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Local Municipality (Quebec)
The local municipality () is the lowest unit of local government in Quebec and is distinguished from the higher-level regional county municipality, or RCM, a municipal government at the supralocal level. Eight municipalities are further subdivided into boroughs. There are also eleven agglomerations grouping a number of municipalities and exercising some of the powers that would be exercised by a municipality elsewhere in Quebec. With the exception of some Aboriginal communities, municipalities are governed by the ''Towns and Cities Act'' and the ''Municipal Code of Québec''. See also *List of municipalities in Quebec *List of communities in Quebec *Classification of municipalities in Quebec *Municipal history of Quebec *Municipal reorganization in Quebec *List of boroughs in Quebec *Administrative divisions of Quebec *Kativik Regional Government The Kativik Regional Government (french: Administration régionale Kativik, KGR) encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county regional municipality. Regional county municipalities are a supralocal type of regional municipality, and act as the local municipality in Unorganized area#Quebec, unorganized territories within their borders. The system of regional county municipalities was introduced beginning in 1979 to replace the List of former counties of Quebec, historic counties of Quebec. In most cases, the territory of an RCM corresponds to that of a Census geographic units of Canada, census division; however, there are a few exceptions. Some local municipalities are outside any regional county municipality (''hors MRC''). This includes some municipalities within Urban agglomerations in Quebec, urban agglomerations and also some aboriginal lands, such as Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word ''borough'' probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points (Burhs); in order to maintain these particular settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. The concept of the borough has been used repeatedly (and often differently) throughout the world. Often, a borough is a single town with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Agglomerations Of Quebec
An agglomeration, or urban agglomeration, is an administrative division of Quebec at the local level that may group together a number of municipalities which were abolished as independent entities on 1 January 2002 but reconstituted on 1 January 2006. Urban agglomerations have certain powers that would ordinarily be exercised by individual municipalities. History The 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec proved to be controversial in several municipalities, and in the aftermath, several municipalities voted in a 2004 referendum to reverse their amalgamation. However the supralocal urban agglomeration level of government was retained over each formerly merged region. Definition The ''Act respecting the exercise of certain municipal powers in certain urban agglomerations'' defines the expression ''urban agglomeration'' as follows. :An urban agglomeration corresponds to the territory, as it exists on 17 December 2004, of Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec, Ville de Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Quebec
__FORCETOC__ Quebec is the second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the province is divided into 1,282 census subdivisions, which are municipalities and equivalents. Quebec's 1,218 municipalities include 87 regional county municipalities at the supralocal level and 1,131 local municipalities ( of its census subdivisions). Generally, most local municipalities, as well as some unorganized territories, are nested within regional county municipalities. The 1,218 municipalities are directly responsible for the provision of public transit, fire protection, potable water, water purification, and waste management services to its residents. They also share responsibility with the province in the provision of housing, road networks, police protection, recreation and culture, parks and natural spaces, and land use planning and development. Below the regional county municipality lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communities In Quebec
This is a list of communities in Quebec. Currently, local municipalities belonging to a regional county municipality are not listed, but they can be accessed through the link to their regional county municipality. For a complete list, see List of municipalities in Quebec. Types of municipalities *Types of municipalities in Quebec *List of municipalities in Quebec *List of township municipalities in Quebec * List of united township municipalities in Quebec *List of parish municipalities in Quebec *List of village municipalities in Quebec *List of cities and towns in Quebec *List of Indian reserves in Quebec *List of unorganized territories in Quebec Lists of communities Abitibi-Témiscamingue Regional County Municipalities * Abitibi * Abitibi-Ouest * La Vallée-de-l'Or * Témiscamingue Independent City * Rouyn-Noranda Indian Reserves * Kebaowek, Quebec * Lac-Simon, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec * Pikogan, Quebec * Timiskaming, Quebec Bas-Saint-Laurent Regional C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classification Of Municipalities In Quebec
The following is a list of the types of Local government in Quebec, local and Wiktionary:supralocal, supralocal territorial units in Quebec, including those used solely for statistical purposes, as defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy (Quebec), Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and compiled by the Institut de la statistique du Québec. Not included are the urban agglomerations in Quebec, which, although they group together multiple municipalities, exercise only what are ordinarily local municipal powers. A list of local municipal units in Quebec by regional county municipality can be found at List of municipalities in Quebec. Local municipalities All municipalities (except cities), whether township, village, parish, or unspecified ones, are functionally and legally identical. The only difference is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal History Of Quebec
The municipal history of Quebec started in 1796 with the creation of administrations for Montréal and Quebec City, but it really developed immediately prior to the creation of the Province of Canada in 1841 with the formation of municipal districts, followed in March 1845 when the Parliament of the Province of Canada adopted an Act to create local authorities in Lower Canada which took effect in July 1845. The structure was abolished and replaced in September 1847 by a system of county municipalities, whose councillors were elected from the parishes and townships existing therein, with provision for the creation of towns and villages that would be separated from their counties. Further reform came into effect in July 1855 for all parts of Lower Canada other than Montreal, Quebec City and Saint-Hyacinthe, which included provision for the creation of local councils for parishes and townships, the representation of towns and villages on county councils, and the formation of towns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Reorganization In Quebec
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Boroughs In Quebec
This is a list of boroughs (''arrondissements'') in Quebec. Boroughs are provincially organized recognized sub-municipal administrative divisions that have mayors and councillors. List Grenville-sur-la-Rouge * Calumet * Grenville Longueuil * Greenfield Park * Le Vieux-Longueuil * Saint-Hubert Lévis * Desjardins * Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est * Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Ouest Montreal * Ahuntsic-Cartierville * Anjou * Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce * L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève * LaSalle * Lachine * Le Plateau-Mont-Royal * Le Sud-Ouest * Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve * Montréal-Nord * Outremont * Pierrefonds-Roxboro * Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles * Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie * Saint-Laurent * Saint-Léonard * Verdun * Ville-Marie * Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Métis-sur-Mer * MacNider Quebec City * Beauport * Charlesbourg * La Cité-Limoilou * La Haute-Saint-Charles * Les Rivières * Sainte- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Quebec
The province of Quebec is divided into entities that deliver local government, along with other types of functional divisions. Local municipalities The primary level of local organization is the local municipality. This general term includes specific types of municipalities in Quebec such as city or town, municipality, village, parish, township, and northern village. Municipal governments are authorities that are elected locally to provide services that are best managed locally. Revenue for services is mostly raised via property taxes and other local sources. They are created by the province under the Cities and Towns Act and the Municipal Code of Québec. Municipalities have power over public transport, fire protection and emergency, municipal court, drinking water, sewage, and rubbish collection. Shared powers with the province include housing, roads, police, recreation and culture, parks, and urban planning. Quebec has a multi-tier system, with a layer of government b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kativik Regional Government
The Kativik Regional Government (french: Administration régionale Kativik, KGR) encompasses most of the Nunavik region of Quebec. Nunavik is the northern half of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region and includes all the territory north of the 55th parallel. The administrative capital is Kuujjuaq, on the Koksoak River, about 50 kilometres inland from the southern end of the Ungava Bay. In accordance with the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, the KRG was established by the 1978 ''Act respecting Northern Villages and the Kativik Regional Government''Kativik Act. Representation The Kativik Regional Government includes 14 northern villages, 14 Inuit reserved lands and one Naskapi village municipality. Each Inuit reserved land is near a northern village; the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (north of the 55th parallel) is near the Naskapi reserved land that is also called Kawawachikamach, south of the 55th parallel in the Côte-Nord region of Quebe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
