City of Oshawa Community Profile
The largest municipality within Durham Region (by population), the City of Oshawa is located east of Whitby; about 60 kilometres from downtown Toronto. With historic roots in the manufacturing sector, Oshawa is now an education and health sciences hub. The city is home to three post-secondary institutions, and downtown Oshawa is identified as an Urban Growth Centre in the Government of Ontario's Places to Grow initiative.
Largest Industries Driving Employment
Priority Clusters for Development:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Energy Generation
- Health and Biosciences
- Multimodal Transportation and Logistics
- Information Technologies
Major Employers:
- Canada Revenue Agency
- Cleeve Technology
- Concentrix
- Durham College
- EHC Global
- General Motors
- Lakeridge Health Oshawa
- Mackie Moving Systems
- Ministry of Finance
- Ontario Tech University
- Oshawa Clinic Group
Transportation:
- Hwy 401
- Hwy 407
- Durham Region Transit
- GO Transit
- VIA Rail
- Oshawa Executive Airport
- Port of Oshawa (HOPA)
Recent or Upcoming Investments of Note:
- GM’s planned investment of $1.3 billion at the Oshawa Assembly Plant is expected to result in the hiring of 1,400 to 1,700 hourly workers.
- Renovations are currently underway on the former BMO building in downtown Oshawa, which will soon be home to Altum Health, a division of University Health Network.