List of municipalities in Ontario
There are currently 444 municipalities in the province of Ontario.[1][2]
In Ontario the term "municipality" refers to various forms of local government (including cities, counties, regional municipalities, towns, townships, villages, and confusingly, governments called municipalities) that provide services.
Two possible arrangements of local government exist[3]:
- One level of governance: a unitary authority (also referred to as a "single-tier" municipality) is responsible for providing all services.
- Two levels of governance: a county (or regional municipality) shares service responsibilities with constituent towns, cities, townships, and villages. These municipalities may be referred to as "upper-tier" and "lower-tier", respectively.
Sparsely populated Northern Ontario mostly lacks local government, instead using provincially-contracted local services boards to provide services. The exception is larger centres, which have unitary authorities. Although Northern Ontario can be divided into districts, these divisions are used only for census purposes.
Unitary authority ("Single-tier") configuration
This style of local government is found in two contexts:
- The result of a provincially-mandated merger of a county with its constituent municipalities.
- An independent city, in Southern Ontario formed by leaving the county.
Result of merger
Independent cities in Southern Ontario, and their former counties
Independent cities in Northern Ontario
Two-level ("Upper- and lower-tier") configuration
Regional municipalities and constituents
Counties and constituents
Notes
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