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TERMINOLOGY
GENERAL
Municipality is an area whose inhabitants
are incorporated and whose powers are
exercised by a council elected by the voters
of the municipality.
Single Tier Municipalities include:
•  Amalgamated single tiers created by the
amalgamation of former regions or coun-
ties into a single municipality that has the
sole responsibility for providing all or most
municipal services.
•  Separated municipalities in southern
Ontario which are not members of the coun-
ties in which they are geographically situated,
although they share responsibility with them
for consolidated municipal services and
some other services. Such municipalities do
not have representation on county council.
•  All municipalities in northern Ontario.
The powers of a single tier municipal-
ity are exercised by a council elected by the
voters of the municipality.
Note that in this directory, separated
municipalities and northern Ontario munic-
ipalities are listed within the county or
district in which they are physically located.
County is generally a municipality that
is a federation of the towns, villages and
townships within its boundaries. Each of the
participating municipalities in the county
has an elected council, and designated
members of these councils combine to form
the county council.
In some instances, a county is a single
tier municipality established through the
amalgamation of the towns, villages and
townships that previously existed within its
boundaries. In these cases, the members of
the county council are directly elected by
the voters within the county.
County geographical boundaries are used
for judicial and a number of administrative
purposes.
Regional Municipality is a municipal-
ity originally created by a special act of the
Ontario legislature and is a federation of all
the area municipalities within its boundar-
ies. Each of the area municipalities in the
region has an elected council and, in some
cases, designated members of all of these
councils combine to form the regional coun-
cil. In other cases, regional councillors are
directly elected.
Regional boundaries are used for judicial
and a number of administrative purposes.
Districts are divisions of that part
of Ontario that does not have county or
regional organization. Every district con-
tains a number of local municipalities,
but with the exception of Muskoka, does
not serve any municipal purpose. The dis-
trict boundaries are used for judicial and a
number of administrative purposes.
Local Services Boards are legally con-
stituted bodies with members elected to
act on behalf of the residents of a com-
munity in an unorganized territory to
ensure some basic services such as fire
protection, garbage collection and road
maintenance.
MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
Mayor is the title generally reserved for that
person who is the head of a city, town or
area municipal council and is elected by the
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