The ''Municipal Act, 2001'' () of the Canadian province of
Ontario
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is the main
statute
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governing the creation, administration and government of
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in Ontario, other than the
City of Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
. After being passed in 2001, it came into force on 1 January 2003, replacing the previous ''Municipal Act''. It has since been amended. Previous versions of the ''Municipal Act'' date back to the 19th century.
This act and others before as ''Municipal (Corporation) Act'' are linked back to
Baldwin Act, 1849 of
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada () was a Province, part of The Canadas, British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Queb ...
, which replaced the ineffective
District Council Act by the establishment of responsible (elected) government.
Functions
There are complex rules as to which municipalities have authority to act on any given subject, which are summarized as follows in Section 11:
See also
* ''
Metropolitan Toronto Act''
*
Revised Statutes of Ontario
The Revised Statutes of Ontario (RSO; , ) is the name of several consolidations of public acts in the Canadian province of Ontario, promulgated approximately decennially from 1877 to 1990.
Each revision contains a consolidated version of all non ...
References
External links
* Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
''Municipal Act e-guide''
2001 in Ontario
Ontario provincial legislation
Local government in Ontario
2001 in Canadian law
Local government legislation
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