[5][1] Local member of Provincial Parliament Mike Colle organized a petition in 2012 that led to a station at Oakwood Avenue being added to the Crosstown plan.

Both entrances replace existing storefronts; the main entry will be located directly at the northern end of Oakwood Avenue, serving as that street's terminating vista, the only station along Line 5 to serve as such, while the secondary will be on the south side of Eglinton some 80 metres (260 ft) west between Oakwood Avenue and Times Road.

The National Post reported that contractors who thought they were pumping grout into holes they had drilled had filled a sewer near Oakwood station with cement, shortly before Christmas 2013.

[14] The owners, Maureen and Ian Young, told CBC News that Metrolinx had failed to contact them, prior to announcing the expropriation in a local paper.

[15] By September 2021, Oakwood station was nearing completion, with track laid and electrical overhead catenary installed.