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Regional Municipality of Sudbury

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In the 1976 municipal election, the first municipal elections held after the creation of the regional municipality, voters in three of the suburban towns rejected the new level of government. The strongest opposition was in Onaping Falls, with the vote running against regional government by a margin
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In addition to the former towns and cities of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury, the unincorporated townships of Dill, Cleland, Fraleck, Parkin, Aylmer, Mackelcan, Rathbun and Scadding were also annexed into the new city. The townships of Cleland and Dill encompass the communities of
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Each town and city in the regional municipality had its own mayor and council, and provided many of its own municipal services. The regional municipality had a regional council and chairman of its own, and provided certain services of region-wide interest, such as the
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were all newly created by the amalgamation of several smaller towns and townships. Valley East, the largest and fastest-growing of the smaller towns, was granted city status in 1997. All of the municipalities were dissolved into the city of Greater Sudbury in 2001.
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also expanded its boundaries in 1973 to annex the unincorporated communities of Selwood and Milnet. However, despite its status as part of the regional municipality,
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On January 1, 2001, all of the seven incorporated municipalities, as well as the regional municipality itself, were amalgamated into the united city of
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which contains only a few recreational properties. However, the annexation of this latter area into the city resulted in Lake Wanapitei supplanting
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and St. Cloud, while the townships of Fraleck, Parkin, Aylmer, Mackelcan, Rathbun and Scadding comprise a wilderness area on the northeast side of
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of 20 to one. Despite the opposition, however, none of the towns was released from the regional government structure.
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in Northern Ontario which has the structure and functionality of a Southern Ontario census division.
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The regional municipality expanded the boundaries of the city of Sudbury to annex the community of
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This was the only regional municipality in Ontario not to originate from a
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Townships of Fraleck, Parkin, Aylmer, Mackelcan, Rathbun and Scadding
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Municipal boundaries of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury.
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Region
Flag of Regional Municipality of Sudbury
Official seal of Regional Municipality of Sudbury
Coat of arms of Regional Municipality of Sudbury
Municipal boundaries of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury.
46°29′24″N 81°00′36″W / 46.49000°N 81.01000°W / 46.49000; -81.01000
Province
Ontario
Region
Northeastern Ontario
Time zone
UTC−05:00
EST
DST
UTC−04:00
Area code
705
Sudbury
Capreol
Nickel Centre
Onaping Falls
Rayside-Balfour
Valley East
Walden
regional municipality
Ontario
Sudbury
Southern Ontario
Northern Ontario
Greater Sudbury

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