List of township municipalities in Ontario

Distribution of Ontario's township municipalities by lower-tier and single-tier municipality status
Ontario has 200 township municipalities of which 115 are lower-tier municipalities and 85 are single-tier municipalities

A township is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A township can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality.

Ontario has 200 townships[1] that had a cumulative population of 990,396 and an average population of 4,952 in the 2011 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest townships are Centre Wellington and Cockburn Island with populations of 26,693 and 0[N 1] respectively.[2]

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a township was a type of local municipality.[4] Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 1,000 or more could have been incorporated as a township by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality.[4] It also provided that a township could include "a union of townships and a municipality composed of two or more townships".[4]

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every township that:[5]

The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "townships", or other former municipal status types such as "cities", "towns" or "villages", or generically as "municipalities".[6]

Township municipalities in Ontario

Former township municipalities

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Former township Change date Change event Current status Remarks
Barrie Island[7] January 1, 2009 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Dack[8] January 1, 2003 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Charlton and Dack
Delhi[9] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Norfolk County
Dymond[8] January 1, 2004 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Temiskaming Shores
Glanbrook[10] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Hamilton
Gordon[7] January 1, 2009 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Goulbourn[11] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Marmora and Lake[8] March 14, 2001 Status change Municipality
Michipicoten[7] June 5, 2007 Status and name change Municipality Name changed to Wawa
Norfolk[9] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Norfolk County
North Grenville[8] July 14, 2003 Status change Municipality
North Himsworth[8] June 2, 2002 Status and name change Municipality Named changed to Callander
Osgoode[11] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Rideau[11] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Shedden[8] October 1, 2004 Status and name change Town Name changed to Spanish
Shuniah[12] January 2, 2011 Status change Municipality
West Carleton[11] January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
West Grey[8] December 2, 2002 Status change Municipality

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Actual population may not be 0 as Statistics Canada, to protect privacy, rounds population to the nearest 5 in the event a geographic area's actual population is less than 15.[3]

References

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  2. 1 2
  3. ↑ "Census Profile: Cockburn Island, TP, Ontario (Census subdivision) – 1. 2011 and 2006 population". Statistics Canada. March 1, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2006 to January 1, 2011 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLS). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLS). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Town of Norfolk Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ "City of Hamilton Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "City of Ottawa Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2012 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
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