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There are currently 445 municipalities in Ontario.
These municipalities are divided into different structural tiers. A "local municipality" may be called a city, a town, a township, a municipality or a village and can also be referred to as a "lower tier" municipality. Local or lower tier municipalities are also part of a higher level of municipal or "upper tier" government such as a county, region or district. A county or regional government is a federation of the local municipalities within its boundaries. An example of an "upper tier" municipality is the Region of Waterloo, which is composed of 7 local municipalities.
A "single tier" municipality is a municipality where there is only one level of municipal government. There are three general types of single-tier municipalities in Ontario. The first are the amalgamated municipalities, which are generally counties or regional municipalities (or parts thereof) which have been amagamated into a single administrative unit. Those are similar to a consolidated city-county in the United States. Examples of this type of single tier municipality are Toronto and Kawartha Lakes. The second type consists of a municipality which has been "carved out" of the surrounding county's jurisdiction. Examples of this type are Peterborough and Windsor. The final type of single tier municipality is one which was never traditionally part of a dual tier system of government, namely the municipalities of northern Ontario. These municipalities are found in districts, however, districts are for census purposes only. Examples of this type are North Bay and Timmins.
[edit] Cities
| City |
Census division |
Population
2006[1] |
Location |
| Barrie |
Simcoe County |
128,430 |
|
| Belleville |
Hastings County |
48,821 |
|
| Brampton |
Peel Region |
433,806 |
|
| Brant |
Brant |
34,415 |
|
| Brantford |
Brant |
90,192 |
|
| Brockville |
Leeds and Grenville |
21,957 |
|
| Burlington |
Halton Region |
164,415 |
|
| Cambridge |
Waterloo Region |
120,371 |
|
| Chatham-Kent |
Chatham-Kent |
108,177 |
|
| Clarence-Rockland |
Prescott and Russell |
20,790 |
|
| Cornwall |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
45,965 |
|
| Dryden |
Kenora District |
8,195 |
|
| Elliot Lake |
Algoma District |
11,549 |
|
| Greater Sudbury |
Greater Sudbury |
157,857 |
|
| Guelph |
Wellington County |
114,943 |
|
| Haldimand County |
Haldimand County |
45,212 |
|
| Hamilton |
Hamilton |
504,559 |
|
| Kawartha Lakes |
Kawartha Lakes |
74,561 |
|
| Kenora |
Kenora District |
15,177 |
|
| Kingston |
Frontenac County |
117,207 |
|
| Kitchener |
Waterloo Region |
204,668 |
|
| Lambton Shores |
Lambton County |
11,150 |
|
| London |
Middlesex County |
352,395 |
|
| Mississauga |
Peel Region |
668,549 |
|
| Niagara Falls |
Niagara Region |
82,184 |
|
| Norfolk County |
Norfolk County |
60,847 |
|
| North Bay |
Nipissing District |
53,966 |
|
| Orillia |
Simcoe County |
30,259 |
|
| Oshawa |
Durham Region |
141,590 |
|
| Ottawa |
Ottawa |
812,129 |
|
| Owen Sound |
Grey County |
21,753 |
|
| Pembroke |
Renfrew County |
13,930 |
|
| Peterborough |
Peterborough County |
74,898 |
|
| Pickering |
Durham Region |
87,838 |
|
| Prince Edward County |
Prince Edward County |
25,496 |
|
| Port Colborne |
Niagara Region |
18,599 |
|
| Quinte West |
Hastings County |
42,697 |
|
| St. Catharines |
Niagara Region |
131,989 |
|
| St. Thomas |
Elgin County |
36,110 |
|
| Sarnia |
Lambton County |
71,419 |
|
| Sault Ste. Marie |
Algoma District |
74,948 |
|
| Stratford |
Perth County |
30,461 |
|
| Temiskaming Shores |
Timiskaming District |
10,732 |
|
| Thorold |
Niagara Region |
18,244 |
|
| Thunder Bay |
Thunder Bay |
109,140 |
|
| Timmins |
Cochrane District |
42,997 |
|
| Toronto |
Toronto |
2,503,281 |
|
| Vaughan |
York Region |
238,866 |
|
| Waterloo |
Waterloo Region |
97,475 |
|
| Welland |
Niagara Region |
50,331 |
|
| Windsor |
Essex County |
216,473 |
|
| Woodstock |
Oxford County |
35,480 |
|
| Municipality |
Census division |
Population
2006[2] |
Location |
| Ajax |
Durham Region |
90,167 |
|
| Aurora |
York Region |
47,629 |
|
| Blind River |
Algoma District |
3,780 |
46°11′N 82°57′W / 46.183, -82.95 |
| Bracebridge |
Muskoka District |
15,682 |
|
| Bruce Mines |
Algoma District |
627 |
46°17′N 83°47′W / 46.283, -83.783 |
| Caledon |
Peel Regional Municipality |
57,050 |
43°52′N 80°00′W / 43.867, -80 |
| Clarington |
Durham Region |
77,820 |
|
| Cobalt |
Timiskaming District |
1,229 |
|
| Cochrane |
Cochrane District |
5,487 |
49°04′N 81°01′W / 49.067, -81.017 |
| East Gwillimbury |
York Region |
21,069 |
|
| Englehart |
Timiskaming District |
1,494 |
|
| Espanola |
Sudbury District |
5,314 |
|
| Fort Erie |
Niagara Region |
29,925 |
|
| Fort Frances |
Rainy River |
8,103 |
|
| French River |
Sudbury District |
2,659 |
|
| Gananoque |
Leeds & Grenville County |
5,285 |
44°20′N 76°10′W / 44.333, -76.167 |
| Georgina |
York Region |
42,346 |
|
| Gore Bay |
Manitoulin District |
898 |
|
| Gravenhurst |
Muskoka District |
10,899 |
|
| Greater Napanee |
Lennox and Addington County |
15,400 |
|
| Greenstone |
Thunder Bay District |
4,906 |
|
| Grimsby |
Niagara Region |
24,240 |
|
| Halton Hills |
Halton Regional Municipality |
55,289 |
43°38′24″N 79°55′55″W / 43.64, -79.93194 |
| Hawkesbury |
Prescott and Russell United Counties |
10,869 |
|
| Hearst |
Cochrane District |
5,620 |
49°42′N 83°40′W / 49.7, -83.667 |
| Huntsville |
Muskoka District |
18,280 |
|
| Iroquois Falls |
Cochrane District |
4,729 |
48°46′N 80°40′W / 48.767, -80.667 |
| Kapuskasing |
Cochrane District |
8,509 |
49°25′N 82°26′W / 49.417, -82.433 |
| Kearney |
Parry Sound District |
798 |
|
| Killarney |
Sudbury District |
454 |
|
| Kirkland Lake |
Timiskaming District |
8,248 |
|
| Latchford |
Timiskaming District |
446 |
|
| Lincoln |
Niagara Region |
21,722 |
|
| Marathon |
Thunder Bay District |
3,863 |
|
| Markham |
York Region |
261,573 |
|
| Markstay-Warren |
Sudbury District |
2,475 |
|
| Mattawa |
Nipissing District |
2,003 |
|
| Milton |
Halton Regional Municipality |
53,939 |
|
| Moosonee |
Cochrane District |
2,006 |
51°16′N 80°38′W / 51.267, -80.633 |
| Newmarket |
York Region |
74,295 |
|
| Niagara-on-the-Lake |
Niagara Region |
14,587 |
|
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands |
Manitoulin District |
2,711 |
|
| Oakville |
Halton Regional Municipality |
165,613 |
|
| Parry Sound |
Parry Sound District |
5,818 |
|
| Pelham |
Niagara Region |
16,155 |
|
| Pickering |
Durham Region |
87,838 |
|
| Powassan |
Parry Sound District |
3,309 |
|
| Prescott |
Leeds & Grenville County |
4,180 |
44°43′N 75°31′W / 44.717, -75.517 |
| Rainy River |
Rainy River |
909 |
|
| Red Lake |
Kenora District |
4,526 |
|
| Richmond Hill |
York Region |
162,704 |
|
| St. Charles |
Sudbury District |
1,159 |
|
| St. Marys |
Perth County |
6,617 |
43°15′N 81°08′W / 43.25, -81.133 |
| Sioux Lookout |
Kenora District |
5,183 |
|
| Smiths Falls |
Lanark County |
8,777 |
44°54′N 76°01′W / 44.9, -76.017
|
| Smooth Rock Falls |
Cochrane District |
1,473 |
49°17′N 81°38′W / 49.283, -81.633 |
| Spanish |
Algoma District |
728 |
|
| Temagami |
Nipissing District |
934 |
|
| Thessalon |
Algoma District |
1,312 |
|
| West Nipissing |
Nipissing District |
13,410 |
|
| Whitby |
Durham Region |
111,184 |
|
| Whitchurch-Stouffville |
York Region |
24,390 |
|
[edit] Townships
| Municipality |
Census division |
Population
2006[3] |
Location |
| Addington Highlands |
Lennox and Addington |
2,512 |
|
| Alberton |
Rainy River |
958 |
|
| Alfred and Plantagenet |
Prescott and Russell |
8,654 |
|
| Algonquin Highlands |
Haliburton |
1,976 |
|
| The Archipelago |
Parry Sound |
576 |
|
| Armour |
Parry Sound |
1,249 |
|
| Assiginack |
Manitoulin |
914 |
|
| Atikokan |
Rainy River |
3,293 |
|
| Baldwin |
Sudbury District |
554 |
|
| Barrie Island |
Manitoulin |
47 |
|
| Billings |
Manitoulin |
539 |
|
| Black River-Matheson |
Cochrane |
2,619 |
|
| Bonfield |
Nipissing |
2,009 |
|
| Brock |
Durham |
11,979 |
|
| Burpee and Mills |
Manitoulin |
329 |
|
| Callander |
Parry Sound |
3,249 |
|
| Calvin |
Nipissing |
608 |
|
| Carling |
Parry Sound |
1,123 |
|
| Central Frontenac |
Frontenac |
4,665 |
|
| Central Manitoulin |
Manitoulin |
1,944 |
|
| Champlain |
Prescott and Russell |
8,683 |
|
| Chapleau |
Sudbury District |
2,354 |
|
| Chapple |
Rainy River |
856 |
|
| Chisholm |
Nipissing |
1,318 |
|
| Cockburn Island |
Manitoulin |
10 |
|
| Dawson |
Rainy River |
620 |
|
| Dubreuilville |
Algoma |
773 |
|
| Dysart, Bruton, Clyde, Dudley, Eyre, Guilford, Harburn, Harcourt and Havelock |
Haliburton |
5,526 |
|
| Ear Falls |
Kenora |
1,153 |
|
| East Ferris |
Nipissing |
4,200 |
|
| East Hawkesbury |
Prescott and Russell |
3,368 |
|
| Emo |
Rainy River |
1,305 |
|
| Fauquier-Strickland |
Cochrane |
678 |
49°18′00″N 82°01′59″W / 49.3, -82.033 |
| Frontenac Islands |
Frontenac |
1,862 |
|
| Georgian Bay |
Muskoka |
2,340 |
|
| Gordon |
Manitoulin |
412 |
|
| Highlands East |
Haliburton |
3,089 |
|
| Hilton |
Algoma |
243 |
|
| Hornepayne |
Algoma |
1,209 |
49°13′N 84°47′W / 49.217, -84.783 |
| Huron Shores |
Algoma |
1,696 |
|
| Ignace |
Kenora |
1,431 |
|
| Jocelyn |
Algoma |
277 |
|
| Joly |
Parry Sound |
290 |
|
| Johnson |
Algoma |
701 |
46°20′N 83°56′W / 46.333, -83.933 |
| King |
York |
19,487 |
|
| Laird |
Algoma |
1,078 |
52°43′N 106°35′W / 52.717, -106.583 |
| Lake of Bays |
Muskoka |
3,570 |
|
| Lake of the Woods |
Rainy River |
323 |
|
| Loyalist |
Lennox and Addington |
15,062 |
|
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional |
Algoma |
1,550 |
46°28′59″N 84°04′01″W / 46.483, -84.067 |
| McDougall |
Parry Sound |
2,704 |
|
| Machar |
Parry Sound |
849 |
|
| Machin |
Kenora |
978 |
|
| McKellar |
Parry Sound |
1,080 |
|
| McMurrich/Monteith |
Parry Sound |
630 |
|
| Magnetawan |
Parry Sound |
1,610 |
|
| Mattawan |
Nipissing |
147 |
|
| Mattice-Val Côté |
Cochrane |
772 |
|
| Michipicoten |
Algoma |
3,204 |
47°57′N 84°55′W / 47.95, -84.917 |
| Minden Hills |
Haliburton |
5,556 |
|
| Moonbeam |
Cochrane |
1,201 |
49°21′N 82°09′W / 49.35, -82.15 |
| Morley |
Rainy River |
492 |
|
| Muskoka Lakes |
Muskoka |
6,467 |
|
| Nairn and Hyman |
Sudbury District |
493 |
|
| The Nation |
Prescott and Russell |
10,643 |
|
| Nipissing |
Parry Sound |
1,642 |
|
| North Dumfries |
Waterloo |
9,063 |
|
| North Dundas |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
11,095 |
|
| North Frontenac |
Frontenac |
1,904 |
|
| North Glengarry |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
10,635 |
|
| North Shore |
Algoma |
549 |
|
| North Stormont |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
6,769 |
|
| Opasatika |
Cochrane |
325 |
49°32′N 82°52′W / 49.533, -82.867 |
| Papineau-Cameron |
Nipissing |
1,058 |
|
| Perry |
Parry Sound |
2,010 |
|
| Pickle Lake |
Kenora |
479 |
|
| Plummer Additional |
Algoma |
625 |
|
| Russell |
Prescott and Russell |
13,883 |
|
| Ryerson |
Parry Sound |
686 |
|
| Sables-Spanish Rivers |
Sudbury District |
3,237 |
|
| St. Joseph |
Algoma |
1,129 |
|
| Scugog |
Durham |
21,439 |
|
| Seguin |
Parry Sound |
4,276 |
|
| Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls |
Kenora |
672 |
|
| South Algonquin |
Nipissing |
1,253 |
|
| South Dundas |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
10,535 |
|
| South Frontenac |
Frontenac |
18,227 |
|
| South Glengarry |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
12,880 |
|
| South Stormont |
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
12,520 |
|
| Stone Mills |
Lennox and Addington |
7,568 |
|
| Strong |
Parry Sound |
1,327 |
|
| Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional |
Algoma |
388 |
|
| Tehkummah |
Manitoulin |
382 |
|
| Uxbridge |
Durham |
19,169 |
|
| Val Rita-Harty |
Cochrane |
1,022 |
|
| La Vallee |
Rainy River |
1,067 |
|
| Wellesley |
Waterloo |
9,789 |
|
| White River |
Algoma |
841 |
48°35′N 85°17′W / 48.583, -85.283 |
| Whitestone |
Parry Sound |
1,030 |
|
| Wilmot |
Waterloo |
17,097 |
|
| Woolwich |
Waterloo |
19,658 |
|
[edit] Villages
| Municipality |
Census division |
Population
2006[4] |
Location |
| Burk's Falls |
Parry Sound District |
986 |
|
| Casselman |
Algoma District |
3,294 |
45°18′N 75°05′W / 45.3, -75.083 |
| Hilton Beach |
Algoma District |
172 |
46°15′N 83°53′W / 46.25, -83.883 |
| Merrickville-Wolford |
Leeds and Grenville County |
2,812 |
|
| Newbury |
Middlesex County |
439 |
|
| Oil Springs |
Lambton County |
717 |
|
| Point Edward |
Lambton County |
2,019 |
43°00′N 82°24′W / 43, -82.4 |
| South River |
Parry Sound District |
1,069 |
45°51′N 79°22′W / 45.85, -79.367 |
| Sundridge |
Parry Sound District |
942 |
45°46′N 79°24′W / 45.767, -79.4 |
| Thornloe |
Timiskaming District |
105 |
|
| Westport |
Leeds and Grenville County |
645 |
44°41′00″N 76°23′57″W / 44.683333, -76.39917 |
[edit] Unformatted list
Oxford County (Woodstock)
Bruce County (Walkerton)
Dufferin (Orangeville)
Elgin County (St. Thomas)
Essex County (Windsor)
Grey County (Owen Sound)
Hastings County (Belleville)
Huron County (Goderich)
Lambton County (Sarnia)
Lanark County (Perth)
Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Brockville)
Middlesex County (London)
Northumberland County (Cobourg)
Perth County (Stratford)
Peterborough County (Peterborough)
Renfrew County (Pembroke)
Simcoe County (Barrie)
Wellington County (Guelph)