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

Ontario has 88 towns that had a cumulative population of 1,813,458 and an average population of 22,316 in the 2016 Census. In the 2021 Census, Ontario's largest and smallest towns are Oakville and Latchford with populations of 213,759 and 355 respectively.

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a town was both an urban and a local municipality. Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 2,000 or more could have been incorporated as a town by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality. It also allowed the Municipal Board to change the status of a village or township to a town if it had a population of 2,000 upon review of an application from the village or township.

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

"existed and formed part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a lower-tier municipality yet retained its name as a town; and
"existed and did not form part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a single-tier municipality yet retained its name as a town.

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

Towns in Ontario

Name	Municipal status	Geographic area	Population (2016)	Population (2011)	Change (%)	Area (km)	Population density
Ajax	Lower-tier	Durham	119,677	109,600	9.2	67.00	1,786.4
Amherstburg	Lower-tier	Essex	21,936	21,556	1.8	185.61	118.2
Arnprior	Lower-tier	Renfrew	8,795	8,114	8.4	13.07	672.7
Atikokan	Single-tier	Rainy River	2,753	2,787	−1.2	319.52	8.6
Aurora	Lower-tier	York	55,445	53,203	4.2	49.85	1,112.3
Aylmer	Lower-tier	Elgin	7,492	7,151	4.8	6.26	1,197.6
Bancroft	Lower-tier	Hastings	3,881	3,880	0.00	229.51	16.9
Blind River	Single-tier	Algoma	3,472	3,549	−2.2	525.65	6.6
Bracebridge	Lower-tier	Muskoka	16,010	15,414	3.9	628.22	25.5
Bradford West Gwillimbury	Lower-tier	Simcoe	35,325	28,077	25.8	201.04	175.7
Bruce Mines	Single-tier	Algoma	582	566	2.8	6.22	93.6
Caledon	Lower-tier	Peel	66,502	59,460	11.8	688.16	96.6
Carleton Place	Lower-tier	Lanark	10,644	9,809	8.5	9.05	1,176.2
Cobalt	Single-tier	Timiskaming	1,128	1,133	−0.4	2.08	541.8
Cobourg	Lower-tier	Northumberland	19,440	18,519	5.0	22.36	869.3
Cochrane	Single-tier	Cochrane	5,321	5,340	−0.4	539.12	9.9
Collingwood	Lower-tier	Simcoe	21,793	19,241	13.3	33.78	645.1
Deep River	Lower-tier	Renfrew	4,109	4,193	−2.0	50.13	82.0
Deseronto	Lower-tier	Hastings	1,774	1,835	−3.3	2.51	705.7
East Gwillimbury	Lower-tier	York	23,991	22,473	6.8	245.04	97.9
Englehart	Single-tier	Timiskaming	1,479	1,519	−2.6	3.02	489.7
Erin	Lower-tier	Wellington	11,439	10,770	6.2	297.76	38.4
Espanola	Single-tier	Sudbury	4,996	5,364	−6.9	82.82	60.3
Essex	Lower-tier	Essex	20,427	19,600	4.2	277.97	73.5
Fort Erie	Lower-tier	Niagara	30,710	29,960	2.5	166.27	184.7
Fort Frances	Single-tier	Rainy River	7,739	7,952	−2.7	25.51	303.4
Gananoque	Single-tier	Leeds and Grenville	5,159	5,194	−0.7	7.03	733.6
Georgina	Lower-tier	York	45,418	43,517	4.4	287.75	157.8
Goderich	Lower-tier	Huron	7,628	7,526	1.4	8.64	882.8
Gore Bay	Single-tier	Manitoulin	867	850	2.0	5.23	165.7
Grand Valley	Lower-tier	Dufferin	2,956	2,726	8.4	158.23	18.7
Gravenhurst	Lower-tier	Muskoka	12,311	12,055	2.1	518.06	23.8
Greater Napanee	Lower-tier	Lennox and Addington	15,892	15,511	2.5	461.17	34.5
Grimsby	Lower-tier	Niagara	27,314	25,325	7.9	68.93	396.3
Halton Hills	Lower-tier	Halton	61,161	59,013	3.6	276.27	221.4
Hanover	Lower-tier	Grey	7,688	7,490	2.6	9.80	784.9
Hawkesbury	Lower-tier	Prescott and Russell	10,263	10,551	−2.7	9.62	1,067.3
Hearst	Single-tier	Cochrane	5,070	5,090	−0.4	98.52	51.5
Huntsville	Lower-tier	Muskoka	19,816	19,056	4.0	710.01	27.9
Ingersoll	Lower-tier	Oxford	12,757	12,146	5.0	12.75	1,000.7
Innisfil	Lower-tier	Simcoe	36,566	32,727	11.7	262.71	139.2
Iroquois Falls	Single-tier	Cochrane	4,537	4,595	−1.3	600.01	7.6
Kapuskasing	Single-tier	Cochrane	8,292	8,196	1.2	84.37	98.3
Kearney	Single-tier	Parry Sound	882	841	4.9	532.00	1.7
Kingsville	Lower-tier	Essex	21,552	21,362	0.9	246.83	87.3
Kirkland Lake	Single-tier	Timiskaming	7,981	8,493	−6.7	262.13	30.4
Lakeshore	Lower-tier	Essex	36,611	34,546	6.0	530.33	69.0
LaSalle	Lower-tier	Essex	30,180	28,643	5.4	65.35	461.8
Latchford	Single-tier	Timiskaming	313	387	−19.1	153.53	2.0
Laurentian Hills	Lower-tier	Renfrew	2,961	2,811	5.3	642.03	4.6
Lincoln	Lower-tier	Niagara	23,787	22,487	5.8	162.81	146.1
Marathon	Single-tier	Thunder Bay	3,273	3,353	−2.4	170.54	19.2
Mattawa	Single-tier	Nipissing	1,993	2,023	−1.5	3.66	544.8
Midland	Lower-tier	Simcoe	16,864	16,572	1.8	35.34	477.3
Milton	Lower-tier	Halton	110,128	84,362	30.5	363.22	303.2
Minto	Lower-tier	Wellington	8,671	8,334	4.0	300.69	28.8
Mississippi Mills	Lower-tier	Lanark	13,163	12,385	6.3	519.58	25.3
Mono	Lower-tier	Dufferin	8,609	7,546	14.1	277.83	31.0
Moosonee	Single-tier	Cochrane	1,481	1,725	−14.1	546.72	2.7
New Tecumseth	Lower-tier	Simcoe	34,242	30,234	13.3	274.21	124.9
Newmarket	Lower-tier	York	84,224	79,978	5.3	38.45	2,190.5
Niagara-on-the-Lake	Lower-tier	Niagara	17,511	15,400	13.7	132.80	131.8
Oakville	Lower-tier	Halton	193,832	182,520	6.2	138.89	1,395.6
Orangeville	Lower-tier	Dufferin	28,900	27,975	3.3	15.61	1,851.9
Parry Sound	Single-tier	Parry Sound	6,408	6,191	3.5	13.40	478.2
Pelham	Lower-tier	Niagara	17,110	16,598	3.1	126.43	135.3
Penetanguishene	Lower-tier	Simcoe	8,962	9,111	−1.6	25.58	350.3
Perth	Lower-tier	Lanark	5,930	5,840	1.5	12.25	484.1
Petawawa	Lower-tier	Renfrew	17,187	15,988	7.5	166.69	103.1
Petrolia	Lower-tier	Lambton	5,742	5,528	3.9	12.68	452.8
Plympton-Wyoming	Lower-tier	Lambton	7,795	7,576	2.9	318.78	24.5
Prescott	Single-tier	Leeds and Grenville	4,222	4,284	−1.4	4.93	856.2
Rainy River	Single-tier	Rainy River	807	842	−4.2	3.11	259.9
Renfrew	Lower-tier	Renfrew	8,223	8,218	0.1	12.78	643.4
Saugeen Shores	Lower-tier	Bruce	13,715	12,661	8.3	171.05	80.2
Shelburne	Lower-tier	Dufferin	8,126	5,846	39.0	6.56	1,238.1
Smiths Falls	Single-tier	Lanark	8,780	8,978	−2.2	9.66	909.1
Smooth Rock Falls	Single-tier	Cochrane	1,330	1,376	−3.3	200.10	6.6
South Bruce Peninsula	Lower-tier	Bruce	8,416	8,413	0.0	532.29	15.8
Spanish	Single-tier	Algoma	712	696	2.3	108.67	6.6
St. Marys	Single-tier	Perth	7,265	6,655	9.2	12.45	583.5
Tecumseh	Lower-tier	Essex	23,229	23,610	−1.6	94.64	245.4
The Blue Mountains	Lower-tier	Grey	7,025	6,453	8.9	287.24	24.5
Thessalon	Single-tier	Algoma	1,286	1,279	0.5	4.52	284.6
Tillsonburg	Lower-tier	Oxford	15,872	15,301	3.7	22.33	710.8
Wasaga Beach	Lower-tier	Simcoe	20,675	17,537	17.9	58.64	352.6
Whitby	Lower-tier	Durham	128,377	122,022	5.2	146.66	875.4
Whitchurch-Stouffville	Lower-tier	York	45,837	37,628	21.8	206.22	222.3
Total towns			1,810,744	1,683,241	7.6	16,226.84	111.59
Total lower-tier towns			1,712,616	1,583,983	8.1	11,902.32	143.89
Total single-tier towns			98,128	99,258	-1.1	4,324.52	22.69

References

^ "List of Ontario municipalities". Government of Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. August 19, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017.
"Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
"Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population: Profile table". Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
^ "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
"Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
"The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
"Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.

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