Canada has a total of 3,573 municipalities among its 10 provinces and 3 territories that are subject to some form of local government.
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Municipal status |
AB [1] |
BC [2][3] |
MB [2] |
NB [4] |
NL [2][5] |
NS [6]` |
ON [2] |
PE [2] |
QC [7] |
SK [8] |
Prov. total |
NT [2] |
NU [2] |
YT [2] |
Terr. total |
Nat. total |
Charter community | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | 3 |
City | 18 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 3 | [lower-alpha 1] | 51 | 2 | [lower-alpha 2] | 16 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 162 |
Community | | | | | | | | 63 | | | 63 | | | | | 63 |
Community government | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 4 | 4 |
County | [lower-alpha 3] | | | | | 9 | 19 | | | | 28 | | | | | 28 |
Cree village | | | | | | | | | 8 | | 8 | | | | | 8 |
District municipality | | 50[lower-alpha 4] | | | | 12 | | | | | 62 | | | | | 62 |
Hamlet | [lower-alpha 5] | | [lower-alpha 6] | | | | [lower-alpha 7] | | | [lower-alpha 8] | | 11 | 24 | [lower-alpha 9] | 35 | 35 |
Improvement district | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | 8 |
Indian government district | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
Inuit community government | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 5 |
Island municipality | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
Local government district | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
Metis settlement | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | 8 |
Mountain resort municipality | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 |
Municipal district | 64 | | | | | [lower-alpha 10] | | | | | 64 | | | | | 64 |
Municipality | [lower-alpha 11] | | [lower-alpha 12] | | | | 58 | | 640 | | 698 | | | | | 698 |
Naskapi village | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
Northern hamlet | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 2 |
Northern town | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | | | | | 11 |
Northern village | | | | | | | | | 14 | 11 | 25 | | | | | 25 |
Parish | | | | | | | | | 158 | | 158 | | | | | 158 |
Regional municipality | [lower-alpha 13] | [lower-alpha 14] | | 1 | | 3 | 8 | | | | 12 | | | | | 12 |
Resort municipality | | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
Resort village | [lower-alpha 15] | | | | | | | | | 40 | 40 | | | | | 40 |
Rural community | | | | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 7 |
Rural municipality | [lower-alpha 16] | | 98[lower-alpha 17] | | | | | | | 296 | 394 | | | | | 394 |
Special area | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 |
Specialized municipality | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | | | | 5 |
Summer village | 51 | | | | | | | | | [lower-alpha 18] | 51 | | | | | 51 |
Town | 108 | 14 | 25 | 26 | 268[lower-alpha 19] | 26 | 88 | 9 | [lower-alpha 20] | 146 | 712 | 4 | | 3 | 7 | 719 |
Township | | | | | | | 206 | | 44 | | 250 | | | | | 250 |
United county | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 |
United township | | | | | | | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | | | | 3 |
Village | 89 | 42 | 2 | 65 | | | 11 | | 44 | 260 | 513 | 1 | | 4 | 5 | 516 |
Ville | | | | | | | | | 223 | | 223 | | | | | 223 |
Total municipalities |
354 |
162 |
137 |
107 |
271 |
50 |
444 |
74 |
1,134 |
782 |
3,515 |
24 |
25 |
8 |
57 |
3,572 |
Total population[11] |
3,645,257 |
4,400,057 |
1,208,268 |
751,171 |
514,536 |
921,727 |
12,851,821 |
140,204 |
7,903,001 |
1,033,381 |
33,369,423 |
41,462 |
31,906 |
33,897 |
107,265 |
33,476,688 |
Avg. population |
10,297.3 |
27,160.8 |
8,819.5 |
7,020.3 |
1,898.7 |
18,434.5 |
28,945.5 |
1,894.6 |
6,969.1 |
1,321.5 |
9,493.4 |
1,727.6 |
1,276.2 |
4,237.1 |
1,881.8 |
9,372.0 |
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See "regional municipality". Nova Scotia's former incorporated "city" municipal status was abandoned in the 1990s as a result of amalgamations to form regional municipalities.
See "ville". There is no official incorporated "city" municipal status in Quebec.
See "municipal district" and "specialized municipality". Alberta abolished its incorporated "county" municipal status in the mid-1990s. All were continued as municipal districts but were permitted to retain the term "county" in their official names. Two of these municipal districts, Mackenzie County and Strathcona County, subsequently changed their status from "municipal district" to "specialized municipality".
In Saskatchewan, "hamlets", excluding "northern hamlets", are unincorporated communities within incorporated municipalities. See list of hamlets in Saskatchewan.
See "district municipality". Statistics Canada incorrectly reports that Nova Scotia's 12 district municipalities are "municipal districts".
See "rural municipality". Manitoba's 2015 municipal amalgamation reforms created 37 rural municipalities that branded themselves simply as "municipalities" in their official legal names
See "summer village", which is the similar equivalent to Saskatchewan's "resort villages".
In Alberta "rural municipalities" are a group of municipal status types including "improvement districts", "municipal districts" and "special areas".
Statistics Canada incorrectly characterizes 37 rural municipalities as simply municipalities due to their official legal names excluding the term "rural" despite officially holding rural municipality status. Also, Statistics Canada divides the RM of Mountain into two parts.
See "resort village", which is the similar equivalent to Alberta's "summer villages".
While Statistics Canada reports that there are 277 municipalities in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), including 3 cities and 274 towns,[2] NL's Department of Municipal Affairs and the Canada Revenue Agency both report there are 271 municipalities in NL.[5][10]
See "ville". There is no official incorporated "town" municipal status in Quebec.
"Welcome to the AMANB". The Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
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