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In eastern Canada a township is one form of the subdivision of a County . This is translated into French as '' Canton '' in Quebec . ATLANTIC CANADA 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. In Prince Edward Island's case, 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, whereas present-day Nova Scotia uses districts where appropriate. ONTARIO In Ontario , there are both geographic and political townships. Most of Ontario, except for the sparsely populated far north, is subdivided into geographic townships. A political township is one or more geographic townships united as a single entity with a single municipal administration, but which does not have sufficient population to be defined as a town. WESTERN CANADA In the Prairie provinces and parts of British Columbia , a township is a division of the Dominion Land Survey , roughly square and about 95 km&2 in area. These townships are not political units (although political boundaries often follow township boundaries), but exist only to define parcels of land in a relatively simple way. The District Municipality of Langley, B.C. is officially the "Township of Langley". As well, Nova Scotia used to be divided into townships, however this is no longer true. SEE ALSO |
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