An upper-tier municipality is made up of 2 or more lower-tier municipalities. Municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation are split between the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities. A lower-tier municipality forms part of an upper-tier municipality. Municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation are split between the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities. A single-tier municipality doesn't form part of an upper-tier municipality and assumes all municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation. Territorial districts are geographic areas in northern Ontario. They are described in the Territorial Division Act, and are composed of municipalities, geographic townships and un-surveyed territory.

A single-tier municipality doesn't form part of an upper-tier municipality and assumes all municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation. A lower-tier municipality forms part of an upper-tier municipality. Municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation are split between the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities.

This dataset includes: * new MCYS regions * Youth Justice Services regions * Service Delivery Division regions * census division names * census division IDs * census subdivision names census subdivision IDs *[MCYS]: Ministry of Children and Youth Services *[IDs]: identification

The dataset indicates whether bylaws are: * complete (covering interior and exterior of buildings) * partial - exterior of buildings only * partial - applies in certain geographic areas within municipality * partial - exterior only and certain geographic areas