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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 type of municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. They can have either single-tier status or lower-tier status.

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

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a township was a type of local municipality. 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. It also provided that a township could include "a union of townships and a municipality composed of two or more townships".

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every township 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 township; 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 township.

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".

Township municipalities in Ontario

Township Municipal
status 		Geographic area Population
(2011) 		Population
(2006) 		Change
(%) 		Area
(km) 		Population
density
Addington Highlands Lower-tier Lennox and Addington 2,532 2,512 0.8 1,329.93 1.9
Adelaide-Metcalfe Lower-tier Middlesex 3,028 3,135 −3.4 331.38 9.1
Adjala-Tosorontio Lower-tier Simcoe 10,603 10,695 −0.9 372.39 28.5
Admaston/Bromley Lower-tier Renfrew 2,844 2,716 4.7 524.6 5.4
Alberton Single-tier Rainy River 864 958 −9.8 115.43 7.5
Alfred and Plantagenet Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 9,196 8,654 6.3 392.45 23.4
Algonquin Highlands Lower-tier Haliburton 2,156 1,976 9.1 1,004.76 2.1
Alnwick/Haldimand Lower-tier Northumberland 6,617 6,435 2.8 398.57 16.6
Amaranth Lower-tier Dufferin 3,963 3,845 3.1 264.5 15
ArchipelagoThe Archipelago Single-tier Parry Sound 566 576 −1.7 606.56 0.9
Armour Single-tier Parry Sound 1,372 1,249 9.8 164.44 8.3
Armstrong Single-tier Timiskaming 1,216 1,155 5.3 90.33 13.5
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Lower-tier Huron 5,582 5,409 3.2 587.08 9.5
Asphodel-Norwood Lower-tier Peterborough 4,041 4,247 −4.9 160.98 25.1
Assiginack Single-tier Manitoulin 960 914 5 227.87 4.2
Athens Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 3,118 3,086 1 127.77 24.4
Augusta Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 7,430 7,510 −1.1 314.73 23.6
Baldwin Single-tier Sudbury 551 554 −0.5 83.29 6.6
Beckwith Lower-tier Lanark 6,986 6,387 9.4 240.51 29
Billings Single-tier Manitoulin 506 539 −6.1 209.3 2.4
Black River-Matheson Single-tier Cochrane 2,410 2,619 −8 1,163.41 2.1
Blandford-Blenheim Lower-tier Oxford 7,359 7,149 2.9 382.28 19.3
Bonfield Single-tier Nipissing 2,016 1,981 1.8 208.43 9.7
Bonnechere Valley Lower-tier Renfrew 3,763 3,665 2.7 593.19 6.3
Brethour Single-tier Timiskaming 129 117 10.3 82.05 1.6
Brock Lower-tier Durham 11,341 11,979 −5.3 423.38 26.8
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Lower-tier Renfrew 1,658 1,497 10.8 705.83 2.3
Burpee and Mills Single-tier Manitoulin 308 329 −6.4 218.48 1.4
Carling Single-tier Parry Sound 1,248 1,123 11.1 248.56 5
Carlow/Mayo Lower-tier Hastings 892 950 −6.1 390.94 2.3
Casey Single-tier Timiskaming 374 385 −2.9 80.75 4.6
Cavan-Monaghan Lower-tier Peterborough 8,601 8,828 −2.6 306.22 28.1
Central Frontenac Lower-tier Frontenac 4,556 4,665 −2.3 1,025.17 4.4
Centre Wellington Lower-tier Wellington 26,693 26,049 2.5 407.53 65.5
Chamberlain Single-tier Timiskaming 297 322 −7.8 110.22 2.7
Champlain Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 8,573 8,683 −1.3 207.24 41.4
Chapleau Single-tier Sudbury 2,116 2,354 −10.1 14.27 148.3
Chapple Single-tier Rainy River 741 856 −13.4 529.02 1.4
Chatsworth Lower-tier Grey 6,437 6,392 0.7 596.18 10.8
Chisholm Single-tier Nipissing 1,263 1,318 −4.2 206.79 6.1
Clearview Lower-tier Simcoe 13,734 14,088 −2.5 557.44 24.6
Cockburn Island Single-tier Manitoulin 0 10 −100 171.04 0
Coleman Single-tier Timiskaming 597 540 10.6 178.82 3.3
Conmee Single-tier Thunder Bay 764 740 3.2 168.81 4.5
Cramahe Lower-tier Northumberland 6,073 5,950 2.1 201.98 30.1
Dawn-Euphemia Lower-tier Lambton 2,049 2,190 −6.4 445.13 4.6
Dawson Single-tier Rainy River 563 620 −9.2 338.35 1.7
Dorion Single-tier Thunder Bay 338 379 −10.8 212.12 1.6
Douro-Dummer Lower-tier Peterborough 6,805 6,954 −2.1 458.98 14.8
Drummond/North Elmsley Lower-tier Lanark 7,487 7,118 5.2 366.03 20.5
Dubreuilville Single-tier Algoma 635 773 −17.9 89.57 7.1
Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn,
Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde		 Lower-tier Haliburton 5,966 5,526 8 1,483.51 4
Ear Falls Single-tier Kenora 1,026 1,153 −11 331.03 3.1
East Ferris Single-tier Nipissing 4,766 4,228 12.7 155.03 30.7
East Garafraxa Lower-tier Dufferin 2,595 2,389 8.6 166.04 15.6
East Hawkesbury Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 3,335 3,368 −1 235.18 14.2
East Zorra-Tavistock Lower-tier Oxford 6,836 7,008 −2.5 242.3 28.2
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 6,959 6,689 4 312.34 22.3
Elizabethtown-Kitley Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 9,724 10,201 −4.7 557.8 17.4
Emo Single-tier Rainy River 1,252 1,305 −4.1 203.54 6.2
Enniskillen Lower-tier Lambton 2,930 3,122 −6.1 338.18 8.7
Essa Lower-tier Simcoe 18,505 16,901 9.5 280.07 66.1
Evanturel Single-tier Timiskaming 452 473 −4.4 88.99 5.1
Faraday Lower-tier Hastings 1,468 1,578 −7 217.97 6.7
Fauquier-Strickland Single-tier Cochrane 530 568 −6.7 1,013.9 0.5
Front of Yonge Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 2,752 2,803 −4.4 128.47 20.9
Frontenac Islands Lower-tier Frontenac 1,864 1,862 0.1 175.04 10.6
Gauthier Single-tier Timiskaming 123 133 −7.5 88.59 1.4
Georgian Bay Lower-tier Muskoka 2,482 2,340 6.1 546.97 4.5
Georgian Bluffs Lower-tier Grey 10,404 10,506 −1 604.36 17.2
Gillies Single-tier Thunder Bay 473 544 −13.1 93.02 5.1
Greater Madawaska Lower-tier Renfrew 2,485 2,751 −9.7 1,034.33 2.4
Guelph/Eramosa Lower-tier Wellington 12,380 12,066 2.6 291.71 42.4
Hamilton Lower-tier Northumberland 10,702 10,972 −2.5 256.12 41.8
Harley Single-tier Timiskaming 539 551 −2.2 91.73 5.9
Harris Single-tier Timiskaming 523 512 2.1 50.17 10.4
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Lower-tier Peterborough 4,523 4,637 −2.5 543.59 8.3
Head, Clara and Maria Lower-tier Renfrew 235 228 3.1 728.15 0.3
Hilliard Single-tier Timiskaming 204 222 −8.1 91.18 2.2
Hilton Single-tier Algoma 261 243 7.4 115.78 2.3
Hornepayne Single-tier Algoma 1,050 1,209 −13.2 204.52 5.1
Horton Lower-tier Renfrew 2,719 2,803 −3 158.53 17.2
Howick Lower-tier Huron 3,856 3,882 −0.7 287.18 13.4
Hudson Single-tier Timiskaming 476 455 4.6 90.64 5.3
Huron-Kinloss Lower-tier Bruce 6,790 6,515 4.2 440.63 15.4
Ignace Single-tier Kenora 1,202 1,431 −16 72.66 16.5
James Single-tier Timiskaming 424 414 2.4 86.19 4.9
Jocelyn Single-tier Algoma 237 277 −14.4 131.37 1.8
Johnson Single-tier Algoma 750 701 7 120.38 6.2
Joly Single-tier Parry Sound 284 280 1.4 194.33 1.5
Kerns Single-tier Timiskaming 359 325 10.5 90.44 4
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Lower-tier Renfrew 2,402 2,550 −5.8 395.98 6.1
King Lower-tier York 19,899 19,487 2.1 333.3 59.7
La Vallee Single-tier Rainy River 988 1,067 −7.4 237.5 4.2
Laird Single-tier Algoma 1,057 1,078 −1.9 102.43 10.3
Lake of Bays Lower-tier Muskoka 3,506 3,570 −1.8 677.58 5.2
Lake of the Woods Single-tier Rainy River 296 323 −8.4 751.95 0.4
Lanark Highlands Lower-tier Lanark 5,128 5,180 −1 1,048.19 4.9
Larder Lake Single-tier Timiskaming 684 735 −6.9 229.65 3
Laurentian Valley Lower-tier Renfrew 9,657 9,265 4.2 552.44 17.5
Leeds and the Thousand Islands Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 9,277 9,435 −1.7 612.51 15.1
Limerick Lower-tier Hastings 352 364 −3.3 205.68 1.7
Loyalist Lower-tier Lennox and Addington 16,221 15,062 7.7 341.04 47.6
Lucan Biddulph Lower-tier Middlesex 4,338 4,187 3.6 169.15 25.6
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional Single-tier Algoma 1,464 1,550 −5.5 163.52 9
Machar Single-tier Parry Sound 923 866 6.6 184.62 5
Machin Single-tier Kenora 935 978 −4.4 289.84 3.2
Madawaska Valley Lower-tier Renfrew 4,282 4,381 −2.3 671.85 6.4
Madoc Lower-tier Hastings 2,197 2,069 6.2 277.97 7.9
Malahide Lower-tier Elgin 9,146 8,828 3.6 395.08 23.2
Manitouwadge Single-tier Thunder Bay 2,105 2,300 −8.5 352.06 6
Mapleton Lower-tier Wellington 9,989 9,851 1.4 534.81 18.7
Matachewan Single-tier Timiskaming 409 375 9.1 543.63 0.8
Mattawan Single-tier Nipissing 162 147 10.2 200.96 0.8
Mattice-Val Côté Single-tier Cochrane 686 772 −11.1 414.64 1.7
McDougall Single-tier Parry Sound 2,705 2,704 0 268.3 10.1
McGarry Single-tier Timiskaming 595 674 −11.7 86.72 6.9
McKellar Single-tier Parry Sound 1,144 1,080 5.9 181.12 6.3
McMurrich/Monteith Single-tier Parry Sound 779 791 −1.5 278.13 2.8
McNab/Braeside Lower-tier Renfrew 7,371 7,222 2.1 255.74 28.8
Melancthon Lower-tier Dufferin 2,839 2,895 −1.9 310.96 9.1
Minden Hills Lower-tier Haliburton 5,655 5,556 1.8 878.17 6.4
Montague Lower-tier Lanark 3,483 3,209 8.5 279.74 12.5
Moonbeam Single-tier Cochrane 1,101 1,298 −15.2 235.65 4.7
Morley Single-tier Rainy River 474 492 −3.7 375.61 1.3
Mulmur Lower-tier Dufferin 3,391 3,318 2.2 286.73 11.8
Muskoka Lakes Lower-tier Muskoka 6,707 6,467 3.7 794.48 8.4
Nairn and Hyman Single-tier Sudbury 477 493 −3.2 160.94 3
Nipigon Single-tier Thunder Bay 1,631 1,752 −6.9 109.14 14.9
Nipissing Single-tier Parry Sound 1,704 1,642 3.8 393.6 4.3
North Algona Wilberforce Lower-tier Renfrew 2,873 2,840 1.2 378.53 7.6
North Dumfries Lower-tier Waterloo 9,334 9,063 3 187.44 49.8
North Dundas Lower-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 11,225 11,095 1.2 503.21 22.3
North Frontenac Lower-tier Frontenac 1,842 1,904 −3.3 1,164.73 1.6
North Glengarry Lower-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 10,251 10,635 −3.6 643.69 15.9
North Huron Lower-tier Huron 4,884 5,015 −2.6 178.98 27.3
North Kawartha Lower-tier Peterborough 2,289 2,342 −2.3 776.04 2.9
North ShoreThe North Shore Single-tier Algoma 509 549 −7.3 238.94 2.1
North Stormont Lower-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 6,775 6,769 0.1 515.65 13.1
Norwich Lower-tier Oxford 10,721 10,481 2.3 431.28 24.9
O'Connor Single-tier Thunder Bay 685 720 −4.9 108.65 6.3
Opasatika Single-tier Cochrane 214 280 −23.6 329.98 0.6
Oro-Medonte Lower-tier Simcoe 20,078 20,031 0.2 586.9 34.2
Otonabee-South Monaghan Lower-tier Peterborough 6,660 6,812 −2.2 347.58 19.2
Papineau-Cameron Single-tier Nipissing 978 1,058 −7.6 566.74 1.7
Pelee Single-tier Essex 171 287 −40.4 41.79 4.1
Perry Single-tier Parry Sound 2,317 2,010 15.3 187.25 12.4
Perth East Lower-tier Perth 12,028 11,986 0.4 713.39 16.9
Perth South Lower-tier Perth 3,993 4,132 −3.4 393.03 10.2
Pickle Lake Single-tier Kenora 425 479 −11.3 255.08 1.7
Plummer Additional Single-tier Algoma 650 625 4 221.97 2.9
Prince Single-tier Algoma 1,031 971 6.2 85.31 12.1
Puslinch Lower-tier Wellington 7,029 6,689 5.1 214.61 32.8
Ramara Lower-tier Simcoe 9,275 9,427 −1.6 419.25 22.1
Red Rock Single-tier Thunder Bay 942 1,063 −11.4 62.93 15
Rideau Lakes Lower-tier Leeds and Grenville 10,207 10,350 −1.4 729.09 14
Russell Lower-tier Prescott and Russell 15,247 13,883 9.8 199.06 76.6
Ryerson Single-tier Parry Sound 634 686 −7.6 188.07 3.4
Sables-Spanish Rivers Single-tier Sudbury 3,075 3,237 −5 815.8 3.8
Schreiber Single-tier Thunder Bay 1,126 901 25 36.79 30.6
Scugog Lower-tier Durham 21,569 21,439 0.6 474.65 45.4
Seguin Single-tier Parry Sound 3,988 4,276 −6.7 595.42 6.7
Selwyn Lower-tier Peterborough 16,846 17,027 −1.1 315.64 53.4
Severn Lower-tier Simcoe 12,377 12,030 2.9 549.9 22.5
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Single-tier Kenora 720 672 7.1 1,222.43 0.6
South Algonquin Single-tier Nipissing 1,211 1,253 −3.4 872.49 1.4
South Frontenac Lower-tier Frontenac 18,113 18,227 −0.6 971.68 18.6
South Glengarry Lower-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 13,162 12,880 2.2 605.3 21.7
South Stormont Lower-tier Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 12,617 12,520 0.8 447.5 28.2
Southgate Lower-tier Grey 7,190 7,072 1.7 644.35 11.2
South-West Oxford Lower-tier Oxford 7,544 7,589 −0.6 370.48 20.4
Southwold Lower-tier Elgin 4,494 4,724 −4.9 301.71 14.9
Springwater Lower-tier Simcoe 18,223 17,456 4.4 536.23 34
St. Clair Lower-tier Lambton 14,515 14,649 −0.9 619.32 23.4
St. Joseph Single-tier Algoma 1,201 1,129 6.4 129.36 9.3
Stirling-Rawdon Lower-tier Hastings 4,978 4,906 1.5 282.31 17.6
Stone Mills Lower-tier Lennox and Addington 7,560 7,568 −0.1 708.83 10.7
Strathroy-Caradoc Lower-tier Middlesex 20,978 19,959 5.1 274.12 76.5
Strong Single-tier Parry Sound 1,341 1,327 1.1 159.28 8.4
Tarbutt Single-tier Algoma 396 388 2.1 53.14 7.5
Tay Lower-tier Simcoe 9,736 9,748 −0.1 139 70
Tay Valley Lower-tier Lanark 5,571 5,634 −1.1 549.12 10.1
Tehkummah Single-tier Manitoulin 406 382 6.3 132.48 3.1
Terrace Bay Single-tier Thunder Bay 1,471 1,625 −9.5 151.04 9.7
Tiny Lower-tier Simcoe 11,232 10,754 4.4 336.83 33.3
Tudor and Cashel Lower-tier Hastings 586 682 −14.1 445.67 1.3
Tyendinaga Lower-tier Hastings 4,150 4,070 2 313 13.3
Uxbridge Lower-tier Durham 20,623 19,169 7.6 420.83 49
Val Rita-Harty Single-tier Cochrane 817 939 −13 382.71 2.1
Wainfleet Lower-tier Niagara 6,356 6,601 −3.7 217.29 29.3
Warwick Lower-tier Lambton 3,717 3,945 −5.8 290.2 12.8
Wellesley Lower-tier Waterloo 10,713 9,789 9.4 277.79 38.6
Wellington North Lower-tier Wellington 11,477 11,175 2.7 526.28 21.8
West Lincoln Lower-tier Niagara 13,837 13,167 5.1 387.78 35.7
White River Single-tier Algoma 607 841 −27.8 96.94 6.3
Whitewater Region Lower-tier Renfrew 6,921 6,631 4.4 537.96 12.9
Wilmot Lower-tier Waterloo 19,223 17,097 12.4 263.72 72.9
Wollaston Lower-tier Hastings 708 730 −3 220.19 3.2
Woolwich Lower-tier Waterloo 23,145 19,658 17.7 326.17 71
Zorra Lower-tier Oxford 8,058 8,125 −0.8 528.99 15.2
Total 990,396 974,532 1.6 73,758.34 13.4
Total lower-tier 910,397 892,282 2 52,432.34 17.4
Total single-tier 79,999 82,250 −2.7 21,326 3.8

Former township municipalities

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2013)
Former township Change date Change event Current status Remarks
Barrie Island January 1, 2009 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Dack January 1, 2003 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Charlton and Dack
Delhi January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Norfolk County
Dymond January 1, 2004 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Temiskaming Shores
Glanbrook January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Hamilton
Gordon January 1, 2009 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Goulbourn January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Marlborough 1974 Amalgamated into Rideau Township
Marmora and Lake March 14, 2001 Status change Municipality
Michipicoten June 5, 2007 Status and name change Municipality Name changed to Wawa
Norfolk January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Norfolk County
North Gower 1974 Dissolution Amalgamated into Rideau Township
North Grenville July 14, 2003 Status change Municipality
North Himsworth June 2, 2002 Status and name change Municipality Named changed to Callander
Osgoode January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Rideau January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
Shedden October 1, 2004 Status and name change Town Name changed to Spanish
Shuniah January 2, 2011 Status change Municipality
West Carleton January 1, 2001 Dissolution — Amalgamated into Ottawa
West Grey 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.

References

  1. ^ "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. "Census Profile: Cockburn Island, TP, Ontario (Census subdivision) – 1. 2011 and 2006 population". Statistics Canada. March 1, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "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. ^ "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Town of Norfolk Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  11. "City of Hamilton Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  12. ^ "City of Ottawa Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  13. "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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