Paid Street Parking
Find paid on-street parking locations, the cost to park your vehicle and time limits for parking.
Using paid street parking
Parking rates vary by location
You can find designated 20-minute metered on-street parking spaces in the areas listed below. All 20-minute metered parking spaces are signed.
The rates for these spaces are as follows:
- Downtown: $.50
- Kerr Village: $.50
- Bronte Village: $.50
Any space not signed as a 20-minute space, follows the rates in the sections below.
- Lakeshore Road East: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Navy Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Thomas Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- George Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Dunn Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Trafalgar Road: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Reynolds Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Church Street: $2.50 per hour - Three-hour limit
- Robinson Street: $2 per hour - Five-hour limit
- Robinson Street: $2 per hour - Nine-hour limit
- Randall Street: $2 per hour - Five-hour limit
- Randall Street: $2 per hour - Nine-hour limit
- Douglas Street: $1.50 per hour - Nine-hour limit
- Ontario Street: $1.50 per hour – Nine-hour limit
- All other on-street parking: $2 per hour – Two-hour limit
- All on-street parking: $2 per hour – Two-hour limit
How to pay
At paid on-street parking spaces, you can pay for parking with your phone.
Zone information is found on the nearby parking meters, signs or the app.
Paying with your phone
Download the free HonkMobile app, or Text-to-Pay for easy payment.
Pay with the HonkMobile app
- Download the HonkMobile app.
- Set up an account including your vehicle and payment information.
- Choose the "zone" or location to park.
- Choose time needed to park. (You can also use the app to extend your parking time, up to the location's maximum.)
- You're finished! When you pay with the HonkMobile app, there is no printed payment stub to display on your car's dash
Pay with Honk Text-to-Pay
- Find the parking zone information: Look for the zone ID signs in the parking lot.
- Initiate a text message: Start a new text message on your smartphone.
- Enter the correct phone number: In the "To" field, enter 75498 as provided on the sign.
- Text the zone ID: In the body of the text message, type the zone ID you found in step 1. Please note, regular text messaging rates from your cellphone provider may apply.
- Complete the payment: You will receive a text message back with a link to a mobile website. Click the link to enter your license plate information, select your desired parking duration, and complete your payment.
Exclusions
Quick stop meters (20 minutes for $.50) are not available for use with HonkMobile
At pay-by-plate meters, you can pay for parking with your credit card, cash or mobile phone.
You will recognize these meters by their electronic display screen and the solar panels on the top of the machine.
Pay with a credit card
- Enter your license plate number
- Insert your credit card and choose the time needed to park. Accepted payment forms include Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discovery.
Pay with cash
- Enter your license plate number
- Insert coins to purchase time needed to park. All coins are accepted.
At certain single space parking meters, payment can be made by coin only.
- Only $.25, $1 and $2 coins are accepted.
- Cash-only meters can be found on side streets throughout Downtown Oakville, Kerr Village and Bronte Village.
If you find an issue with making payment at the parking meter or machine please contact us by:
- calling 905-845-6601 during business hours between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- sending email to parking@oakville.ca after business hours.
The following information will be required for the report:
- location of the parking meter or pay and display/pay by plate machine.
- the meter number listed on the parking meter.
- the number listed on the pay and display/pay by plate machine.
You can pay for your parking space using the HonkMobile app.