The township and range system the township and range system in ap human geography

Populations of the municipal townships in Ontario vary widely, from less than 200 for Worthington Township in Rainy River District to 40 000 for Kingston Township in Frontenac County. The township in Ontario is also the first tier of government administration groups of townships are united with villages and towns to form a county. Each of the Eastern Townships (now called Estrie) forms the principal network of local government of one of the 14 regional county municipalities (MRCs) in the Sherbrooke area of Québec. The municipal township in Québec is the first order of administration. The basic unit of the township in Québec is a farm of 105 acres (42 ha), whereas the sizes in Ontario vary from 10 acres (4 ha) to 200 acres (81 ha).

In large parts of Québec and Ontario the township was laid out in a general checkerboard pattern a typical township has about 16 km on each side and is divided into lots and concessions.

Townships of varying sizes were laid out in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but they were essentially superseded by the county structure. The township, introduced into Canada in the late 1700s, is the basic land-survey division of land. Map showing the townships for which official and preliminary plans were issued up to 1 January 1929.

The township and range system the township and range system in ap human geography