Home and Environment

Learn about services related to your property taxes, including rates, dues dates, assessments and appeals.

Learn about the Oakville Fire Department, emergency preparedness, fire safety information, and who to contact about fire prevention and education.

Find out all you need to know about your construction, your neighbour’s construction, new subdivisions, by-laws and permits.

Understand the different types of flooding and how they impact stormwater management.

Waste collection services in Oakville are provided by Halton Region.

Stormwater is water from rain, snow melt, and other precipitation that runs off roofs, streets and other surfaces and drains into ditches, storm drains, local creeks and Lake Ontario.

Oakville's trees and woodlands are an integral aspect of the town's urban landscape.

Find out what the town is doing to protect Oakville's environment, how we're preparing for the impacts of climate change and what you can do to help.

Oakville’s many greenspaces and natural areas are home to a diverse urban wildlife population.