A village is a sub-type of municipalities in the Canadian province of Ontario. A village can have the municipal status of either a single-tier or lower-tier municipality.
Ontario has 11 villages[1] that had a cumulative population of 13,695 and an average population of 1,245 in the 2016 Census.[2] Ontario's largest and smallest villages are Casselman and Thornloe with populations of 3,548 and 112 respectively.[2]
History
Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a village was both an urban and a local municipality.[3] Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 500 or more could have been incorporated as a village by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality.[3]
In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, the above designations and requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every village that:[4]
- "existed and formed part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a lower-tier municipality yet retained its name as a village; and
- "existed and did not form part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a single-tier municipality yet retained its name as a village.
The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "villages", or other former municipal status types such as "cities", "towns" or "townships", or generically as "municipalities".[5]
Villages in Ontario
| Village[6][2] | Municipal status[1] |
Geographic area[1] | Population (2016)[6] |
Population (2011)[6] |
Change (%)[2] |
Area (km²)[2] |
Population density[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burk's Falls | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 981 | 967 | 1.4 | 3.07 | 319.2 |
| Casselman | Lower-tier | Prescott and Russell | 3,548 | 3,626 | −2.2 | 5.12 | 693.4 |
| Hilton Beach | Single-tier | Algoma | 171 | 145 | 17.9 | 2.62 | 65.2 |
| Merrickville-Wolford | Lower-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 3,067 | 2,850 | 7.6 | 214.55 | 14.3 |
| Newbury | Lower-tier | Middlesex | 466 | 447 | 4.3 | 1.77 | 263.3 |
| Oil Springs | Lower-tier | Lambton | 648 | 704 | −8.0 | 8.19 | 79.1 |
| Point Edward | Lower-tier | Lambton | 2,037 | 2,034 | 0.1 | 3.28 | 620.6 |
| South River | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 1,114 | 1,049 | 6.2 | 4.15 | 268.3 |
| Sundridge | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 961 | 985 | −2.4 | 2.30 | 417.6 |
| Thornloe | Single-tier | Timiskaming | 112 | 123 | −8.9 | 6.59 | 17.0 |
| Westport | Lower-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 590 | 628 | −6.1 | 1.68 | 350.8 |
| Total | 13,695 | 13,558 | 3.1 | 253.32 | 54.06 | ||
See also
- List of cities in Ontario
- List of communities in Ontario
- List of municipalities in Ontario
- List of towns in Ontario
- List of township municipalities in Ontario
References
- ^ a b c "List of Ontario Municipalities". Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing. September 21, 2012. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses (Ontario)". Statistics Canada.
- ^ a b "Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25". Service Ontario. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "The Municipal Councillor's Guide". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ a b c "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.
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