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Oshawa - city in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada

Oshawa is a city of 160,000 people (2016) in southern Ontario, 50 km east of Toronto.

Understand

Downtown Oshawa The name Oshawa originates from the Ojibwa term aazhaway, meaning "the crossing place" or just "(a)cross".

While Oshawa is rapidly becoming merely the eastern edge of Toronto's sprawling surrounding urban area, it was long best known for manufacturing motorcars. Col. Sam McLaughlin established the McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited in 1907 as the successor to his father's McLaughlin Carriage Company. He became director and vice president of General Motors Corporation in 1916; the Oshawa factory became General Motors Canada in 1918. The last Oshawa-built Chevrolet Impala, Cadillac XTS, Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra vehicles will hit the road in 2019, ending a 112-year history which inspired Oshawa's former mottos "The City that Motovates Canada" and "The City in Motion".

Today, Oshawa is an education and health sciences hub. The city is home to three post-secondary institutions (Durham College, Trent University Durham and University of Ontario Institute of Technology) and to Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Lakeridge Health and Education Research Network (LHEARN Centre) and the Oshawa Clinic, the largest, multi-specialty medical group practice in Canada.

Get in

By car

Oshawa is on Highway 401, exits 415 through 418. All interchanges exit to Bloor Street in the city's south end. Highway 2 (King Street) is the main street of downtown Oshawa.

By train

Oshawa GO station, 915 Bloor St W, 43.8706°, -78.8856°. Intercity (VIA Rail Canada) and commuter (GO Transit) station with ticket counter, public washrooms, waiting room. 2018-11-01

Oshawa GO station is served by:

By bus

Intercity express bus service in the Montréal-Toronto corridor stops in Whitby, an Oshawa suburb, at the Whitby GO commuter rail station. Express bus service from Greater Toronto Area to Oshawa are provided by GO Transit. TOK Coach (formerly Can-Ar Coach) offers daily service from Lindsay and Toronto.

By plane

Get around

By public transit

By taxi

By ride hailing

See

Parkwood Estate

Do

  • Linton's Farm Market, 571 Raglan Rd E, L1H 7K4, 44.02273°, -78.90458°, +1 905-655-6338, vlinton123@gmail.com. From their website: Over 50 years ago the Lintons' started growing tomatoes for a canning company and gradually added more and more vegetables and fruit and a farm market stand where they now sell a wide variety of vegetables and fruit, homegrown frozen meat, cheese, honey, jams, preserves, fall decorations (etc.) 2016-03-20

Buy

  • Oshawa Centre, 419 King St W at Stevenson Road. M-Sa 9:30AM-9PM, Su 11AM-6PM. The largest mall in Durham region. Theres a Durham Region Transit's bus terminal outside of the mall's south-east entrance, with regular bus services to Oshawa GO Station, Whitby GO Station, and the campuses of Durham College. 2018-06-08

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • La Quinta Inn & Suites, 63 King St E, +1 915-888-3800. Free Wifi, free parking, breakfast included, non-smoking hotel, suites, fitness centre. From $89 2018-06-08
  • Paddington Place Bed & Breakfast, 413 Paddington Cres, +1 905-404-5448. On a mature stretch of protected greenbelt space with lovely wooded trails and meandering creek. Air-conditioned and smoke-free. From $109 2018-06-08
  • Travelodge, 940 Champlain Ave (just off Highway 401), +1-800-525-4055. Free WiFi, free breakfast buffet, onsite parking, pet friendly, pool - indoor, fitness centre. 2018-06-08

Connect

Learn

Oshawa is home to two post-secondary institutions, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College. They share a campus on the northern side of Oshawa.

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Oshawa

oshawa.ca
Postal code:L1GL1HL1JL1KL1LDate Time:Please wait...Timezone:America/TorontoPopulation:159,458Coordinates:43.90, -78.85

Ontario

Primary administrative division

Canada

canada.ca
Population:37.1 MDial code:+1Currency:Dollar (CAD)Voltage:120 V, 240 V, 60 Hz
NEMA 14-30NEMA 14-50