Ontario's
Municipal Act, 2001 defines local municipality as "a single-tier municipality or a lower-tier municipality". Combined, Ontario has 414 local municipalities comprising 173 single-tier municipalities and 241 lower-tier municipalities. The 414 local municipalities, which include 51 cities, 64 municipalities, 89 towns, 199 townships, and 11 villages, have a total population of 14,134,681, a total land area of . These totals represent of Ontario's population and of its land area.
Single-tier municipalities Ontario's
Municipal Act, 2001 defines a single-tier municipality as "a municipality, other than an upper-tier municipality, that does not form part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes". In
southern Ontario, single-tier municipalities are either politically separate from but geographically within neighbouring counties or were formed through the amalgamation of upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities. All municipalities in
northern Ontario are single-tier municipalities as upper-tier municipalities are not present. Single-tier municipalities provide for all local government services. Ontario has 173 single-tier municipalities comprising 32 cities, 23 municipalities, 28 towns, 85 townships, and 5 villages.
Lower-tier municipalities Ontario's
Municipal Act, 2001 defines a lower-tier municipality as "a municipality that forms part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes". Ontario has 241 lower-tier municipalities comprising 19 cities, 41 municipalities, 61 towns, 114 townships and 6 villages. Within regions, they are responsible for providing certain local services that are not provided by the regional municipality. Within counties, they are responsible for providing a wider range of local services since counties as upper-tier municipalities provide fewer local services than regions.
List of local municipalities Toronto skyline toronto islands b.JPG|alt=Skyline of Toronto|
Toronto is Ontario's provincial capital and most populous municipality Centre Block - Parliament Hill.jpg|alt=Parliament Hill in Ottawa|
Ottawa is the capital of
Canada and Ontario's second-most populous municipality Downtown Mississauga.jpg|alt=Skyline of Mississauga|Skyline of
Mississauga, Ontario's third largest municipality by population and suburb of Toronto Brampton Dominion Building.jpg|alt=Downtown Brampton Street Level|Downtown
Brampton, Ontario's fourth largest municipality by population and suburb of Toronto HamiltonOntarioSkylineC.JPG|Skyline of downtown
Hamilton, Ontario's fifth largest municipality by population London, Ontario, Canada- The Forest City from above.jpg|alt=Skyline of London, Ontario|Skyline of downtown
London, Ontario, the largest city in
southwestern Ontario by population Markham-suburbs aerial-edit2.jpg|alt=Suburban Markham|Suburban
tract housing in
Markham, Ontario's seventh largest municipality by population and suburb of Toronto View from the top of Behemoth (Canada's Wonderland).jpg|alt=Vaughan seen from Canada's Wonderland|
Vaughan as viewed from
Canada's Wonderland Arial photo of downtown Kitchener Ontario.JPG|alt=Aerial view of Kitchener-Waterloo|Downtown
Kitchener Windsor Ontario skyline.jpg|alt=Skyline of Windsor seen from Detroit|Skyline of downtown
Windsor seen from
Detroit, Michigan == See also ==