Image of senior couple smiling Services offered by the Town of Oakville

Programs and classes
The Town of Oakville offers a variety of programs, classes and volunteer opportunities for adults 50+. Visit the Program Registration page to learn more.  

Friendship Luncheon
The Friendship Luncheon program combines lunch with a social outing. Clients (ages 80+) are picked up from their home, driven to the centre for lunch and an activity, and taken home again. You must pre-register for this program. Check the Seniors Newsletter for specific dates, times, and locations.

Windrow Snow Removal Program
The town has also partnered with Links2Care, a multi-service community organization, to offer a windrow removal service. Registration and payment are required. Visit the Windrow Snow Removal Program page, call 905-338-7669 or visit the Links2Care website for more information.

Property Tax Assistance
Visit the Rebates and Assistance page to learn more.

Information Oakville
For more services and community groups search the Oakville Public Library – Halton Community Services Database.

Services offered by Halton Region

Halton Region provides a number of services for seniors and older adults including:

• Emergency/short-term assistance
• Supportive housing programs
• Long-term care options
• Adult Day programs
• Fall prevention strategies, and more.

For more information visit the Halton Region website, or call the Halton Region Health department by calling:

• 311
• 905-825-6000
• 1-866-442-5866 (toll free)
• 905-827-9833 (TTY)

Services offered by the provincial government

The Province of Ontario offers various forms of support and programs for seniors. Please visit the Province of Ontario website or call one of the following phone numbers for more information:

• General information on all provincial government programs and services: 1-800-267-8097
• Provincial government services pertaining to seniors (Seniors’ INFOline): 1-888-910-1999
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: 1-800-268-1154

Services offered by the federal government

Federal programs for seniors include:

• Income security programs (Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan [CPP] Retirement Pension)
• Veterans Affairs Canada
• Telefile Canada (a call-in tax-return service for eligible seniors)

For general information about Government of Canada programs and services call 1-800-622-6232.

For forms, information, income security, programs, employment insurance or job information, call 1-800-277-9914 (toll free) or the Services Canada Centre in Oakville at 1-800-959-9522.

For more information, visit the Government of Canada website.

Community groups

There are a number of community-based programs and services for seniors, including the following:

The Halton Seniors Helpline
This telephone service helps address physical, emotional, or financial abuse or neglect. Call 1-866-457-8252 (toll free) or visit the Halton Seniors Helpline website.

Oakville (Kiwanis) Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels delivers nutritional hot meals and/or frozen prepackaged meals. The program is funded by the Long-Term Care Division of the Ministry of Health, Client Fees and Donations. Subsidies may be available.

For more information call 905-842-1411 or visit the Kiwanis website.

OTMH outpatient clinics and community programs
Halton Healthcare Services provides a number of programs and services through Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital including:

• Cardiac Rehabilitation and Education Program
• ConnectCARE, diabetes education
• Eye clinic
• Fall intervention
• Fracture clinic
• Geriatric assessment
• Home Oxygen Program

For more information visit the OTMH website.

Emergency Response System
ConnectCARE is an emergency response system run by Halton Healthcare Services and Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital. For more information call 905-338-4357 or 1-800-665-7853 (toll free).