Unorganized area

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An unorganized area or unorganized territory (French: Territoire non organisé) is any geographic region in Canada that does not form part of a municipality or Indian reserve. In these areas, the lowest level of government is provincial or territorial. In some of these areas, local service agencies may have some of the responsibilities that would otherwise be covered by municipalities.

British Columbia

Most regional districts in British Columbia include some electoral areas, which are unincorporated areas that do not have their own municipal government, but residents of such areas still receive a form of local government by electing representatives to their regional district boards.

The

—provides services and regulatory capacities in the same way as regional districts, however, but is managed directly by the provincial government instead of by a regional district board.

Manitoba

In Manitoba, territories not part of rural municipalities, urban municipalities (city, town, or village), local government districts, or Indian reserves are classified as "Unorganized". These cover 67.4% of the total area of the province of Manitoba, with Unorganized Division No. 23 constituting more than half of the entire unorganized area of the province. The unorganized areas of Manitoba are labeled to and referred as with the Census division number they are located in, even though census divisions do not serve any administrative purpose.

Ontario

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Unorganized areas in Ontario are named only by the

; they are marked with †daggers.

Quebec

Unorganized territories (territoires non organisés) in Quebec are located within regional county municipalities. They are usually named for a geographic feature within the unincorporated area.

Saskatchewan

The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District is the unorganized area of Saskatchewan, which encompasses approximately half of the province’s landmass. Because of its extremely sparse population, the district has no local government and is directly subject to the Minister of Government Relations.^[1]

See also

• Unincorporated area
• Unorganized territory

References