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Regional municipalities were formed in highly populated areas where it was considered more efficient to provide certain services, such as water, emergency services, and waste management over an area encompassing more than one local municipality. For this reason, regions may be involved in providing services to residents and businesses. </p><p>Regional municipalities, where and when they include <b>lower-tier municipalities</b> within their boundaries, are sometimes referred to as <b>upper-tier municipalities</b>. Regional municipalities generally have more servicing responsibilities than counties. Typical services include maintenance and construction of arterial roads (including urban areas), transit, policing, sewer and water systems, waste disposal, region-wide <a href="/wiki/Land-use_planning" title="Land-use planning">land-use planning</a> and development and health and social services. </p><p>Regions are more urbanized than counties and are implemented in census divisions where an interconnected cluster of urban centres forms the majority of the division's area and population. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alberta">Alberta</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Alberta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a> does not have an official municipal status type of <i>regional municipality</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-AltaMuniCodes_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AltaMuniCodes-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, that has not prevented one municipality from branding itself as one. <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Wood_Buffalo" title="Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo">Wood Buffalo</a>, formed as a <a href="/wiki/Specialized_municipalities_of_Alberta" class="mw-redirect" title="Specialized municipalities of Alberta">specialized municipality</a> on April 1, 1995, through the amalgamation of the City of <a href="/wiki/Fort_McMurray" title="Fort McMurray">Fort McMurray</a> and Improvement District No. 143, changed its official name from <i>Municipality of Wood Buffalo</i> to <i>Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo</i> on August 14, 1996, while maintaining its <i>specialized municipality</i> status.<sup id="cite_ref-WoodBuffaloAMAProfile_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WoodBuffaloAMAProfile-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="British_Columbia">British Columbia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: British Columbia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is only one regional municipality in British Columbia, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rockies_Regional_Municipality" title="Northern Rockies Regional Municipality">Northern Rockies Regional Municipality</a> (NRRM), formerly a <a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">regional district</a> of the same name. Unlike other Canadian regional municipalities it is near-entirely wilderness and has only one "urban" centre, the former Town of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Nelson,_British_Columbia" title="Fort Nelson, British Columbia">Fort Nelson</a>. Only sparsely populated outside Fort Nelson, it is vast in extent, covering the northeastern corner of the province north of the 58th Parallel, from the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Liard" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Canyon of the Liard">Grand Canyon of the Liard</a> on the west to the Alberta boundary on the east. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Regional_district" title="Regional district">Regional districts</a>, which cover most of the rest of the province, are technically municipalities, though containing other municipalities within them. In the NRRM the government of the former Fort Nelson and the regional municipality are merged. Like regional districts, the regional municipality does not include Indian Reserves or their governments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nova_Scotia">Nova Scotia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Nova Scotia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, regional municipalities are a single level of government, and provide all municipal services to their communities. As they include both <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban centres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> areas, they are not called cities, towns or villages. Such municipalities in Nova Scotia take over the area and name of a county. Counties still exist as a geographic division but may contain a single municipality or may be divided into municipal districts within them.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ontario">Ontario</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ontario"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ontario" title="List of municipalities in Ontario">List of municipalities in Ontario</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, regional municipalities always contain lower-tier municipalities within them and were created to provide common services to mixed urban and rural divisions in the way that counties typically provide common services to fully rural municipalities (this paradoxically gives many of the largest urban areas in the province a subtle semi-rural character, such as the presence of numbered <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_roads_in_Ontario" title="List of county roads in Ontario">"county" roads</a> with rural-type signage within them). Today, only certain predominantly urban divisions containing two or more urban municipalities but lack a defined <a href="/wiki/Core_city" title="Core city">core city</a> are given the status of a regional municipality; most census divisions instead retain the status of a county or a district. However, there is one <b>district municipality</b>, the <a href="/wiki/District_Municipality_of_Muskoka" title="District Municipality of Muskoka">District Municipality of Muskoka</a> that has the same structure as a regional municipality, but is predominantly rural or wilderness. </p><p>The specific relationship of a regional government and the cities, towns, townships and villages within its borders is determined by provincial legislation; typically the regional municipality provides many core <a href="/wiki/Public_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Public services">services</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> protection, <a href="/wiki/Waste_management" title="Waste management">waste management</a> and (in some RMs) <a href="/wiki/Public_transit" class="mw-redirect" title="Public transit">public transit</a>. Similar to counties, they also provide infrastructure for <a href="/wiki/List_of_county_roads_in_Ontario#Regional/District_Municipalities" title="List of county roads in Ontario">major roads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanitary_sewer" title="Sanitary sewer">sewers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bridge" title="Bridge">bridges</a> and also handle <a href="/wiki/Social_services" title="Social services">social services</a>. Organization of regional government has occasionally been controversial, as council membership is sometimes determined by the constituent municipalities rather than elected directly. </p><p>The province's first regional municipality, the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Toronto" title="Metropolitan Toronto">Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto</a>, was created in 1954, by severing <a href="/wiki/Old_Toronto" title="Old Toronto">Toronto</a> and its surrounding suburban townships from the southern portion of <a href="/wiki/York_County,_Ontario" title="York County, Ontario">York County</a>. It was the only regional municipality in the province until the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Ottawa%E2%80%93Carleton" title="Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton">Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton</a> was created in 1969 by restructuring <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> and the whole of <a href="/wiki/Carleton_County,_Ontario" title="Carleton County, Ontario">Carleton County</a>. Between 1970 and 1974, several more regional municipalities were created by the government of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Davis" title="Bill Davis">Bill Davis</a>, mostly by restructuring the entirety of existing counties. </p><p>The later government of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Harris" title="Mike Harris">Mike Harris</a> subsequently dissolved four regional municipalities with a dominant central city that formed <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan areas">metropolitan areas</a> into amalgamated single-tier cities. In 1998, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto became the amalgamated <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">City of Toronto</a>, and in 2001, three other regional municipalities—Ottawa–Carleton, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Hamilton%E2%80%93Wentworth" title="Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth">Hamilton–Wentworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Sudbury" title="Regional Municipality of Sudbury">Sudbury</a>—were similarly amalgamated into the single-tier cities of Ottawa, <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greater_Sudbury" title="Greater Sudbury">Greater Sudbury</a>. </p><p>The Harris government also split the <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Haldimand%E2%80%93Norfolk" title="Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk">Regional Municipality of Haldimand–Norfolk</a> (an anomalous predominantly-rural RM) into two separate single-tier municipalities—the Town of Haldimand and the Town of Norfolk, which immediately changed their names to <a href="/wiki/Haldimand_County,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Haldimand County, Ontario">Haldimand County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Ontario" title="Norfolk County, Ontario">Norfolk County</a>. </p><p>In January 2019, the provincial government announced a review of the eight regional municipalities in the province (<a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Durham" title="Regional Municipality of Durham">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Halton" title="Regional Municipality of Halton">Halton</a>, <a href="/wiki/District_Municipality_of_Muskoka" title="District Municipality of Muskoka">Muskoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Niagara" title="Regional Municipality of Niagara">Niagara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_County,_Ontario" title="Oxford County, Ontario">Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Peel" title="Regional Municipality of Peel">Peel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_Waterloo" title="Regional Municipality of Waterloo">Waterloo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Regional_Municipality_of_York" title="Regional Municipality of York">York</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Simcoe_County" title="Simcoe County">Simcoe County</a>, as well as their constituent lower-tier municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-review_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-review-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The review will be headed by special advisers Ken Seiling and Michael Fenn, who will conduct consultations with politicians, civil servants, business owners, and residents of the nine affected municipalities.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, the <i>More Homes Built Faster Act</i> received <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a> and will remove most planning responsibilities from seven upper-tier municipalities (Durham, Halton, Niagara, Peel, Simcoe, Waterloo, and York) at a still undetermined date.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quebec">Quebec</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Quebec"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Regional_county_municipality" title="Regional county municipality">regional county municipalities</a></i> or <i>RCMs</i> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <i>municipalités régionales de comté, MRC</i>) have constituted the "county" level of government for the entire province since the early 1980s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_cities_in_Canada" title="History of cities in Canada">History of cities in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origins_of_names_of_cities_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Origins of names of cities in Canada">Origins of names of cities in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_of_Upper_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities and towns of Upper Canada">List of cities and towns of Upper Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of city nicknames in Canada">List of city nicknames in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_North_America" title="List of cities in North America">List of cities in North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_cities_and_towns_in_Canada_by_area" title="List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area">List of the largest cities and towns in Canada by area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population" title="List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population">List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_population_centres_in_Canada" title="List of the largest population centres in Canada">List of the largest population centres in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of metropolitan areas in Canada">List of metropolitan areas in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_Canadian_cities_by_census" title="List of largest Canadian cities by census">List of largest Canadian cities by census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_province_and_territory" title="Population of Canada by province and territory">Population of Canada by province and territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Population of Canada by year">Population of Canada by year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Canada" title="List of cities in Canada">List of cities in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Canada" title="List of towns in Canada">List of towns in Canada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_municipality&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Emirate">Emirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">Enclave and exclave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal dependency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governorate" title="Governorate">Governorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">Hamlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorialism" title="Manorialism">Manor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_manor" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal manor">Royal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muftiate" title="Muftiate">Muftiate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood" title="Neighbourhood">Neighbourhood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_precinct" title="Electoral precinct">Precinct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">Principality</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Village" title="Village">Village</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_summer_villages_in_Alberta" title="List of summer villages in Alberta">Summer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_(electoral_subdivision)" title="Ward (electoral subdivision)">Ward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agency_(administrative_division)" title="Agency (administrative division)">Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barony_(county_division)" title="Barony (county division)">Barony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgh" title="Burgh">Burgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exarchate" title="Exarchate">Exarchate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hide_(unit)" title="Hide (unit)">Hide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hundred_(county_division)" title="Hundred (county division)">Hundred</a></li> <li><a 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