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Five fast facts
- There are approximately 4,000 municipal governments in Canada managing our cities, towns, villages, counties, districts, and metropolitan regions.
Reference: Forsey, E. How Canadians Govern Themselves, 2005 - Most municipal governments are not structured around political parties.
- Elected positions include mayor/reeve/warden and councillors/aldermen.
- Provincial Acts govern municipalities therefore they vary by province.
- In 2004, 25 per cent of the 308 members of the House of Commons had municipal government experience.
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