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
editUnder 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
edit| Village[6][2] | Municipal status[1] | Geographic area[1] | Population (2021) | Population (2016)[6] | Population (2011)[6] | Change % 2016-21[2] | Area (km²)[2] | Population density[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burk's Falls | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 957 | 981 | 967 | −2.4 | 3.07 | 310.0 |
| Casselman | Lower-tier | Prescott and Russell | 3,960 | 3,548 | 3,626 | 11.6 | 5.12 | 771.9 |
| Hilton Beach | Single-tier | Algoma | 198 | 171 | 145 | 15.8 | 2.62 | 78.6 |
| Merrickville-Wolford | Lower-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 3,135 | 3,067 | 2,850 | 2.2 | 214.33 | 14.6 |
| Newbury | Lower-tier | Middlesex | 440 | 466 | 447 | −5.6 | 1.77 | 248.6 |
| Oil Springs | Lower-tier | Lambton | 647 | 648 | 704 | −0.2 | 8.14 | 79.5 |
| Point Edward | Lower-tier | Lambton | 1,930 | 2,037 | 2,034 | −5.3 | 3.3 | 585.0 |
| South River | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 1,101 | 1,114 | 1,049 | −1.2 | 4.11 | 268.0 |
| Sundridge | Single-tier | Parry Sound | 938 | 961 | 985 | −2.4 | 2.25 | 417.7 |
| Thornloe | Single-tier | Timiskaming | 92 | 112 | 123 | −17.9 | 6.59 | 14.0 |
| Westport | Lower-tier | Leeds and Grenville | 634 | 590 | 628 | 7.5 | 2.19 | 289.0 |
| Total | 13,762 | 13,695 | 13,558 | 0.4 | 253.49 | 54.29 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.