List of villages in Ontario

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

Ontario has 11 villages[1] that had a cumulative population of 13,558 and an average population of 1,233 in the 2011 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest villages are Casselman and Thornloe with populations of 3,626 and 123 respectively.[2]

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a village was both an urban and a local municipality.[3] Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 500 or more could have been incorporated as a village by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality.[3]

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, the above designations and requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every village that:[4]

The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "villages", or other former municipal status types such as "cities", "towns" or "townships", or generically as "municipalities".[5]

Villages in Ontario

See also

References

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  3. 1 2 "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
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