Oakville Audit - Final

Ted Hildebrandt

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• Publié par: Hibos
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• Langue: English

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Oakville
An Audit of a Community in Transition










Commissioned by the United Way of Oakville

Prepared by the Halton Social Planning Council and Volunteer Centre
1998













Authors:
Joey Edwardh, Executive Director
Ted Hildebrandt, Senior Planner
With assistance from Dawn Scarlett, Placement Student (York University)








Copies of this report are available from:

United Way of Oakville
466 Speers Road, Suite 200
Oakville, Ontario L6K 3W9
Phone: [phone]

Halton Social Planning Council and Volunteer Centre
760 Brant Street, Suite 406
Burlington, Ontario L7R 4B7
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web: www.haltonspcvc.on.ca

Acknowledgements
The United Way of Oakville and the Halton Social Planning Council and Volunteer Centre
would like to thank the individuals, groups and agencies that have so generously set aside time to
participate in this study, Oakville: An Audit of a Community in Transition. We know that it is a
busy, if not overwhelming period, facing those of us working in the not-for-profit sector. Our
challenges are many. Our time to reflect on past, present and future trends and the overall needs
of our community is negligible; however, we are convinced that as we forge a consensus on the
issues and transitions facing our community, we will provide not only better and more useful
assistance and service to its members but also generate the conditions essential for building and
sustaining a healthy community.

We would particularly like to thank the members of the study Advisory Committee who, at a
number of meetings, shared their knowledge and insights with us in order to contribute to
making this study, Oakville: An Audit of a Community in Transition, as effective and useful as
possible. We are grateful for their support. The participants in the Advisory Committee are:

Michael Cushing Board of Directors, Halton Social Planning Council
Terry Delmore Epidemiologist, Health Department, Regional Municipality of Halton
Bonnie Ewart* Commissioner of Social and Community Services, Regional Municipality
of Halton
Jeff Fernback Labour Market Analyst, Human Resources Development Canada
Ellis Katsof* Director of Planning and Evaluation, Division of Social and Community
Services Department, Regional Municipality of Halton
Tim Kluke Vice President, Charitable Corporation, Oakville Trafalgar Memorial
Hospital
John Meyerstein* General Manager, Town of Oakville
Karen Ogle Applications Specialist, Planning Department, Regional Municipality of
Halton
Linda Rothney* Executive Director, Halton District Health Council
Mary Anne Smith Economic Development Officer, Town of Oakville
Lynne Simons Human Services Planner, Social and Community Services Department,
Regional Municipality of Halton


* These individuals resigned from their positions during the study. Mr. Ellis Katsof continues on
the Advisory Committee as a Board member of the United Way.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1
Purpose ....................................................................................................................................................1
Methodology............................................................................................................................................2
Constructing the Audit: What We Did.................................................................................................2
Statistical Data from the Census ..........................................................................................................................3
Key Informant Interviews ....................................................................................................................................3
Interviews with United Way-Funded Agencies ...................................................................................................4
Questionnaire to Community Organizations........................................................................................................5
Questio Oakville Businesses, Campaign Contributors...........................................................................5
Questionnaire to Oakville Residents....................................................................................................................6
Anonymity of Respondents.............6
2. The Changing Face of Oakville: Past Perceptions to Present Realities to Future
Thoughts......................................................................................................................................... 7
Population Growth .................................................................................................................................7
Age and Gender ...................................................................................................................................................9
Families.......................................12
Multicultural Population ....................................................................................................................................14
Housing..............................................................................................................................................................20
Other Services...................................21
Town to Suburb...................23
Social Environment ..............................................................................................................................24
Education ...........................................................................................................................................................24
Income................................................................................................................................................................26
Human Service Infrastructure ............................................................................................................30
Economic Environment........................................................................................................................31
Employment.......................................................................................................................................................31
People At Work..................................................................................................................................................32
People’s Occupations..............................33

Physical Environment ..........................................................................................................................36
Emergent Future Issues .......................................................................................................................38
Summary ...............................................................................................................................................42
3. Oakville: A Healthy And Caring Community.................................................................... 44
Other Important Social and Economic Issues....................................................................................46
Youth .................................................................................................................................................................46
Daycare......................................47
Multicultural Services........................................................................................................................................47
Governance ........................................................................................................................................................50
Social Problems and Persistence Through Time ...............................................................................50
Changing Values of Collective Responsibility ..................................................................................................51
Equity.................................................................................................................................................................51
Structural Organization of Society.....................................................................................................................52
Leadership and Lack of Political Will................................................................................................................52
Awareness and “Being Informed”......................................................................................................................54
Long-Term Vision and Prevention................................................................................................54
Research and Development................................................................................................................................55
Practice...................................................................................................