City of Oshawa

The City of Oshawa is a growing community of 166,000 and is the largest city in Durham Region and part of the Greater Toronto Area.Oshawa is a vibrant urban centre situated on the shores of Lake Ontario extending to rural areas and the Oak Ridges Moraine in the north. Ranked No. 1 for jobs in Canada (May 2016) and designated one of the world’s Top 21 Smart Communities of 2016, Oshawa offers an abundance of opportunities. Oshawa is home three highly acclaimed post-secondary institutions – Durham College, Trent University Durham and UOIT. Lakeridge Health is a community teaching site for Queen’s University’s family physician and pediatric residency programs and home to LHEARN (Lakeridge Health Education and Research Network), a hub for cutting-edge training, education and research.Oshawa offers plenty of transit options locally and to Toronto and beyond, including bike lanes and trails. GO Train, GO Bus and VIA Rail travel directly from Oshawa west to Toronto, east to Ottawa and to a multitude of other destinations. In June 2016, the province announced the extension of GO train service from Oshawa to Bowmanville that will include 4 new stations. Oshawa is well served by four Hwy 401 interchanges, the new extension of Hwy 407 to Oshawa and the new Hwy 412 that links Hwys 401 and 407. A further extension will extend Hwy 407 further east to Hwy 35/115 by 2020. Oshawa also offers a full-service airport and a deep water port. The City of Oshawa is dedicated to serving our community and achieving our community vision: Oshawa – a prosperous, collaborative, vibrant, inclusive and green city where people and businesses are proud to live, work, learn and play.To view our Terms of Use visit www.Oshawa.ca/TOU