Census divisions of Ontario

The administrative divisions of Ontario is diverse. There are 445 municipalities, which are divided in four different ways. The difference is the scope of public services that are offered.

The different structures of local and regional government in Ontario are complex and are the result of approaches that have been applied at different times of provincial governments to take into account the different needs of individual areas appropriate. Due to the large disparities between regions, it would be difficult to apply in the whole province a unified management structure.

Single-stage communities

A one-step community (single -tier municipality ) is governed by a single municipal administration. It is subject to neither a county nor a regional government and has no further units among themselves. A one-step community is either a former Regional Municipality (regional municipality ) or was formerly a county whose communities were merged in the 1990s to a single administrative unit. In addition, all municipalities are in Nordwestontario (ie all communities within Dirtrikten ), by definition, single-stage communities. A sub-form of single-stage community is separated municipality ( separated municipality ).

There are following single- communities that are not within a district:

  • Municipality of Chatham -Kent, formerly Kent County
  • City of Greater Sudbury, formerly Regional Municipality of Sudbury
  • Haldimand County, formerly Regional Municipality of Haldimand - Norfolk
  • City of Hamilton, Hamilton - Wentworth Regional Municipality earlier
  • City of Kawartha Lakes, formerly Victoria County
  • Norfolk County, formerly Regional Municipality of Haldimand - Norfolk
  • City of Ottawa, formerly Regional Municipality of Ottawa - Carleton
  • Prince Edward County
  • Brant County
  • City of Brantford
  • City of Toronto, formerly the Metropolitan Toronto

Segregated communities

Separated municipalities ( separated municipalities ) are administratively independent from the surrounding County. Unlike single-stage communities but they are statistically counted the County. Frequently there is the Countyverwaltung in a Severed community when the County has no other major cities.

There separated following communities ( with surrounding County):

Regional communities

Regional communities (regional municipalities ) are communities of the upper stage, which are more comparable with counties and have more responsibilities than counties. You are responsible for the maintenance and construction of roads, public transport, police, sanitation, drinking water supply, waste management, regional planning and development, and health and social services. Regional communities are usually as urban counties. They are set up there, where to concentrate urban areas, but no city dominates the other.

There are the following regional communities (in brackets the management seats):

Although Oxford County and Muskoka District Municipality are also regional communities, they do not carry this designation.

From 1998 to 2001, four regional communities, which were dominated by a single city, merged. 1998 Metropolitan Toronto became the City of Toronto, 2001, the Regional Municipality of Ottawa - Carleton for the City of Ottawa and the Regional Municipality of Hamilton - Wentworth for the City of Hamilton and the Regional Municipality of Sudbury to the City of Greater Sudbury. Also in 2001, the Regional Municipality of Haldimand - Norfolk Haldimand County and was divided into Norfolk County.

Counties

The counties ( counties ) have fewer powers than regions because the subordinate communities take over most of the administrative tasks. The powers of the County Administration limited to maintenance and construction of roads, health and social services and regional planning. Counties are to be found only in southern Ontario.

Counties may be similar in size to regional communities of the population terms, but the population density is usually lower ( but higher than in districts ). Among them are also larger cities such as London or Windsor, but these have not developed into large agglomerations.

The following counties exist (in brackets the management seats):

  • Bruce County ( Walkerton )
  • Dufferin County ( Orangeville )
  • Elgin County ( St. Thomas )
  • Essex County (Windsor )
  • Frontenac County ( Kingston)
  • Grey County ( Owen Sound)
  • Haliburton County ( Minden Hills )
  • Hastings County ( Belleville )
  • Huron County ( Goderich )
  • Lambton County ( Wyoming)
  • Lanark County (Perth )
  • Leeds and Grenville United Counties ( Brockville )
  • Lennox and Addington County (Greater Napanee )
  • Middlesex County ( London)
  • Northumberland County ( Coburg )
  • Perth County ( Stratford )
  • Peterborough County ( Peterborough )
  • Prescott and Russell United Counties (L' Original )
  • Renfrew County ( Pembroke)
  • Simcoe County ( Barrie )
  • Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties (Cornwall)
  • Wellington County ( Guelph )

Districts

Districts ( districts) are regions in northern Ontario, but are only territorial limits that serve no administrative purpose. Many of these districts are usually made of unincorporated areas. In a district, all public services either by the municipality or directly by the provincial government provided. The largest part of Northern Ontario is sparsely populated, so that County management would not be very effective.

The following districts there are (in brackets the management seats):

Hamilton (Ontario) United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Wellington County, Ontario Kingston (Ontario) London (Ontario) Peterborough (Ontario) Perth County, Ontario Stratford (Ontario) Windsor (Ontario) Whitby (Ontario) Milton (Ontario) District Municipality of Muskoka Bracebridge, Ontario Oxford County (Ontario) Woodstock (Ontario) Newmarket (Ontario) Essex County (Ontario) Huron County (Ontario) Middlesex County (Ontario) Northumberland County (Ontario) United Counties of Prescott and Russell United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Cornwall (Ontario) North Bay, Ontario List of communities in Ontario List of municipal districts in Alberta List of regions of Manitoba List of counties of Nova Scotia List of census divisions of Saskatchewan
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