Oshawa Harbour

The Oshawa Harbour has played an important role in transportation and trade for millennia. It has functioned as a commercial port for more than a century, enabling Oshawa’s development as a city. Operated by the Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports), the Port of Oshawa is a vital element of the City's growth and economic development today.

The Port of Oshawa handles an average of $23 million worth of cargo annually, from salt and steel products to sugar, asphalt and grain. A strategic goods movement gateway to the eastern Greater Toronto Area, approximately 70 vessels per year transit the Port of Oshawa, carrying half a million metric tonnes of cargo. View HOPA Ports’ 2023 Sustainability Report. To learn more, visit the HOPA Ports website. 

City Harbour Lands

The City of Oshawa has advanced development of the City Lands at the harbour.

These lands now feature Ed Broadbent Waterfront Park. The new park encourages gathering with an amphitheatre, stage and seating; a network of concrete and asphalt pathways; green spaces; and a Garden of Human Rights, and offers an excellent vantage point of the vibrant Port of Oshawa.

The Waterfront Trail runs through the site and expands upon Larry Ladd Harbour Trail, and a pedestrian bridge over the Oshawa Creek that links the parkland on both sides of the watercourse to  Second Marsh, Oshawa Museum, Lakeview Park and the Joseph Kolodzie Oshawa Creek Bike Path.

Port of Oshawa Land Use Plan

H.O.P.A. Ports has developed a Land Use Plan for the Port of Oshawa, containing objectives and policies for developing the Port of Oshawa over the next 10 to 15 years. The Land Use Plan for the Port of Oshawa creates a framework for land use planning and development that considers:

• The current and future infrastructure needs of the port
• The market demands for multimodal transportation services in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (G.T.H.A.).
• The environmental and social aspects of the port lands and waterfront
• Community and stakeholder aspirations for the future of the port
• The port's role as an economic driver in the City of Oshawa and the G.T.H.A. region

The Port of Oshawa Land Use Plan was developed in consultation with community members and various stakeholders. Input received from all stakeholders throughout the planning process was considered by H.O.P.A. Ports in developing the final Land Use Plan.

The H.O.P.A. Ports Board of Directors adopted the Port of Oshawa Land Use Plan in September 2021.