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In the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 province of Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, municipalities operate in various hierarchies. Though most originated from a two-tier arrangement of a county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 containing smaller divisions, there are now single-tier cities made entirely of former counties, regional municipalities
Regional municipality

A Regional Municipality is a type of Canada municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place....
, and other arrangements, all under the direction of the provincial government.

One arrangement which is becoming more common is to separate larger, denser towns and cities from their more rural counties and regions.






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In the Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 province of Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
, municipalities operate in various hierarchies. Though most originated from a two-tier arrangement of a county
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 containing smaller divisions, there are now single-tier cities made entirely of former counties, regional municipalities
Regional municipality

A Regional Municipality is a type of Canada municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place....
, and other arrangements, all under the direction of the provincial government.

One arrangement which is becoming more common is to separate larger, denser towns and cities from their more rural counties and regions. While they no longer share in the administration of the wider area, relationships are usually maintained as civic offices and other infrastructure may remain within the boundaries of the separated town.

Unlike a single-tier municipality or a region, a separated municipality does not form its own separate census division, but remains a census subdivision of the county. Hence, its separation from the county is strictly administrative.

The following list shows those towns and cities which are separated, and the county or region they were once a part of.

  • Barrie
    Barrie

    Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, a city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , a Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , a provincial electoral district...
     - Simcoe County
    Simcoe County, Ontario

    Simcoe is a county located in central Ontario, originally established as "Simcoe District" in 1843 by the Legislature of Upper Canada. The population currently stands at approximately 266,100 , but Statistics Canada, which includes the separated cities of Barrie, Ontario and Orillia, Ontario in its calculations of the Simcoe County census di...
  • Belleville
    Belleville, Ontario

    Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor....
     - Hastings County
    Hastings County, Ontario

    Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located in Eastern Ontario....
  • Brockville - Leeds & Grenville County
    Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario

    The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are located in Southeastern Ontario, Canada. The population, as of the 2006 census, was 99,206. The United Counties have a land area of ....
  • Gananoque
    Gananoque, Ontario

    Gananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,285 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the Saint Lawrence River, Gananoque's most important tourist attraction....
     - Leeds & Grenville County
    Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario

    The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are located in Southeastern Ontario, Canada. The population, as of the 2006 census, was 99,206. The United Counties have a land area of ....
  • Guelph
    Guelph

    Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above...
     - Wellington County
    Wellington County, Ontario

    Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Its administration centre is located in Guelph and its ratepayers live in seven municipalities that the county comprises....
  • Kingston
    Kingston, Ontario

    Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
     - Frontenac County
    Frontenac County, Ontario

    Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The City of Kingston, Ontario is included in the census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac....
  • London
    London, Ontario

    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the Canada 2006 Census....
     - Middlesex County
    Middlesex County, Ontario

    Middlesex County is a census division located in Western Ontario. The administrative centre of the county is the city of London, Ontario, though the city is now separated from the jurisdiction of the county....
  • Orillia - Simcoe County
    Simcoe County, Ontario

    Simcoe is a county located in central Ontario, originally established as "Simcoe District" in 1843 by the Legislature of Upper Canada. The population currently stands at approximately 266,100 , but Statistics Canada, which includes the separated cities of Barrie, Ontario and Orillia, Ontario in its calculations of the Simcoe County census di...
  • Pembroke
    Pembroke, Ontario

    Pembroke is a city at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley in eastern Ontario, Canada. Pembroke is the seat of Renfrew County....
     - Renfrew County
    Renfrew County, Ontario

    Renfrew is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario. In 2006, the population was 97,545 and county covered , giving a population density of ....
  • Peterborough
    Peterborough, Ontario

    Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 in the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area had a population of 116 570....
     - Peterborough County
    Peterborough County, Ontario

    Peterborough County is located in Ontario, Canada. It is projected to reach a population of 159,840 by 2031, according to the Ontario Ministry of Finance's Ontario Population Projections Update ...
  • Prescott
    Prescott, Ontario

    Prescott is a town of approximately 4,200 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada....
     - Leeds & Grenville County
    Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario

    The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are located in Southeastern Ontario, Canada. The population, as of the 2006 census, was 99,206. The United Counties have a land area of ....
  • Quinte West
    Quinte West, Ontario

    Quinte West is a city, formerly part of Hastings County, Ontario, but now a List of Ontario separated municipalities in central eastern Ontario, Canada, ....
     - Hastings County
    Hastings County, Ontario

    Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located in Eastern Ontario....
  • Smiths Falls
    Smiths Falls, Ontario

    Smiths Falls is a town in Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, Ontario, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government....
     - Lanark County
    Lanark County, Ontario

    Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. As of 2001, the population is 62,495. Its county seat is Perth, Ontario....
  • St. Marys
    St. Marys, Ontario

    St. Marys is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is located on the River Thames, Ontario southwest of Stratford, Ontario in Perth County, Ontario....
     - Perth County
    Perth County, Ontario

    Perth County, Ontario is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford, Ontario. It is located in Southwestern Ontario, west of Toronto....
  • St. Thomas
    St. Thomas, Ontario

    St. Thomas is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is the seat for Elgin County, Ontario and gained its city charter on March 4, 1881....
     - Elgin County
    Elgin County, Ontario

    Elgin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario with a current population of approximately 46,000. The county seat is St....
  • Stratford
    Stratford, Ontario

    Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County, Ontario in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 30,461, according to the 2006 census....
     - Perth County
    Perth County, Ontario

    Perth County, Ontario is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford, Ontario. It is located in Southwestern Ontario, west of Toronto....
  • Windsor
    Windsor, Ontario

    Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views of the Detroit skyline....
     - Essex County
    Essex County, Ontario

    Essex County is a county and census division located in Western Ontario Ontario and covers an area at the Geography of Canada#Extreme points of Canada....


Owen Sound was separated from Grey County
Grey County, Ontario

Grey County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is in Owen Sound. The population was 83,378 in 2006....
 for close to 100 years, but re-joined the county in 2002. As a result, it is no longer a separated municipality.

A historic case that predates this trend by some time was the split of York County
York County, Ontario

York County is an Historic counties of Ontario in Upper Canada, Canada West, and the Canada province of Ontario.York County was created in 1792 and was part of the jurisdiction of Home District of Upper Canada....
 in 1954. The southernmost section became Metropolitan Toronto
Metropolitan Toronto

The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was the senior level of municipal government in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area from 1954 to 1997. It was a precursor to the later concept of a regional municipality, being formed of smaller municipalities but having more responsibilities than a county or district....
 (now the city of Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
), the remainder eventually became York Region; however, Toronto was considered a separate census division
Census division

Census division is an official term in Canada and the United States of America. The census divisions of Canada are second-level Census geographic units of Canada, below Provinces and territories of Canada, and above "census subdivisions" and "dissemination areas"....
 while the above municipalities are still considered to be within the census division they are separated from. Other former separated municipalities include Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
 and St. Catharines, which re-joined their county upon its re-incorporation as a regional municipality
Regional municipality

A Regional Municipality is a type of Canada municipal government similar to and at the same municipal government level as a county, although the specific structure and servicing responsibilities may vary from place to place....
.

See also

  • List of Ontario census divisions


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