List of township municipalities in Ontario

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Ontario has 200 township municipalities of which 115 are lower-tier municipalities and 85 are single-tier municipalities Ontario Township Municipalities.png
Ontario has 200 township municipalities of which 115 are lower-tier municipalities and 85 are single-tier municipalities

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]

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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]

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

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 Highlands Lower-tierLennox and Addington2,5322,5120.81,329.931.9
Adelaide-Metcalfe Lower-tierMiddlesex3,0283,135−3.4331.389.1
Adjala-Tosorontio Lower-tierSimcoe10,60310,695−0.9372.3928.5
Admaston/Bromley Lower-tierRenfrew2,8442,7164.7524.65.4
Alberton Single-tierRainy River864958−9.8115.437.5
Alfred and Plantagenet Lower-tierPrescott and Russell9,1968,6546.3392.4523.4
Algonquin Highlands Lower-tierHaliburton2,1561,9769.11,004.762.1
Alnwick/Haldimand Lower-tierNorthumberland6,6176,4352.8398.5716.6
Amaranth Lower-tierDufferin3,9633,8453.1264.515
The Archipelago Single-tierParry Sound566576−1.7606.560.9
Armour Single-tierParry Sound1,3721,2499.8164.448.3
Armstrong Single-tierTimiskaming1,2161,1555.390.3313.5
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Lower-tierHuron5,5825,4093.2587.089.5
Asphodel-Norwood Lower-tierPeterborough4,0414,247−4.9160.9825.1
Assiginack Single-tierManitoulin9609145227.874.2
Athens Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville3,1183,0861127.7724.4
Augusta Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville7,4307,510−1.1314.7323.6
Baldwin Single-tierSudbury551554−0.583.296.6
Beckwith Lower-tierLanark6,9866,3879.4240.5129
Billings Single-tierManitoulin506539−6.1209.32.4
Black River-Matheson Single-tierCochrane2,4102,619−81,163.412.1
Blandford-Blenheim Lower-tierOxford7,3597,1492.9382.2819.3
Bonfield Single-tierNipissing2,0161,9811.8208.439.7
Bonnechere Valley Lower-tierRenfrew3,7633,6652.7593.196.3
Brethour Single-tierTimiskaming12911710.382.051.6
Brock Lower-tierDurham11,34111,979−5.3423.3826.8
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Lower-tierRenfrew1,6581,49710.8705.832.3
Burpee and Mills Single-tierManitoulin308329−6.4218.481.4
Carling Single-tierParry Sound1,2481,12311.1248.565
Carlow/Mayo Lower-tierHastings892950−6.1390.942.3
Casey Single-tierTimiskaming374385−2.980.754.6
Cavan-Monaghan Lower-tierPeterborough8,6018,828−2.6306.2228.1
Central Frontenac Lower-tierFrontenac4,5564,665−2.31,025.174.4
Centre Wellington Lower-tierWellington26,69326,0492.5407.5365.5
Chamberlain Single-tierTimiskaming297322−7.8110.222.7
Champlain Lower-tierPrescott and Russell8,5738,683−1.3207.2441.4
Chapleau Single-tierSudbury2,1162,354−10.114.27148.3
Chapple Single-tierRainy River741856−13.4529.021.4
Chatsworth Lower-tierGrey6,4376,3920.7596.1810.8
Chisholm Single-tierNipissing1,2631,318−4.2206.796.1
Clearview Lower-tierSimcoe13,73414,088−2.5557.4424.6
Cockburn Island Single-tierManitoulin0 [N 1] 10−100171.040
Coleman Single-tierTimiskaming59754010.6178.823.3
Conmee Single-tierThunder Bay7647403.2168.814.5
Cramahe Lower-tierNorthumberland6,0735,9502.1201.9830.1
Dawn-Euphemia Lower-tierLambton2,0492,190−6.4445.134.6
Dawson Single-tierRainy River563620−9.2338.351.7
Dorion Single-tierThunder Bay338379−10.8212.121.6
Douro-Dummer Lower-tierPeterborough6,8056,954−2.1458.9814.8
Drummond/North Elmsley Lower-tierLanark7,4877,1185.2366.0320.5
Dubreuilville Single-tierAlgoma635773−17.989.577.1
Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn,
Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde 		Lower-tierHaliburton5,9665,52681,483.514
Ear Falls Single-tierKenora1,0261,153−11331.033.1
East Ferris Single-tierNipissing4,766 [7] 4,22812.7155.0330.7
East Garafraxa Lower-tierDufferin2,5952,3898.6166.0415.6
East Hawkesbury Lower-tierPrescott and Russell3,3353,368−1235.1814.2
East Zorra-Tavistock Lower-tierOxford6,8367,008−2.5242.328.2
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville6,9596,6894312.3422.3
Elizabethtown-Kitley Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville9,72410,201−4.7557.817.4
Emo Single-tierRainy River1,2521,305−4.1203.546.2
Enniskillen Lower-tierLambton2,9303,122−6.1338.188.7
Essa Lower-tierSimcoe18,50516,9019.5280.0766.1
Evanturel Single-tierTimiskaming452473−4.488.995.1
Faraday Lower-tierHastings1,4681,578−7217.976.7
Fauquier-Strickland Single-tierCochrane530568−6.71,013.90.5
Front of Yonge Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville2,752 [7] 2,803−4.4128.4720.9
Frontenac Islands Lower-tierFrontenac1,8641,8620.1175.0410.6
Gauthier Single-tierTimiskaming123133−7.588.591.4
Georgian Bay Lower-tierMuskoka2,482 [7] 2,3406.1546.974.5
Georgian Bluffs Lower-tierGrey10,40410,506−1604.3617.2
Gillies Single-tierThunder Bay473544−13.193.025.1
Greater Madawaska Lower-tierRenfrew2,4852,751−9.71,034.332.4
Guelph/Eramosa Lower-tierWellington12,38012,0662.6291.7142.4
Hamilton Lower-tierNorthumberland10,70210,972−2.5256.1241.8
Harley Single-tierTimiskaming539551−2.291.735.9
Harris Single-tierTimiskaming5235122.150.1710.4
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Lower-tierPeterborough4,5234,637−2.5543.598.3
Head, Clara and Maria Lower-tierRenfrew2352283.1728.150.3
Hilliard Single-tierTimiskaming204222−8.191.182.2
Hilton Single-tierAlgoma2612437.4115.782.3
Hornepayne Single-tierAlgoma1,0501,209−13.2204.525.1
Horton Lower-tierRenfrew2,7192,803−3158.5317.2
Howick Lower-tierHuron3,8563,882−0.7287.1813.4
Hudson Single-tierTimiskaming4764554.690.645.3
Huron-Kinloss Lower-tierBruce6,7906,5154.2440.6315.4
Ignace Single-tierKenora1,2021,431−1672.6616.5
James Single-tierTimiskaming4244142.486.194.9
Jocelyn Single-tierAlgoma237277−14.4131.371.8
Johnson Single-tierAlgoma7507017120.386.2
Joly Single-tierParry Sound2842801.4194.331.5
Kerns Single-tierTimiskaming35932510.590.444
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Lower-tierRenfrew2,4022,550−5.8395.986.1
King Lower-tierYork19,89919,4872.1333.359.7
La Vallee Single-tierRainy River9881,067−7.4237.54.2
Laird Single-tierAlgoma1,0571,078−1.9102.4310.3
Lake of Bays Lower-tierMuskoka3,506 [7] 3,570−1.8677.585.2
Lake of the Woods Single-tierRainy River296323−8.4751.950.4
Lanark Highlands Lower-tierLanark5,1285,180−11,048.194.9
Larder Lake Single-tierTimiskaming684735−6.9229.653
Laurentian Valley Lower-tierRenfrew9,6579,2654.2552.4417.5
Leeds and the Thousand Islands Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville9,2779,435−1.7612.5115.1
Limerick Lower-tierHastings352364−3.3205.681.7
Loyalist Lower-tierLennox and Addington16,22115,0627.7341.0447.6
Lucan Biddulph Lower-tierMiddlesex4,3384,1873.6169.1525.6
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional Single-tierAlgoma1,4641,550−5.5163.529
Machar Single-tierParry Sound9238666.6184.625
Machin Single-tierKenora935978−4.4289.843.2
Madawaska Valley Lower-tierRenfrew4,2824,381−2.3671.856.4
Madoc Lower-tierHastings2,1972,0696.2277.977.9
Malahide Lower-tierElgin9,1468,8283.6395.0823.2
Manitouwadge Single-tierThunder Bay2,1052,300−8.5352.066
Mapleton Lower-tierWellington9,9899,8511.4534.8118.7
Matachewan Single-tierTimiskaming409 [7] 3759.1543.630.8
Mattawan Single-tierNipissing16214710.2200.960.8
Mattice-Val Côté Single-tierCochrane686772−11.1414.641.7
McDougall Single-tierParry Sound2,7052,7040268.310.1
McGarry Single-tierTimiskaming595674−11.786.726.9
McKellar Single-tierParry Sound1,1441,0805.9181.126.3
McMurrich/Monteith Single-tierParry Sound779791−1.5278.132.8
McNab/Braeside Lower-tierRenfrew7,3717,2222.1255.7428.8
Melancthon Lower-tierDufferin2,8392,895−1.9310.969.1
Minden Hills Lower-tierHaliburton5,6555,5561.8878.176.4
Montague Lower-tierLanark3,4833,2098.5279.7412.5
Moonbeam Single-tierCochrane1,1011,298−15.2235.654.7
Morley Single-tierRainy River474492−3.7375.611.3
Mulmur Lower-tierDufferin3,3913,3182.2286.7311.8
Muskoka Lakes Lower-tierMuskoka6,707 [7] 6,4673.7794.488.4
Nairn and Hyman Single-tierSudbury477493−3.2160.943
Nipigon Single-tierThunder Bay1,6311,752−6.9109.1414.9
Nipissing Single-tierParry Sound1,7041,6423.8393.64.3
North Algona Wilberforce Lower-tierRenfrew2,8732,8401.2378.537.6
North Dumfries Lower-tierWaterloo9,3349,0633187.4449.8
North Dundas Lower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry11,22511,0951.2503.2122.3
North Frontenac Lower-tierFrontenac1,8421,904−3.31,164.731.6
North Glengarry Lower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry10,25110,635−3.6643.6915.9
North Huron Lower-tierHuron4,8845,015−2.6178.9827.3
North Kawartha Lower-tierPeterborough2,2892,342−2.3776.042.9
The North Shore Single-tierAlgoma509549−7.3238.942.1
North Stormont Lower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry6,7756,7690.1515.6513.1
Norwich Lower-tierOxford10,72110,4812.3431.2824.9
O'Connor Single-tierThunder Bay685720−4.9108.656.3
Opasatika Single-tierCochrane214280−23.6329.980.6
Oro-Medonte Lower-tierSimcoe20,07820,0310.2586.934.2
Otonabee-South Monaghan Lower-tierPeterborough6,6606,812−2.2347.5819.2
Papineau-Cameron Single-tierNipissing9781,058−7.6566.741.7
Pelee Single-tierEssex171287−40.441.794.1
Perry Single-tierParry Sound2,3172,01015.3187.2512.4
Perth East Lower-tierPerth12,02811,9860.4713.3916.9
Perth South Lower-tierPerth3,9934,132−3.4393.0310.2
Pickle Lake Single-tierKenora425479−11.3255.081.7
Plummer Additional Single-tierAlgoma6506254221.972.9
Prince Single-tierAlgoma1,0319716.285.3112.1
Puslinch Lower-tierWellington7,0296,6895.1214.6132.8
Ramara Lower-tierSimcoe9,2759,427−1.6419.2522.1
Red Rock Single-tierThunder Bay9421,063−11.462.9315
Rideau Lakes Lower-tierLeeds and Grenville10,20710,350−1.4729.0914
Russell Lower-tierPrescott and Russell15,24713,8839.8199.0676.6
Ryerson Single-tierParry Sound634686−7.6188.073.4
Sables-Spanish Rivers Single-tierSudbury3,0753,237−5815.83.8
Schreiber Single-tierThunder Bay1,1269012536.7930.6
Scugog Lower-tierDurham21,56921,4390.6474.6545.4
Seguin Single-tierParry Sound3,9884,276−6.7595.426.7
Selwyn Lower-tierPeterborough16,84617,027−1.1315.6453.4
Severn Lower-tierSimcoe12,37712,0302.9549.922.5
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Single-tierKenora7206727.11,222.430.6
South Algonquin Single-tierNipissing1,2111,253−3.4872.491.4
South Frontenac Lower-tierFrontenac18,11318,227−0.6971.6818.6
South Glengarry Lower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry13,16212,8802.2605.321.7
South Stormont Lower-tierStormont, Dundas and Glengarry12,61712,5200.8447.528.2
Southgate Lower-tierGrey7,1907,0721.7644.3511.2
South-West Oxford Lower-tierOxford7,5447,589−0.6370.4820.4
Southwold Lower-tierElgin4,4944,724−4.9301.7114.9
Springwater Lower-tierSimcoe18,22317,4564.4536.2334
St. Clair Lower-tierLambton14,51514,649−0.9619.3223.4
St. Joseph Single-tierAlgoma1,2011,1296.4129.369.3
Stirling-Rawdon Lower-tierHastings4,9784,9061.5282.3117.6
Stone Mills Lower-tierLennox and Addington7,5607,568−0.1708.8310.7
Strathroy-Caradoc Lower-tierMiddlesex20,97819,9595.1274.1276.5
Strong Single-tierParry Sound1,3411,3271.1159.288.4
Tarbutt Single-tierAlgoma3963882.153.147.5
Tay Lower-tierSimcoe9,7369,748−0.113970
Tay Valley Lower-tierLanark5,5715,634−1.1549.1210.1
Tehkummah Single-tierManitoulin4063826.3132.483.1
Terrace Bay Single-tierThunder Bay1,4711,625−9.5151.049.7
Tiny Lower-tierSimcoe11,23210,7544.4336.8333.3
Tudor and Cashel Lower-tierHastings586682−14.1445.671.3
Tyendinaga Lower-tierHastings4,1504,070231313.3
Uxbridge Lower-tierDurham20,62319,1697.6420.8349
Val Rita-Harty Single-tierCochrane817939−13382.712.1
Wainfleet Lower-tierNiagara6,3566,601−3.7217.2929.3
Warwick Lower-tierLambton3,7173,945−5.8290.212.8
Wellesley Lower-tierWaterloo10,7139,7899.4277.7938.6
Wellington North Lower-tierWellington11,47711,1752.7526.2821.8
West Lincoln Lower-tierNiagara13,83713,1675.1387.7835.7
White River Single-tierAlgoma607841−27.896.946.3
Whitewater Region Lower-tierRenfrew6,9216,6314.4537.9612.9
Wilmot Lower-tierWaterloo19,22317,09712.4263.7272.9
Wollaston Lower-tierHastings708730−3220.193.2
Woolwich Lower-tierWaterloo23,14519,65817.7326.1771
Zorra Lower-tierOxford8,0588,125−0.8528.9915.2
Total990,396974,5321.673,758.3413.4
Total lower-tier910,397892,282252,432.3417.4
Total single-tier79,99982,250−2.721,3263.8

Former township municipalities

Former townshipChange dateChange eventCurrent statusRemarks
Barrie Island [8] January 1, 2009Dissolution—Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Dack [9] January 1, 2003Dissolution—Amalgamated into Charlton and Dack
Delhi [10] January 1, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Norfolk County
Dymond [9] January 1, 2004Dissolution—Amalgamated into Temiskaming Shores
Glanbrook [11] January 1, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Hamilton
Gordon [8] January 1, 2009Dissolution—Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island
Goulbourn [12] January 1, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Ottawa
Marlborough1974Amalgamated 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, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Norfolk County
North Gower1974DissolutionAmalgamated 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, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Ottawa
Rideau [12] January 1, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Ottawa
Shedden [9] October 1, 2004Status and name changeTownName changed to Spanish
Shuniah [13] January 2, 2011Status changeMunicipality
West Carleton [12] January 1, 2001Dissolution—Amalgamated into Ottawa
West Grey [9] December 2, 2002Status changeMunicipality

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (of Ontario). 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada. May 28, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Census Profile: Cockburn Island, TP, Ontario (Census subdivision) – 1. 2011 and 2006 population". Statistics Canada. March 1, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2006 to January 1, 2011 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLS). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLS). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Town of Norfolk Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  11. ↑ "City of Hamilton Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "City of Ottawa Act, 1999, S.O. 1999, Chapter 14, Schedule E". Service Ontario/Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names From January 2, 2011 to January 1, 2012 (Table 1 – Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order by province and territory)" (XLSX). Statistics Canada. August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
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