Tour of Growth and Development

Oshawa's economic growth and investment in action

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time of scheduled maintenance, and encourage you to review these additional resources to learn more about the City of Oshawa’s dynamic story of economic growth and our community’s exceptional position to live, work, learn, and invest in.

• Community Profile
• Development Insider
• Economic Dashboard
• Housing Dashboard
• Northwood Business Park
• Oshawa Economic Development
• Oshawa Economic Development Strategy
• Planning and Development

• Oshawa posted the highest rate of population growth in Durham Region (2023-2024) at 5.2%, which was also the 8th highest municipality in Ontario - Statistics Canada, 2025
• Real G.D.P. in Oshawa is expected to grow by 1.2% in 2025 – Conference Board of Canada, 2025 Major City Insights
• Oshawa has over 75,000 total jobs, an increase of 15% since 2011 - OMAFRA, 2024
• Downtown Oshawa is included in the Lakeshore East GO Train extension, with an estimated economic value of $1.1B in urban development with 21,000 new jobs
• Oshawa is one of the top 5 mid-sized advanced manufacturing clusters in North America, with an advanced manufacturing labour force of 7,900 - Waterloo EDC, 2023
• Oshawa is ranked as the number one community in Durham Region – Maclean's Magazine, 2021
• Oshawa is ranked number one for development approval timelines across the G.T.A. – Altus Group, 2020
• Oshawa is one of Canada's fastest growing markets for tech talent – CBRE, 2020