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- ↑ "Local Government Act (RSBC 1996) CHAPTER 323". Queen's Printer (British Columbia). Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
- ↑ "Municipal Government Act" (PDF). Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly. 19 June 2012. p. 16. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
(aw) "municipality" means a regional municipality, town or county or district municipality, except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise defined in this Act;
- ↑ "The Establishment of Elective Rural Municipal Government in Nova Scotia" (PDF). Government of Nova Scotia: Department of Municipal Affairs. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2014 to January 1, 2015 (Table A: Census subdivision types by province and territory, as of January 1, 2015)". Statistics Canada. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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