the GTA)

• Top 10 things to do in Oakville
  • https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractions-g155002-Activities-Oakville_Ontario.html

• Things to do in Oakville from the Oakville Website Link
  • http://www.oakville.ca/culturerec/visiting-oakville.html

Toronto Media (including blogs)

blogTO

Banking and Money Transfers

• The following banks in Ontario that are commonly known in Oakville are:
  • BMO
    • Oakville Place, 240 Leighland Ave, Oakville, ON L6H 3H6
    • 240 North Service Rd W, Oakville, ON L6M 2Y5
    • 320 Dundas St E, Oakville, ON L6H 6Z9
    • 475 Cornwall Rd, Oakville, ON L6J 7S8
    • 1461 Rebecca St, Oakville, ON L6L 1Z8
  • CIBC
    • 271 Hays Boulevard, Oakville, ON L6H 6Z3
    • 197 Lakeshore Rd E, Oakville, ON L6J 1H5
    • 1500 Upper Middle Rd W, Oakville, ON L6M 3G3
    • 600 Speers Rd, Oakville, ON L6K 2G3
    • 511 Maple Grove Drive Unit 5, Oakville, ON L6J 6X8
  • TD
    • 321 Iroquois Shore Rd, Oakville, ON L6H 1M3
    • 2325 Trafalgar Rd, Oakville, ON L6H 6N9
    • 231 North Service Rd W, Oakville, ON L6M 3R2
    • 282 Lakeshore Rd E, Oakville, ON L6J 5B2
  • Scotiabank
    • 2391 Trafalgar Rd #1, Oakville, ON L6H 6K7
    • 300 North Service Rd W b1, Oakville, ON L6M 2R9
    • 489 Dundas St W, Oakville, ON L6M 4M2
    • 207 Lakeshore Rd E, Oakville, ON L6J 1H7

• All four banks provide can be found easily in Oakville and offer great student deals. Scotiabank has a program that offers free movies with their scene points card.

Ontario Government Services

ServiceOntario and ServiceCanada are in the Home Depot plaza across the street from Oakville GO station

Consular and Ambassadorial services in the GTA

• https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=embassy+services+in+GTA&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=43646373,-79388382,769&tbm=lcl&tbs=lf_msr:-1,lf_od:-1,lf_oh:-1,lf_pqs:EAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2&*

Emergency contacts in the region

911 is the standard emergency number according to NANP, but chances are good your local emergency number will redirect there anyway

If you’re unsure whether to call 911, you can call the Halton Regional Police Service non-emergency number: 905-825-4747. They’re fully capable of dispatching police/fire/ambulance but the calls are lower-priority than 911 calls.

If you need medical attention, the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is located at Dundas and Third Line, and is easily accessible by bus (route 5) or by taxi. If you need urgent medical attention, don’t hesitate to call 911.

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