List of township municipalities in Ontario
# List of township municipalities in Ontario

A township is a type of municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario. They can have either single-tier status or lower-tier status.

Ontario has 200 townships that had a cumulative population of 990,396 and an average population of 4,952 in the 2011 Census. Ontario's largest and smallest townships are Centre Wellington and Cockburn Island with populations of 26,693 and 0 respectively.

## History

Under the former Municipal Act, 1990, a township was a type of local municipality. Under this former legislation, a locality with a population of 1,000 or more could have been incorporated as a township by Ontario's Municipal Board upon review of an application from 75 or more residents of the locality. It also provided that a township could include "a union of townships and a municipality composed of two or more townships".

In the transition to the Municipal Act, 2001, these requirements were abandoned and, as at December 31, 2002, every township that:

* "existed and formed part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a lower-tier municipality yet retained its name as a township; and
* "existed and did not form part of a county, a regional or district municipality or the County of Oxford for municipal purposes" became a single-tier municipality yet retained its name as a township.

The current legislation also provides lower and single-tier municipalities with the authority to name themselves as "townships", or other former municipal status types such as "cities", "towns" or "villages", or generically as "municipalities".

## Former township municipalities

| Former township | Change date | Change event | Current status | Remarks |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barrie Island | January 1, 2009 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island |
| Dack | January 1, 2003 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Charlton and Dack |
| Delhi | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Norfolk County |
| Dymond | January 1, 2004 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Temiskaming Shores |
| Glanbrook | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Hamilton |
| Gordon | January 1, 2009 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Gordon/Barrie Island |
| Goulbourn | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Ottawa |
| Marlborough | 1974 | | | Amalgamated into Rideau Township |
| Marmora and Lake | March 14, 2001 | Status change | Municipality | |
| Michipicoten | June 5, 2007 | Status and name change | Municipality | Name changed to Wawa |
| Norfolk | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Norfolk County |
| North Gower | 1974 | Dissolution | | Amalgamated into Rideau Township |
| North Grenville | July 14, 2003 | Status change | Municipality | |
| North Himsworth | June 2, 2002 | Status and name change | Municipality | Named changed to Callander |
| Osgoode | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Ottawa |
| Rideau | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Ottawa |
| Shedden | October 1, 2004 | Status and name change | Town | Name changed to Spanish |
| Shuniah | January 2, 2011 | Status change | Municipality | |
| West Carleton | January 1, 2001 | Dissolution | — | Amalgamated into Ottawa |
| West Grey | December 2, 2002 | Status change | Municipality | |
