Oakville Neighbourhood Guide

Kerr Village

By Chris Ouzas, Broker, Michael Ouzas Real Estate Team, Royal LePage Signature Realty. Last updated October 2026.

Oakville's main street west of Sixteen Mile Creek. A working families' shopping street turned independent dining and shopping strip, with character streets running down to the creek and the lake, and the busiest GO station on the Lakeshore West line one creek crossing away.

Source: Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) Market Watch, September 2026 edition, released October 6, 2026. Figures cover the Town of Oakville; TRREB publishes no neighbourhood split, and individual streets and property types vary. The year-over-year change is computed from the September 2025 and September 2026 editions.

Living in Kerr Village

Kerr Village runs along Kerr Street on the west side of Sixteen Mile Creek, from the streets near the lake up past Rebecca Street and Speers Road toward the QEW. Downtown Oakville sits directly across the creek, and that geography explains the whole neighbourhood: this is the close-in, main-street pocket that trades at a different number than Old Oakville a few minutes east, with its own strip of shops and restaurants and its own history as the town's west side.

That history is a working one. Kerr Street is believed to have been named around 1850 for Robert W. Kerr, who was commissioned by town founder William Chisholm to carry out the official plan for the new town of Oakville, and it began as the major route from the harbour up to Lower Middle Road, today's Queen Elizabeth Highway. The same account records that growth stalled when shipping and industry moved on, and describes the working families who filled the streets afterward, including a Stewart Street house built by hand in the 1940s. Kerr Street never pretended to be the historic downtown, and it still does not. That is a large part of why buyers who find it tend to stay.

Today the strip carries an independent shopping and dining scene organized under the Kerr Village Business Improvement Area, which promotes the village's businesses and events and handles the streetscaping along the corridor. Visit Oakville describes the neighbourhood as a mix of small-town hospitality and urban revitalization, shaped by the 39 cultures the community represents, with independently owned boutiques and award-winning restaurants along the street. More redevelopment is on the books here than almost anywhere else in south Oakville, and we cover exactly what is proposed below.

What makes Kerr Village distinct

First, the main street is local. The restaurants and shops along Kerr are largely independents, and the strip has its own calendar: Kerrfest, the village's annual music festival, runs at Westwood Park at 173 Kerr Street, with the 2026 edition opening September 11. Westwood Park itself was rebuilt as the village's gathering spot, with walkways, a custom metal gazebo, a central plaza, and a water feature, work that earned the Town's park planning team an Award of Merit.

Second, the train. Oakville GO at 214 Cross Avenue serves the Lakeshore West line and VIA Rail, and it is the busiest GO station on the Lakeshore West line and the second busiest on the entire GO network behind Union Station, serving more than 10,270 customers a day. The station anchors the Midtown growth area, whose western boundary is Sixteen Mile Creek, across from the north end of Kerr Village; the station itself is about a 25 minute walk from the top of the neighbourhood. In our experience, clients on the north half of the neighbourhood treat the station as a walk; from the streets near Lakeshore it is a longer walk, a quick drive, or an Oakville Transit connection.

Third, the community centre is a strong one. Trafalgar Park Community Centre at 133 Rebecca Street holds the Oakville Arena ice pad, a fitness centre, an indoor walking track, a double gym, and a seasonal outdoor refrigerated rink. The complex, completed in 2018, preserved the arena built in 1950, a concrete block structure with a distinctive wood truss roof, and wrapped a new community centre, seniors' centre, and fire hall around it. For how Kerr Village fits into the wider town picture, our Oakville market data hub covers every community we work.

What homes cost in Kerr Village

TRREB reports Oakville as a single municipality, so the numbers in the band above cover the whole town: an average sale price of $1,365,169 across 162 September 2026 sales, down 2.5 per cent from the $1,399,948 average in the September 2025 edition of the same report. The town-wide averages by type frame the spread: detached homes averaged $1,740,421, condo apartments $699,379, and condo townhouses $1,009,115 in September 2026. Kerr Village holds all three types within a few blocks of each other. Within the neighbourhood itself, our team's work in the area breaks the market into rough bands:

• Condos and stacked townhouses along the Kerr and Speers corridor: the entry point, and one of the more realistic first-purchase addresses in south Oakville, generally trading in the territory of the town-wide condo figures.
• The postwar streets off Kerr: the heart of the market. Bungalows, storey-and-a-half homes, and wartime-era houses on the streets between Kerr and the creek and west toward Dorval Drive, generally trading below the town-wide detached average, with lot size and renovation level driving the spread.
• Rebuilds and the streets closest to the creek and the lake: the top of the pocket. Custom homes and full renovations on the leafiest streets price well above the rest of the neighbourhood, and the closer you get to the water, the wider the gap.

Prices step down across the creek. Cross it and you are in Old Oakville, where the same walk-to-a-main-street life trades at a substantially higher number. Buyers who want that life and watch the budget end up on our Kerr Village tours, and we walk that comparison street by street.

What to watch for

The strip is going to change, and the applications are public. At 550 Kerr Street a proposal for three 16 storey buildings with 472 units has been before the Ontario Land Tribunal since 2020, and a much larger plan for the plazas at Kerr and Speers, eleven buildings up to 28 storeys, was voted down by Council in December 2022 and has not come back since. Some of our clients want the busier strip and the grocery store that would come with it. Others bought for the low-rise feel. Decide which you are, and expect construction somewhere on the corridor for years either way.

Across the creek, the Town's Midtown plan around Oakville GO contemplates up to 35,000 people and jobs by 2051, with provincial zoning orders in April 2026 permitting towers up to 56 storeys on four sites and redevelopment phased from 2031. That is a new district going up within sight of Kerr Village's north end. The rail line crosses Kerr Street at grade and the streets near it hear the trains, so stand in the yard of any house you are serious about and listen. The north end meets the working corridor along Speers Road, useful but not pretty, and the closer a street sits to it the more that shows in the price. The houses are mostly 1940s and postwar, solid, with good bones, and the ones that have not been redone need a realistic budget.

Schools

Oakville is served by the Halton District School Board and the Halton Catholic District School Board. On the public side, Oakwood Public School at 357 Bartos Drive covers Kindergarten to Grade 5 inside the neighbourhood, and W.H. Morden Public School at 180 Morden Road, a short distance west, covers Kindergarten to Grade 8. The HDSB secondary school families in this part of Oakville ask us about is T. A. Blakelock High School on Rebecca Street. On the Catholic side, St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School at 477 Warminster Drive opened its new building in September 2019 after the former St. James community on Morden Road consolidated with St. Joseph, and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School sits on Dorval Drive at the neighbourhood's edge.

Boundaries change; the boards' own lookup tools are the final word. Verify any specific address with HDSB's Find My Local School tool or HCDSB's Find Your School tool before you buy. We are happy to walk through it with you for a specific street.

Getting around

The train is the headline. Oakville GO at 214 Cross Avenue offers Lakeshore West service toward Union Station plus VIA Rail on the corridor, and Metrolinx calls it the busiest GO station on the line. The station anchors the Midtown growth area, whose western boundary is Sixteen Mile Creek, across from the neighbourhood's north end; the station itself is about a 25 minute walk from the top of Kerr Village, and from the south end it is a short drive or an Oakville Transit connection.

By car, Kerr Street and Dorval Drive both run north to the QEW, which puts Toronto in one direction and Burlington and Hamilton in the other; our Burlington market data hub covers the communities down the highway. Lakeshore Road connects the south end of the neighbourhood east across the creek to downtown Oakville and west toward Bronte. Inside the neighbourhood, the strip, Westwood Park, and the community centre sit within walking range of most streets, which is the reason most buyers come here.

Shopping, dining, and amenities

The strip handles the daily life. Kerr Street's shops and restaurants run under the Kerr Village BIA, with the independently owned boutiques and restaurants that Visit Oakville credits to the 39 cultures the community represents. Downtown Oakville's main street is one bridge away when the occasion calls for it, and the plazas along Kerr and Speers cover the grocery and pharmacy runs.

The rest of the list is parks and water. Westwood Park at 173 Kerr Street is the village green and the Kerrfest stage. Trafalgar Park Community Centre at 133 Rebecca Street covers the arena, gym, fitness centre, walking track, and winter outdoor rink. And at the foot of the neighbourhood, Tannery Park at 10 Walker Street puts trails, green space, and the Tannery Park Beacon on the Lake Ontario waterfront where the creek meets the lake.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kerr Village walkable?

Yes, and that is the draw. Most of the neighbourhood can walk to the shops and restaurants on Kerr Street, to Westwood Park, and to Trafalgar Park Community Centre, and the north half is within walking range of Oakville GO across the creek. The waterfront at Tannery Park anchors the south end. A car still earns its keep for the big-box runs along Speers and the QEW.

What kind of homes will I find in Kerr Village?

Condos and stacked townhouses along the Kerr and Speers corridor, wartime and postwar-era bungalows and storey-and-a-half homes on the interior streets, and custom rebuilds on the streets closest to the creek and the lake. The condo and townhouse stock gives the neighbourhood a realistic entry point below the town-wide average, which sat at $1,365,169 in September 2026.

How does Kerr Village compare to Old Oakville?

They share the creek and the walk-to-a-main-street life. Old Oakville offers the heritage districts, the harbour, and the estate streets, at prices that set the benchmark for Halton. Kerr Village offers its own independent strip, a closer everyday walk to Oakville GO for much of the neighbourhood, and materially lower entry points across every housing type. Buyers who need the Old Oakville address pay for it. Buyers who want the same daily life for less money end up here.

What is being built around Kerr Village?

Two fronts. On the corridor itself, the 550 Kerr Street file and the wider Kerr and Speers plaza plan both proposed mid-rise and taller buildings; one is stalled at the tribunal and the other was voted down in 2022, as covered above. Across the creek, the Midtown plan around Oakville GO contemplates up to 35,000 people and jobs by 2051, with provincial zoning orders issued in April 2026. We walk buyers through what each proposal means for the specific street they are weighing.

What schools serve Kerr Village?

Oakwood Public School covers K-5 inside the neighbourhood and W.H. Morden Public School covers K-8 nearby, with T. A. Blakelock High School serving southwest Oakville. On the Catholic side, St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary and St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary serve this part of town. Boundaries are set by the boards, so verify any specific address with the HDSB and HCDSB lookup tools linked above before you buy.

Explore more of our Oakville neighbourhood guides: Old Oakville, Bronte, Glen Abbey, West Oak Trails, River Oaks, Joshua Creek. Town-wide numbers are on our Oakville data hub.

Sources used on this page: Oakville Historical Society's September 2013 newsletter, Kerr Village BIA, Visit Oakville, Visit Oakville, Wikipedia's Oakville GO Station entry, Metrolinx, Town of Oakville, Town of Oakville, Diamond Schmitt Architects, TRREB Market Watch, Town of Oakville's application file, Town's notice of complete application, Town of Oakville's project page, Halton District School Board, the board, Halton Catholic District School Board, the board, Visit Oakville.