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Revision as of 15:01, 24 August 2006 by WikiWoo (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Ontario Provincial Government currently maintain eight regional municipalities:
- 1) Durham Regional Municipality (Whitby)
- 2) Halton Regional Municipality (Milton)
- 3) Muskoka District Municipality (Bracebridge)
- 4) Niagara Regional Municipality (Thorold)
- 5) Oxford County (Woodstock)
- 6) Peel Regional Municipality (Brampton)
- 7) Waterloo Regional Municipality (Kitchener)
- 8) York Regional Municipality (Newmarket
The Regional seats are listed in brackets.
Regional municipalities (or regions) are upper-tier municipalities usually implemented from census divisions from interconnected clusters of urban centres forms the majority of the division's area and population are not so clearly dominated by a single municipality. Although Oxford County and the District Municipality of Muskoka are not titled as such, they are both legally considered Regional Municipalities under Part 1, Section 1 of the Ontario Municipal Act (http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/01m25_e.htm).
Cites
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-Ontario-Census-Divisions