Oakville Transit


Oakville Transit is the public transportation provider in Oakville, Ontario, Canada since 1972. It is a department of the town and a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association. It offers the typical conventional bus service, a para-transit service called care-A-van, and two on-demand shared ride services in North and Southeast Oakville, and the neighbourhoods of Falgarwood and Palermo West/Bronte Creek; Home to Hub and the Ride On-Demand Pilot program. The care-A-van and Ride On-Demand services take riders directly to a specific address while the Home to Hub service takes riders to designated transit hubs near their location.
The original logo for Oakville Transit, no longer in use, was by designer Stuart Ash.

Services

Oakville Transit operates mainly fixed-route bus services, but has slowly grown its on-demand service offerings since 2022.
The Oakville GO Station, located at 214 Cross Avenue, is the main bus terminus. Oakville Transit connects with Burlington Transit in Burlington to the west, MiWay in Mississauga to the east, GO Transit rail services to the south, and GO Transit bus services to the south and east. Bus routes service Oakville, Bronte, Appleby, and Clarkson GO stations, along with Via Rail and Amtrak services that operate out of Oakville GO Station. Bus services also service Highway 407 carpool parking lots at Trafalgar Road and Walkers Line in Burlington. East–west routes terminate service at their destination while loop routes maintain their service until returning to their starting terminal.

School Specials

Oakville Transit operates several routes known as 'School Specials'. School specials operate weekdays only based on the start and finish times of local schools.
The school specials routes serve White Oaks Secondary School, Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School, Abbey Park High School, St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Secondary School, T. A. Blakelock High School, Oakville Trafalgar High School, and Garth Webb Secondary School.
Routes do not run on holidays, March Break or during the summer.

Senior Specials Routes

Before March 2020, Oakville Transit operated Senior Specials routes that travelled between local nursing homes and commercial centres throughout Oakville.

Fleet

Oakville Transit has a fleet of 101 low-floor, fully accessible conventional buses and 24 home to hub/care-A-van buses. All conventional busses are wheelchair-accessible with capacity for up to two wheelchair passengers per bus. All buses are equipped with Wi-Fi access and real-time bus tracking. By 2028, 50% of the Oakville Transit bus fleet will be converted to electric vehicles to help the Town of Oakville's meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. As of November 2025, Oakville Transit has 15 conventional electric buses, and 15 smaller electric buses for their on-demand service.

Fares

As of July 2025, cash fare is $4.00 for everyone ages 13 and older without a Presto card. Passengers using GO Transit can transfer on and off Oakville Transit free of charge so long as the passenger can show the driver their single, multi-ride GO ride ticket or by swiping the Presto card or contactless credit or debit card. Children and youth ages 0–19 can ride all Oakville Transit bus services free of charge as long as the child or youth has a valid Presto card. Children travelling alone are required to tap their "child" Presto card when boarding the Oakville bus, but no fare will be deducted. Students/youths, and seniors can ride fare-free when using their student, youth or senior Presto card. Customers in these categories travelling without a Presto card are still required to pay a full cash fare. Customers can also pay their Oakville Transit bus fares through the Presto e-tickets mobile application via smartphone or by using a contactless credit/debit card and their associated mobile wallets. The equivalent of the current Oakville Transit cash fare will be deducted by tapping it onto a Presto fare reader. Oakville Transit also issues time-based transfers, valid for any direction of use for 2 hours from the time of boarding, including transfers to or from other neighbouring transit services in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area such as Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay, andfor customers paying by Presto card or by contactless credit or debit cardthe Toronto Transit Commission.

Facilities

Terminals & Junctions

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Oakville

All Mississauga bus terminal stops connect to Mississauga's MiWay bus service.
  • Clarkson GO Station - via routes 4, 11, and 12
  • * Connects with GO Transit Lakeshore West line
  • * Connects with MiWay routes 13, 14/14A, 23, 29, 45/45A, and 110
  • Laird & Ridgeway - via route 5, 6, 12, and 120
  • * Connects with MiWay routes 1 and 36
  • Laird & Winston Churchill - via routes 5 & 6
  • * Connects with MiWay routes 1 and 45

    Burlington

All Burlington bus terminal stops connect to Burlington Transit bus services.
  • Appleby GO Station - via routes 14/14A
  • * Connects with GO Transit Lakeshore West line
  • * Connects with GO Transit bus routes 18/18A/18C/18F/18J
  • * Connects with Burlington Transit routes 1, 4, 10, 11, 25, 80, and 81
  • Dundas & 407 GO Carpool Lot - via routes 5
  • * Connects with GO Transit bus routes 12, 40, 41, and 47
  • * Connects with Burlington Transit routes 2, 3, 6, 11, and 25

    Routes and connections

Regular fixed routes

School Specials

Late Night Service routes

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Late-night routes are on-demand and drop-off only. Departs from Oakville GO Station.

Former routes

Senior Specials Routes

Senior Special routes were discontinued indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.