A resort municipality is a
type of municipal status in the
Canadian provinces
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North ...
of
British Columbia and
Prince Edward Island.
British Columbia also has a related municipal status type of
mountain resort municipality.
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The lone resort municipality in British Columbia is Whistler, which was created by the Resort Municipality of Whistler Act.][
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See also
* List of municipalities in British Columbia
* List of municipalities in Prince Edward Island
* List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
A resort village is a type of incorporated List of communities in Saskatchewan#Urban municipalities, urban municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized Ha ...
* List of summer villages in Alberta
A summer village is a type of urban municipality in the Canadian province of Alberta that has a permanent population generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal (non-permanent) inhabitants.
Alberta has a total of 51 summe ...
* Mountain resort municipalities:
:* Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia
:* Sun Peaks, British Columbia
Sun Peaks is a mountain resort municipality in British Columbia, Canada. It was incorporated on June 28, 2010. It is built around Sun Peaks Resort. It is located 55 kilometers northeast of Kamloops and 410 kilometers from Vancouver. The muni ...
* Municipal government in Canada
Local government in Canada can be defined as all elected local authorities which are legally empowered to make decisions on behalf of its electors, excluding the federal government, provincial and territorial governments, and First Nations, Mé ...
* Resort town
A resort town, often called a resort city or resort destination, is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding ...
References
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Census divisions of Canada
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Local government in Canada
Municipalities
Subdivisions of Canada