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The Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario (or AFMO, from its French name, ''Association française des municipalités d'Ontario'') is a Canadian political organization of municipalities in the province of

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

which have significant

Franco-Ontarian Franco-Ontarians (french: Franco-Ontariens or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2016, the Government of O ...

communities. The organization oversees the maintenance and development of municipal government services in

, and works with other levels of government, as well as organizations in other Canadian provinces, on issues unique to francophone and bilingual communities.Kevin Anderson, "Town asks should we stay or go?". '' Timmins Daily Press'', March 21, 2018. The organization was founded in 1989, after a group of francophone mayors and councillors attending the annual conference of the

Association of Municipalities of Ontario The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is a non-profit organization representing municipal and regional governments in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created on June 22, 1972 through a merger of the Ontario Municipal Associa ...

met to discuss the need for collaboration on the special issues unique to francophone and bilingual communities.Bob Vaillancourt, "Francophone councillors meet to share ideas and develop solutions". ''

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'', September 27, 2003. Founding members included Vanier mayor

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, Russell mayor Gaston Patenaude, Rockland mayor Jean-Marc Lalonde, Hawkesbury mayor Yves Drouin, and

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mayor Lionel Lalonde. In addition to the organization's 40 member municipalities, a number of other non-municipal organizations and individuals have associate member status, including one municipal government in

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. Associate membership is most commonly held by organizations such as

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s in bilingual areas, provincial government agencies or non-governmental organizations that serve the francophone community; in the case of some provincial government ministries, however, it is held on an individual basis by a senior civil servant who is directly responsible for the ministry's French language programs, rather than by the ministry as a whole.

Member municipalities

The district social services boards of Algoma,

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, Timiskaming and

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also have municipal member status. The municipal government of

Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census d ...

is also a member of the organization, but has associate member status since it is outside of Ontario.

Associate members

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AFMO
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Member municipalities

Associate members

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