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List of township municipalities in Ontario

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A township is a type of municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. They can have either single-tier (not part of another higher tier government form, like a county) status or lower-tier (part of another higher tier government form, like a county) status.[1]

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

Ontario has 200 townships[1] that had a cumulative population of 990,396 and an average population of 4,952 in the 2011 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest townships are Centre Wellington and Cockburn Island with populations of 26,693 and 0[N 1] respectively.[2]

History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a township was a type of local municipality.[4] 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.[4] It also provided that a township could include "a union of townships and a municipality composed of two or more townships".[4]

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every township that:[5]

  • "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".[6]

Township municipalities in Ontario

More information Township, Municipal status[circular reference] ...
Township[1][2] Municipal
status[1][circular reference]
Geographic area[1] Population
(2011)[2]
Population
(2006)[2]
Change
(%)[2]
Area
(km2)[2]
Population
density[2]
Addington HighlandsLower-tierLennox and Addington2,5322,5120.81,329.931.9
Adelaide-MetcalfeLower-tierMiddlesex3,0283,135−3.4331.389.1
Adjala-TosorontioLower-tierSimcoe10,60310,695−0.9372.3928.5
Admaston/BromleyLower-tierRenfrew2,8442,7164.7524.65.4
AlbertonSingle-tierRainy River864958−9.8115.437.5
Alfred and PlantagenetLower-tierPrescott and Russell9,1968,6546.3392.4523.4
Algonquin HighlandsLower-tierHaliburton2,1561,9769.11,004.762.1
Alnwick/HaldimandLower-tierNorthumberland6,6176,4352.8398.5716.6
AmaranthLower-tierDufferin3,9633,8453.1264.515
ArchipelagoThe ArchipelagoSingle-tierParry Sound566576−1.7606.560.9
ArmourSingle-tierParry Sound1,3721,2499.8164.448.3
ArmstrongSingle-tierTimiskaming1,2161,1555.390.3313.5
Ashfield-Colborne-WawanoshLower-tierHuron5,5825,4093.2587.089.5
Asphodel-NorwoodLower-tierPeterborough4,0414,247−4.9160.9825.1
AssiginackSingle-tierManitoulin9609145227.874.2
AthensLower-tierLeeds and Grenville3,1183,0861127.7724.4
AugustaLower-tierLeeds and Grenville7,4307,510−1.1314.7323.6
BaldwinSingle-tierSudbury551554−0.583.296.6
BeckwithLower-tierLanark6,9866,3879.4240.5129
BillingsSingle-tierManitoulin506539−6.1209.32.4
Black River-MathesonSingle-tierCochrane2,4102,619−81,163.412.1
Blandford-BlenheimLower-tierOxford7,3597,1492.9382.2819.3
BonfieldSingle-tierNipissing2,0161,9811.8208.439.7
Bonnechere ValleyLower-tierRenfrew3,7633,6652.7593.196.3
BrethourSingle-tierTimiskaming12911710.382.051.6
BrockLower-tierDurham11,34111,979−5.3423.3826.8
Brudenell, Lyndoch and RaglanLower-tierRenfrew1,6581,49710.8705.832.3
Burpee and MillsSingle-tierManitoulin308329−6.4218.481.4
CarlingSingle-tierParry Sound1,2481,12311.1248.565
Carlow/MayoLower-tierHastings892950−6.1390.942.3
CaseySingle-tierTimiskaming374385−2.980.754.6
Cavan-MonaghanLower-tierPeterborough8,6018,828−2.6306.2228.1
Central FrontenacLower-tierFrontenac4,5564,665−2.31,025.174.4
Centre WellingtonLower-tierWellington26,69326,0492.5407.5365.5
ChamberlainSingle-tierTimiskaming297322−7.8110.222.7
ChamplainLower-tierPrescott and Russell8,5738,683−1.3207.2441.4
ChapleauSingle-tierSudbury2,1162,354−10.114.27148.3
ChappleSingle-tierRainy River741856−13.4529.021.4
ChatsworthLower-tierGrey6,4376,3920.7596.1810.8
ChisholmSingle-tierNipissing1,2631,318−4.2206.796.1
ClearviewLower-tierSimcoe13,73414,088−2.5557.4424.6
Cockburn IslandSingle-tierManitoulin0[N 1]10−100171.040
ColemanSingle-tierTimiskaming59754010.6178.823.3
ConmeeSingle-tierThunder Bay7647403.2168.814.5
CramaheLower-tierNorthumberland6,0735,9502.1201.9830.1
Dawn-EuphemiaLower-tierLambton2,0492,190−6.4445.134.6
DawsonSingle-tierRainy River563620−9.2338.351.7
DorionSingle-tierThunder Bay338379−10.8212.121.6
Douro-DummerLower-tierPeterborough6,8056,954−2.1458.9814.8
Drummond/North ElmsleyLower-tierLanark7,4877,1185.2366.0320.5
DubreuilvilleSingle-tierAlgoma635773−17.989.577.1
Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn,
Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde
Lower-tierHaliburton5,9665,52681,483.514
Ear FallsSingle-tierKenora1,0261,153−11331.033.1
East FerrisSingle-tierNipissing4,766[7]4,22812.7155.0330.7
East GarafraxaLower-tierDufferin2,5952,3898.6166.0415.6
East HawkesburyLower-tierPrescott and Russell3,3353,368−1235.1814.2
East Zorra-TavistockLower-tierOxford6,8367,008−2.5242.328.2
Edwardsburgh/CardinalLower-tierLeeds and Grenville6,9596,6894312.3422.3
Elizabethtown-KitleyLower-tierLeeds and Grenville9,72410,201−4.7557.817.4
EmoSingle-tierRainy River1,2521,305−4.1203.546.2
EnniskillenLower-tierLambton2,9303,122−6.1338.188.7
EssaLower-tierSimcoe18,50516,9019.5280.0766.1
EvanturelSingle-tierTimiskaming452473−4.488.995.1
FaradayLower-tierHastings1,4681,578−7217.976.7
Fauquier-StricklandSingle-tierCochrane530568−6.71,013.90.5
Front of YongeLower-tierLeeds and Grenville2,752[7]2,803−4.4128.4720.9
Frontenac IslandsLower-tierFrontenac1,8641,8620.1175.0410.6
GauthierSingle-tierTimiskaming123133−7.588.591.4
Georgian BayLower-tierMuskoka2,482[7]2,3406.1546.974.5
Georgian BluffsLower-tierGrey10,40410,506−1604.3617.2
GilliesSingle-tierThunder Bay473544−13.193.025.1
Greater MadawaskaLower-tierRenfrew2,4852,751−9.71,034.332.4
Guelph/EramosaLower-tierWellington12,38012,0662.6291.7142.4
HamiltonLower-tierNorthumberland10,70210,972−2.5256.1241.8
HarleySingle-tierTimiskaming539551−2.291.735.9
HarrisSingle-tierTimiskaming5235122.150.1710.4
Havelock-Belmont-MethuenLower-tierPeterborough4,5234,637−2.5543.598.3
Head, Clara and MariaLower-tierRenfrew2352283.1728.150.3
HilliardSingle-tierTimiskaming204222−8.191.182.2
HiltonSingle-tierAlgoma2612437.4115.782.3
HornepayneSingle-tierAlgoma1,0501,209−13.2204.525.1
HortonLower-tierRenfrew2,7192,803−3158.5317.2
HowickLower-tierHuron3,8563,882−0.7287.1813.4
HudsonSingle-tierTimiskaming4764554.690.645.3
Huron-KinlossLower-tierBruce6,7906,5154.2440.6315.4
IgnaceSingle-tierKenora1,2021,431−1672.6616.5
JamesSingle-tierTimiskaming4244142.486.194.9
JocelynSingle-tierAlgoma237277−14.4131.371.8
JohnsonSingle-tierAlgoma7507017120.386.2
JolySingle-tierParry Sound2842801.4194.331.5
KernsSingle-tierTimiskaming35932510.590.444
Killaloe, Hagarty and RichardsLower-tierRenfrew2,4022,550−5.8395.986.1
KingLower-tierYork19,89919,4872.1333.359.7
La ValleeSingle-tierRainy River9881,067−7.4237.54.2
LairdSingle-tierAlgoma1,0571,078−1.9102.4310.3
Lake of BaysLower-tierMuskoka3,506[7]3,570−1.8677.585.2
Lake of the WoodsSingle-tierRainy River296323−8.4751.950.4
Lanark HighlandsLower-tierLanark5,1285,180−11,048.194.9
Larder LakeSingle-tierTimiskaming684735−6.9229.653
Laurentian ValleyLower-tierRenfrew9,6579,2654.2552.4417.5
Leeds and the Thousand IslandsLower-tierLeeds and Grenville9,2779,435−1.7612.5115.1
LimerickLower-tierHastings352364−3.3205.681.7
LoyalistLower-tierLennox and Addington16,22115,0627.7341.0447.6
Lucan BiddulphLower-tierMiddlesex4,3384,1873.6169.1525.6
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen AdditionalSingle-tierAlgoma1,4641,550−5.5163.529
MacharSingle-tierParry Sound9238666.6184.625
MachinSingle-tierKenora935978−4.4289.843.2
Madawaska ValleyLower-tierRenfrew4,2824,381−2.3671.856.4
MadocLower-tierHastings2,1972,0696.2277.977.9
MalahideLower-tierElgin9,1468,8283.6395.0823.2
ManitouwadgeSingle-tierThunder Bay2,1052,300−8.5352.066
MapletonLower-tierWellington9,9899,8511.4534.8118.7
MatachewanSingle-tierTimiskaming409[7]3759.1543.630.8
MattawanSingle-tierNipissing16214710.2200.960.8
Mattice-Val CôtéSingle-tierCochrane686772−11.1414.641.7
McDougallSingle-tierParry Sound2,7052,7040268.310.1
McGarrySingle-tierTimiskaming595674−11.786.726.9
McKellarSingle-tierParry Sound1,1441,0805.9181.126.3
McMurrich/MonteithSingle-tierParry Sound779791−1.5278.132.8
McNab/BraesideLower-tierRenfrew7,3717,2222.1255.7428.8
MelancthonLower-tierDufferin2,8392,895−1.9310.969.1
Minden HillsLower-tierHaliburton5,6555,5561.8878.176.4
MontagueLower-tierLanark3,4833,2098.5279.7412.5
MoonbeamSingle-tierCochrane1,1011,298−15.2235.654.7
MorleySingle-tierRainy River474492−3.7375.611.3
MulmurLower-tierDufferin3,3913,3182.2286.7311.8
Muskoka LakesLower-tierMuskoka6,707[7]6,4673.7794.488.4
Nairn and HymanSingle-tierSudbury477493−3.2160.943
NipigonSingle-tierThunder Bay1,6311,752−6.9109.1414.9
NipissingSingle-tierParry Sound1,7041,6423.8393.64.3
North Algona WilberforceLower-tierRenfrew2,8732,8401.2378.537.6
North DumfriesLower-tierWaterloo9,3349,0633187.4449.8
North DundasLower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry11,22511,0951.2503.2122.3
North FrontenacLower-tierFrontenac1,8421,904−3.31,164.731.6
North GlengarryLower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry10,25110,635−3.6643.6915.9
North HuronLower-tierHuron4,8845,015−2.6178.9827.3
North KawarthaLower-tierPeterborough2,2892,342−2.3776.042.9
North ShoreThe North ShoreSingle-tierAlgoma509549−7.3238.942.1
North StormontLower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry6,7756,7690.1515.6513.1
NorwichLower-tierOxford10,72110,4812.3431.2824.9
O'ConnorSingle-tierThunder Bay685720−4.9108.656.3
OpasatikaSingle-tierCochrane214280−23.6329.980.6
Oro-MedonteLower-tierSimcoe20,07820,0310.2586.934.2
Otonabee-South MonaghanLower-tierPeterborough6,6606,812−2.2347.5819.2
Papineau-CameronSingle-tierNipissing9781,058−7.6566.741.7
PeleeSingle-tierEssex171287−40.441.794.1
PerrySingle-tierParry Sound2,3172,01015.3187.2512.4
Perth EastLower-tierPerth12,02811,9860.4713.3916.9
Perth SouthLower-tierPerth3,9934,132−3.4393.0310.2
Pickle LakeSingle-tierKenora425479−11.3255.081.7
Plummer AdditionalSingle-tierAlgoma6506254221.972.9
PrinceSingle-tierAlgoma1,0319716.285.3112.1
PuslinchLower-tierWellington7,0296,6895.1214.6132.8
RamaraLower-tierSimcoe9,2759,427−1.6419.2522.1
Red RockSingle-tierThunder Bay9421,063−11.462.9315
Rideau LakesLower-tierLeeds and Grenville10,20710,350−1.4729.0914
RussellLower-tierPrescott and Russell15,24713,8839.8199.0676.6
RyersonSingle-tierParry Sound634686−7.6188.073.4
Sables-Spanish RiversSingle-tierSudbury3,0753,237−5815.83.8
SchreiberSingle-tierThunder Bay1,1269012536.7930.6
ScugogLower-tierDurham21,56921,4390.6474.6545.4
SeguinSingle-tierParry Sound3,9884,276−6.7595.426.7
SelwynLower-tierPeterborough16,84617,027−1.1315.6453.4
SevernLower-tierSimcoe12,37712,0302.9549.922.5
Sioux Narrows-Nestor FallsSingle-tierKenora7206727.11,222.430.6
South AlgonquinSingle-tierNipissing1,2111,253−3.4872.491.4
South FrontenacLower-tierFrontenac18,11318,227−0.6971.6818.6
South GlengarryLower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry13,16212,8802.2605.321.7
South StormontLower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry12,61712,5200.8447.528.2
SouthgateLower-tierGrey7,1907,0721.7644.3511.2
South-West OxfordLower-tierOxford7,5447,589−0.6370.4820.4
SouthwoldLower-tierElgin4,4944,724−4.9301.7114.9
SpringwaterLower-tierSimcoe18,22317,4564.4536.2334
St. ClairLower-tierLambton14,51514,649−0.9619.3223.4
St. JosephSingle-tierAlgoma1,2011,1296.4129.369.3
Stirling-RawdonLower-tierHastings4,9784,9061.5282.3117.6
Stone MillsLower-tierLennox and Addington7,5607,568−0.1708.8310.7
Strathroy-CaradocLower-tierMiddlesex20,97819,9595.1274.1276.5
StrongSingle-tierParry Sound1,3411,3271.1159.288.4
TarbuttSingle-tierAlgoma3963882.153.147.5
TayLower-tierSimcoe9,7369,748−0.113970
Tay ValleyLower-tierLanark5,5715,634−1.1549.1210.1
TehkummahSingle-tierManitoulin4063826.3132.483.1
Terrace BaySingle-tierThunder Bay1,4711,625−9.5151.049.7
TinyLower-tierSimcoe11,23210,7544.4336.8333.3
Tudor and CashelLower-tierHastings586682−14.1445.671.3
TyendinagaLower-tierHastings4,1504,070231313.3
UxbridgeLower-tierDurham20,62319,1697.6420.8349
Val Rita-HartySingle-tierCochrane817939−13382.712.1
WainfleetLower-tierNiagara6,3566,601−3.7217.2929.3
WarwickLower-tierLambton3,7173,945−5.8290.212.8
WellesleyLower-tierWaterloo10,7139,7899.4277.7938.6
Wellington NorthLower-tierWellington11,47711,1752.7526.2821.8
West LincolnLower-tierNiagara13,83713,1675.1387.7835.7
White RiverSingle-tierAlgoma607841−27.896.946.3
Whitewater RegionLower-tierRenfrew6,9216,6314.4537.9612.9
WilmotLower-tierWaterloo19,22317,09712.4263.7272.9
WollastonLower-tierHastings708730−3220.193.2
WoolwichLower-tierWaterloo23,14519,65817.7326.1771
ZorraLower-tierOxford8,0588,125−0.8528.9915.2
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
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Former township municipalities

More information Former township, Change date ...
Former township Change date Change event Current status Remarks
Barrie Island[8]January 1, 2009DissolutionAmalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Dack[9]January 1, 2003DissolutionAmalgamated into Charlton and Dack
Delhi[10]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Norfolk County
Dymond[9]January 1, 2004DissolutionAmalgamated into Temiskaming Shores
Glanbrook[11]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Hamilton
Gordon[8]January 1, 2009DissolutionAmalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Goulbourn[12]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Ottawa
Marlborough 1974 Amalgamated into Rideau Township
Marmora and Lake[9]March 14, 2001Status changeMunicipality
Michipicoten[8]June 5, 2007Status and name changeMunicipalityName changed to Wawa
Norfolk[10]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Norfolk County
North Gower 1974 Dissolution Amalgamated into Rideau Township
North Grenville[9]July 14, 2003Status changeMunicipality
North Himsworth[9]June 2, 2002Status and name changeMunicipalityNamed changed to Callander
Osgoode[12]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Ottawa
Rideau[12]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Ottawa
Shedden[9]October 1, 2004Status and name changeTownName changed to Spanish
Shuniah[13]January 2, 2011Status changeMunicipality
West Carleton[12]January 1, 2001DissolutionAmalgamated into Ottawa
West Grey[9]December 2, 2002Status changeMunicipality
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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.[3]

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