The term township , in Canada , is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the country itself.
20-670: Central Huron is a township in western Ontario , Canada, in Huron County . It is situated on Lake Huron between the Maitland River and the Bayfield River . The Municipality of Central Huron was formed on January 1, 2001, when the Town of Clinton , the Townships of Hullett and Goderich were amalgamated. The municipality of Central Huron comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including
40-414: A change of -0.4% from its 2016 population of 276,368 . With a land area of 95,542.70 km (36,889.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.9/km (7.5/sq mi) in 2021. The median age is 47.2, as opposed to 41.6 for all of Canada. French was the mother tongue of 98.0% of residents in 2021. The next most common mother tongues were English at 0.6%, followed by Spanish at 0.4% and
60-515: A land area of 98,712.71 km (38,113.19 sq mi), Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean is the third-largest Quebec region after Nord-du-Québec and Côte-Nord . This region is bathed by two major watercourses, Lac Saint-Jean and the Saguenay River , both of which mark its landscape deeply and have been the main drives of its development in history . It is also irrigated by several other large watercourses. Bordered by forests and mountainous massifs,
80-540: A lower-tier municipality (if located in a county or regional municipality , i.e. in Southern Ontario ) or single-tier municipality (if located in a district, i.e. in Northern Ontario ). A township municipality may consist of a portion of one or more geographic townships united as a single entity with a single municipal administration. Often rural counties are subdivided into townships. In some places, usually if
100-566: A political unit called a rural municipality in general is 3 townships by 3 townships in size, or 18 miles squared, about 324 square miles (840 km ). Three municipalities in British Columbia , Langley , Esquimalt and Spallumcheen , have "township" in their official names but legally hold the status of district municipalities . Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean ( French pronunciation: [saɡnɛ lak sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃] , locally [saɡne lak sẽ ʒã] )
120-746: Is a region in Quebec , Canada on the Labrador Peninsula . It contains the Saguenay Fjord , the estuary of the Saguenay River , stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the first part of "Saguenay" and the last part of "Piekouagami", the Innu name (meaning "flat lake") for Lac Saint-Jean , with the final "e" added to follow the model of other existing region names such as Mauricie , Témiscamie , Jamésie , and Matawinie . With
140-411: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Township (Canada) In Eastern Canada , a township is one form of the subdivision of a county . In Quebec, the term is canton in French. The historic colony of Nova Scotia (present-day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick , and Prince Edward Island ) used the term township as a subdivision of counties and as a means of attracting settlers to
160-445: Is home to 555 recent immigrants (i.e. those arriving between 2016 and 2021). 190 of them come from France , and 180 come from various African countries, with Cameroon leading at 75 recent immigrants. In 2021, 73.4% of the population identified as Catholic , while 19.2% said they had no religious affiliation. Muslims were the largest religious minority, making up 0.3% of the population. Counting both single and multiple responses,
180-631: The Prairie Provinces and parts of British Columbia , a township is a division of the Dominion Land Survey . Townships are (mostly) 6-by-6-mile (9.7 by 9.7 km) squares, about 36 square miles (93 km ) in area. The townships are not political units (although political boundaries often follow township boundaries) but exist only to define parcels of land relatively simply. Townships are divided into 36 equal 1-by-1-mile (1.6 by 1.6 km) square parcels, known as "sections." In Saskatchewan ,
200-424: The fjord , mostly south of the river. It makes up 52.5% of the region's population. The flag was incorporated in 1938 on the centenary of the first settlers' arrival in 1838 and was created by Mgr. Victor Tremblay, a local historian. The four colours represent the four elements of the richness of Saguenay: the grey cross represents aluminum, which is an important product of local industry; the red border represents
220-680: The British Conquest, primarily as a surveying unit. They were designated and cover most of the unattributed territory in Eastern Quebec and what is now known as the Eastern Townships and later used in surveying the Outaouais and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions. Townships often served as the territorial basis for new municipalities, but township municipalities are no different from other types such as parish or village municipalities. In
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#1733085042914240-538: The Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region was 275,552 at the Canada 2021 Census , representing 3.2% of Quebec's population. It is concentrated primarily in three clusters: the city of Saguenay (pop. 144,723), the city of Alma (pop. 30,331) and the agglomeration of Roberval (pop. 9,840), Saint-Félicien (pop. 10,089) and Dolbeau-Mistassini (pop. 13,718). Saguenay, the region's largest city, is located slightly west of
260-492: The colony. In Prince Edward Island, the colonial survey of 1764 established 67 townships, known as lots, and 3 royalties, which were grouped into parishes and hence into counties; the townships were geographically and politically the same. In New Brunswick, parishes have taken over as the present-day subdivision of counties, and present-day Nova Scotia uses districts as appropriate. In Ontario , there are both geographic townships and township municipalities. Geographic townships are
280-438: The following communities: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Central Huron had a population of 7,799 living in 3,267 of its 3,917 total private dwellings, a change of 2.9% from its 2016 population of 7,576 . With a land area of 449.43 km (173.53 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.4/km (44.9/sq mi) in 2021. This Southwestern Ontario geographical article
300-509: The inhabitants' labour; green, at the top represents the forest; and yellow, at the bottom, represents agriculture. Following the Saguenay municipal reorganization in 2002 , the region now counts 49 municipalities (including unorganized territories ). In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region had a population of 275,552 living in 126,404 of its 138,331 total private dwellings,
320-432: The original historical administrative subdivisions surveyed and established primarily in the 1800s. They are used primarily for geographic purposes, such as land surveying, natural resource exploration and tracking of phenomena such as forest fires or tornados , but are not political entities. Township municipalities, also called "political townships", are areas that have been incorporated with municipal governments, and are
340-523: The related languages of Atikamekw and Innu at 0.3% total. 0.4% reported both English and French as their first language. Additionally there were 0.1% who reported both French and a non-official language as their mother tongue. As of 2021, Indigenous peoples comprised 5.1% of the population and visible minorities contributed 1.5%. The largest visible minority groups in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean are Black (0.7%), Arab (0.2%), and Latin American (0.2%). The region
360-593: The southern portion of the region constitutes a fertile enclave in the Canadian Shield called the Saguenay Graben . Both the scenery and the cultural sites and activities of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean attract tourists every year. Lac Saint-Jean is a popular vacation destination in the summer for residents of the more urban regions of Quebec. The name Saguenay is possibly derived from the Innu word "Saki-nip" which means "where water flows out". The population of
380-401: The township is in a county rather than in a regional municipality , the head of a political township may be called a " reeve ", not a mayor. However, the distinction is changing as many rural townships are replacing the title with "mayor" to reduce confusion. A few townships keep both titles and designate "mayor" as the head of the municipal council and use "reeve" to denote the representative to
400-412: The upper tier (usually county) council. The term "geographic township" is also used in reference to former political townships that were abolished or superseded as part of municipal government restructuring. In Quebec , townships are called cantons in French and can also be political and geographic, similar to Ontario although the geographic use is not used much or at all. They were introduced after
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