Local services board
A local services board (LSB) is an organization in the Canadian province of Ontario that is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level services in a community that is not part of an incorporated municipality.
Most local services boards are elected by residents of the communities they serve. Depending on the community, the services provided may include
street lighting, garbage collection, recreational, fire department, library and/or emergency telecommunications
services. Maintenance of local roads in a local services board's jurisdictional area is generally contracted to a separate local roads board.
Local services boards exist in the
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, which provides them with annual operating grant funding, although the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
also has a role in their governance.
Most, but not all, communities which have a local services board are accorded the status of
unorganized areas
.
There are currently 46 local services boards operating in the province; the newest,
Greater Oxdrift
, was incorporated in 2009. Some former local services boards have also been dissolved — this may occur because the community is subsequently incorporated as a true municipality, because the service area is annexed into a larger municipality or because the agency is no longer able, for financial or political reasons, to offer the level of service expected of an LSB.
Local service boards
| District | Board |
|---|---|
| Algoma |
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| Cochrane |
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| Kenora |
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| Manitoulin |
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| Nipissing | |
| Parry Sound |
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| Sudbury |
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| Thunder Bay |
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| Timiskaming |
References
- ^ Local Services Boards, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 737. Canadian Legal Information Institute.
External links
- Ontario Northern Services Boards Act, 1990 at E-Laws
- Local Services Board, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
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