Algonquin Highlands Township
Municipality of Dysart et al. (Dysart, Bruton, Clyde, Dudley, Eyre, Guilford, Harburn, Harcourt and Havelock)
Highlands East Township
Minden Hills

Hastings County

Historical/Geographic Townships^[1] ^[2]

Bangor
Carlow
Cashel
Dungannon
Elzevir
Faraday
Grimsthorpe
Herschel
Hungerford
Huntingdon
Lake
Limerick
Madoc
Marmora
Mayo
McClure
Monteagle
Rawdon
Sidney
Thurlow
Tudor
Tyendinaga
Wicklow
Wollaston

Current Municipalities

Town of Bancroft
Town of Deseronto
Carlow/Mayo Township
Municipality of Centre Hastings
Faraday Township
Municipality of Hastings Highlands
Limerick Township
Madoc Township
Marmora and Lake Township
Stirling-Rawdon Township
Tudor and Cashel Township
Municipality of Tweed
Tyendinaga Township
Wollaston Township

Northumberland County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Alnwick
Brighton
Cramahe
Haldimand
Hamilton
Murray
Percy
Seymour
South Monaghan

Current Municipalities

Alnwick/Haldimand
Municipality of Brighton
Town of Cobourg
Cramahe Township
Hamilton Township
Municipality of Port Hope
Municipality of Trent Hills

Peterborough County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Anstruther
Asphodel
Belmont
Burleigh
Cavendish
Chandos
Dummer
Douro
Ennismore
Galway
Harvey
Methuen
North Monaghan
Otonabee
Smith

Current Municipalities

Asphodel-Norwood
Cavan-Monaghan
Douro-Dummer
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen
North Kawartha
Otonabee-South Monaghan
Selwyn (formerly Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield)
Trent Lakes (formerly Galway-Cavendish and Harvey)

Simcoe County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Adjala
Artemesia
Collingwood
Essa
Flos
West Gwillimbury
Innisfil
Mara (from Ontario County)
Matchedash
Medonte
Mono (transferred to Dufferin County
Mulmur (transferred to Dufferin County)
Nottawasaga
Osprey
Oro
North Orillia
South Orillia
Rama (from Ontario County)
St. Vincent (transferred to Grey County)
Sunnidale
Tay
Tecumseth
Tiny
Tosorontio
Uphrasia
Vespra

Current Municipalities

Adjala-Tosorontio Township
Town of Bradford-West Gwillimbury
Clearview Township
Town of Collingwood
Essa Township
Town of Innisfil
Town of Midland
Town of New Tecumseth
Oro-Medonte Township
Town of Penetanguishene
Ramara Township
Severn Township
Springwater Township
Tay Township
Tiny Township
Town of Wasaga Beach

City of Kawartha Lakes

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Victoria County
- Bexley
- Carden
- Dalton
- Eldon
- Emily
- Fenelon
- Laxton, Digby and Longford
  - Digby
  - Laxton
  - Longford
- Manvers (from Durham County)
- Mariposa
- Ops
- Somerville
- Verulam

Current Municipality

City of Kawartha Lakes (Single-tier municipality)

Prince Edward County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipality

Prince Edward County (Single-tier municipality)

Eastern Ontario

Frontenac County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Barrie
Bedford
North Canonto
South Canonto
Clarendon
Kennebec
Hinchinbrooke
Howe Island
Kingston
Loughborough
Miller
Olden
Oso
Palmerston
Pittsburgh
Portland
Storrington
Wolfe Island

Current Municipalities

Lanark County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipalities

Beckwith Township
Town of Carleton Place
Drummond/North Elmsley Township
Lanark Highlands Township
Town of Mississippi Mills
Montague Township
Town of Perth
Tay Valley Township

Leeds and Grenville United Counties

Historical townships^[1] ^[2]

Leeds County
- Bastard
- South Burgess
- North Crosby
- South Crosby
- Elizabethtown
- South Elmsley
- Front of Escott
- Front of Leeds and Lansdowne
- Front of Yonge
- Kitley
- Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne
Grenville County
- Augusta
- Edwardsburgh
- South Gower
- Oxford
- Wolford

Current Municipalities

Athens Township
Augusta Township
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Township
Elizabethtown-Kitley Township
Front of Yonge Township
Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township
Village of Merrickville-Wolford
North Grenville Township
Rideau Lakes Township
Village of Westport

Lennox and Addington County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Lennox County
- Adolphustown
- North Fredericksburgh
- South Fredericksburgh
- Richmond
Addington County
- Abinger
- Amherst Island
- Anglesea
- Ashby
- Camden East
- Denbigh
- Effingham
- Ernestown
- Kaladar
- Sheffield

Current Municipalities

Addington Highlands Township
Town of Greater Napanee
Loyalist Township
Stone Mills Township

Prescott and Russell United Counties

Historical Townships/Municipalities^[1] ^[2]

Prescott County
- Alfred
- Caledonia
- East Hawkesbury
- West Hawkesbury
- Longueuil
- North Plantagenet
- South Plantagenet
Russell County
- Cambridge
- Clarence
- Cumberland (transferred to Carleton County)
- Russell

Current Municipalities

Alfred and Plantagenet Township
Municipality of Casselman
Champlain Township
City of Clarence-Rockland
East Hawkesbury Township
Town of Hawkesbury
Russell Township
Municipality of The Nation

Renfrew County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipalities

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Dundas County
Glengarry County
Stormont County
- Cornwall
- Finch
- Osnabruck
- Roxborough

Current Municipalities

City of Cornwall
North Dundas Township
South Dundas Municipality
North Glengarry Township
South Glengarry Township
North Stormont Township
South Stormont Township

City of Ottawa

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Carleton County
- Fitzroy
- Gloucester
- Goulbourn
- North Gower
- Huntley
- March
- Marlborough
- Nepean
- Osgoode
- Torbolton

Current Municipality

City of Ottawa (Single-tier municipality)

Golden Horseshoe

Regional Municipality of Durham

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Durham County
- Cartwright
- Cavan (transferred to Peterborough County)
- Clarke
- Darlington
- Hope (transferred to Northumberland County)
- Manvers (transferred to Victoria County)
Ontario County
- Brock
- Mara (transferred to Simcoe County)
- Pickering
- Rama (transferred to Simcoe County)
- Reach
- Scott
- Scugog
- Thorah
- Uxbridge
- Whitby
- East Whitby

Current Municipalities

Town of Ajax
Brock Township
Municipality of Clarington
City of Oshawa
City of Pickering
Scugog Township
Uxbridge Township
Town of Whitby

Regional Municipality of Halton

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Halton County
- Esquesing
- Nassagaweya
- Nelson
- Trafalgar

Current Municipalities

City of Burlington
Town of Halton Hills
Town of Milton
Town of Oakville

Regional Municipality of Niagara

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Lincoln County
- Caistor
- Clinton
- Gainsborough
- Grantham
- Grimsby
- Louth
- Niagara
Welland County
- Bertie
- Crowland
- Humberstone
- Pelham
- Thorold
- Stamford
- Wainfleet
- Willoughby

Current Municipalities

Town of Fort Erie
Town of Grimsby
Town of Lincoln
City of Niagara Falls
Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
Town of Pelham
City of Port Colborne
City of St. Catharines
City of Thorold
Wainfleet Township
City of Welland
West Lincoln Township

Regional Municipality of Peel

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Peel County
- Albion
- Caledon
- Chinguacousy
- Toronto
- Toronto Gore

Current Municipalities

City of Brampton
Town of Caledon
City of Mississauga

Regional Municipality of York

The section of York County north of Metro Toronto eventually became the Regional Municipality of York, and York County was dissolved.

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipalities

Town of Aurora
Town of East Gwillimbury
Town of Georgina
King Township
City of Markham
Town of Newmarket
City of Richmond Hill
City of Vaughan
Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville

City of Hamilton

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Wentworth County
- Ancaster
- Barton
- Beverley
- Binbrook
- Caistor
- Flamborough East
- Flamborough West
- Glanford
- Onondaga
- Saltfleet
- Seneca

Current Municipality

City of Hamilton (Single-tier municipality)

York County and Metropolitan Toronto

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

In 1953, York Country was split. Metropolitan Toronto was formed by severing from York County:

East York Township
Etobicoke Township
North York Township
Scarborough Township
Toronto (pre-amalgamation)

and several small municipalities:

Forest Hill
Leaside
Long Branch
Mimico
New Toronto
Swansea
Weston

These were dissolved in 1967 into the townships, which became boroughs.

Metro Toronto was amalgamated in 1998 into:

City of Toronto (Single-tier municipality, not a part of present York Region)

Southwestern Ontario

Bruce County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipalities

Municipality of Arran-Elderslie
Municipality of Brockton
Huron-Kinloss Township
Municipality of Kincardine
Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula
Town of Saugeen Shores
Municipality of South Bruce
Town of South Bruce Peninsula

Elgin County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Aldborough
Bayham
South Dorchester
Dunwich
Malahide
Southwold
Yarmouth

Current Municipalities

Town of Aylmer
Municipality of Bayham
Municipality of Central Elgin
Municipality of Dutton/Dunwich
Municipality of West Elgin
Malahide Township
Southwold Township

Essex County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Anderdon
Colchester North
Colchester South
Gosfield North
Gosfield South
Maidstone
Malden
Mersea
Rochester
Sandwich East
Sandwich South
Sandwich West
Tilbury North
Tilbury West

Current Municipalities

Town of Amherstburg
Town of Essex
Town of Kingsville
Town of Lakeshore
Town of LaSalle
Town of Tecumseh
Town of Leamington
Pelee Township

Grey County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Artemesia
Bentinck
Collingwood
Derby
Egremont
Euphrasia
Glenelg
Keppel
Holland
Normanby
Osprey
Proton
St. Vincent
Sarawak
Sullivan
Sydenham

Current Municipalities

Town of The Blue Mountains
Chatsworth Township
Georgian Bluffs Township
Municipality of Grey Highlands
Town of Hanover
Municipality of Meaford
City of Owen Sound
Southgate Township
Municipality of West Grey

Huron County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Ashfield
Colborne
Goderich
Grey
Hay
Howick
Hullett
McKillop
Morris
Stanley
Stephen
Tuckersmith
Turnberry
Usborne
East Wawanosh
West Wawanosh

Current Municipalities

Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township
Municipality of Bluewater
Central Huron Township
Howick Township
Municipality of Huron East
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
North Huron Township
South Huron Township

Lambton County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Bosanquet
Brooke
Dawn
Enniskillen
Euphemia
Moore
Plympton
Sarnia
Sombra
Warwick

Current Municipalities

Brooke-Alvinston
Dawn-Euphemia
Enniskillen
Municipality of Lambton Shores
Village of Oil Springs
Town of Petrolia
Town of Plympton-Wyoming
Village of Point Edward
St. Clair Township
City of Sarnia
Warwick Township

Middlesex County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Adelaide
Biddulph
Caradoc
Delaware
North Dorchester
Ekfrid
Lobo
London
McGillivray
Metcalfe
Mosa
West Nissouri
Westminster
East Williams
West Williams

Current Municipalities

Adelaide Metcalfe Township
Lucan Biddulph Township
Middlesex Centre Township
Village of Newbury
North Middlesex Township
Southwest Middlesex Township
Strathroy-Caradoc Township
Municipality of Thames Centre

Perth County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Blanshard
Downie
North Easthope
South Easthope
Ellice
Elma
Fullarton
Hibbert
Logan
Mornington
Wallace

Current Municipalities

Town of North Perth
Perth East Township
Perth South Township
West Perth Township

Wellington County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Arthur
Eramosa
Erin
West Garafraxa
Guelph
West Luther
Maryborough
Minto
Nichol
Peel
Pilkington
Puslinch

Current Municipalities

Centre Wellington Township
Town of Erin
Guelph/Eramosa Township
Mapleton Township
Town of Minto
Puslinch Township
Wellington North Township

Oxford County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Blandford
Blenheim
Dereham
East Nissouri
North Norwich
South Norwich
East Oxford
North Oxford
West Oxford
East Zorra
West Zorra

Current Municipalities

Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Waterloo County
- North Dumfries
- Waterloo
- Wellesley
- Wilmot
- Woolwich

Current Municipalities

City of Cambridge
City of Kitchener
North Dumfries Township
City of Waterloo
Wellesley Township
Wilmot Township
Woolwich Township

Brant County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Brantford
Burford
South Dumfries
Oakland
Onondaga
Tuscarora

Current Municipality

County of Brant (single-tier municipality)

Municipality of Chatham-Kent

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Kent County
- Camden
- Chatham
- Dover
- Harwich
- Howard
- Orford
- Raleigh
- Romney
- Tilbury East
- Zone

Current Municipality

Municipality of Chatham-Kent (Single-tier municipality)

Haldimand County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipality

Haldimand County (Single-tier municipality)

Norfolk County

Historical Townships^[1] ^[2]

Current Municipality

Norfolk County (Single-tier municipality)

Notes and References

Web site: GeologyOntario - Geographic Townships of Northern Ontario. 1993. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2013-04-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707144320/http://www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.on.ca/. 2011-07-07.
Web site: Ontario GenWeb - Search by Area. 1999. Ontario GenWeb (RootsWeb.com). 2013-04-01.
Web site: Sudbury District GenWeb. 1999 . Ontario GenWeb (RootsWeb.com). 2013-04-01.

List of townships in Ontario explained

York County and Metropolitan Toronto

See also

Notes and References