Editing District (section)

===Canada{{anchor|Canada}}===
====Alberta====
In [[Alberta]], the [[List of municipal districts in Alberta|municipal districts]] and [[List of communities in Alberta#Improvement districts|improvement districts]] are types of [[List of communities in Alberta#Rural municipalities|rural municipalities]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm | title=Types of Municipalities in Alberta | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | access-date=July 28, 2013 | archive-date=19 April 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419011614/http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/am_types_of_municipalities_in_alberta.cfm | url-status=dead }}</ref> They are recognized as [[census subdivisions]] by [[Statistics Canada]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/92f0009x/92f0009x2012000-eng.pdf |title=Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2012 to January 1, 2012 |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |year=2012 |access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> which form parts of [[census divisions]].

====British Columbia====
In the province of [[British Columbia]], there are several kinds of administrative districts by that name.  The usual usage is a reference to ''[[district municipality|district municipalities]]'', which are a class of municipality in the same hierarchy as city, town, or village.  Most are styled, e.g., "[[Mission, British Columbia|District of Mission]]" or [[Wells, British Columbia|"District of Wells"]], though some are styled, e.g., [[Delta, British Columbia|"Corporation of Delta"]] or "[[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Township of Langley]]".

Within the area of municipal powers, ''[[Regional districts of British Columbia|regional districts]]'' –  which are somewhat analogous to counties in other jurisdictions, a number of municipalities, and unincorporated areas – are always referred to as "regional districts" to distinguish them from district municipalities and other kinds of district.

Other kinds of districts in British Columbia are:

* Electoral districts (some early ridings, as electoral districts are commonly known, included "district" in their title, e.g. [[New Westminster District]])
* Forest districts, which are a set of administrative regions of the [[British Columbia Ministry of Forests]]
* Land districts, which are the underlying cadastral survey system for the province and are the primary locational reference used in government databases and references. The primary use of "district" in combinations such as the Lillooet District or New Westminster District was a reference to the land district, though sometimes to mining divisions.
* [[List of school districts of British Columbia|School districts]], also often referred to simply as "districts", when in context.
* Other types of regional subdivision, according to the ministry or agency, are generally styled "region" or "area".  These include as Ministry of Environment regions, [[Health regions of Canada#British Columbia|health regions]], and regional management planning areas such as the [[Muskwa-Kechika Management Planning Area]].

====Mi'kma'ki====
Situated across the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic provinces]] and the [[The Maritimes|Maritimes provinces]], the traditional [[country]] of the [[Mi'kmaq|Mi'kmaw Nation]] organizes itself into historically 7 or 8 districts.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benwah |first1=Jasen S. |title=The French Shore |url=https://www.benoitfirstnation.ca/mikmaq_article5_french.html |website=Benoit First Nation |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> These districts are [[Epekwitk]] and [[Pictou|Piktuk]], Eske'kewa'ki, Kespe'kewa'ki, Kespukwitk, Sikniktewa'ki, their central fire or capital district [[Unama'ki]], and [[Newfoundland (island)|Ktaqamkuk]]. Although Canada and the provinces hardly recognize the legitimacy of [[Mi'kma'ki]], the nation remains and still retains functions as a [[Wabanaki Confederacy|Wabanaki country]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meloney |first1=Nic |title=Mi'kmaq districts invite PM to meet, redefine 'nation-to-nation' dealings |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/justin-trudeau-town-hall-mi-kmaq-invitation-1.4487531 |website=CBC News |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

====New Brunswick====
[[New Brunswick]] has numerous [[List of local service districts in New Brunswick|local service districts]], 7 [[List of school districts in New Brunswick|school districts]], 10 [[List of Canadian federal electoral districts|federal electoral districts]] and 55 [[List of New Brunswick provincial electoral districts|provincial electoral districts]].

====Northwest Territories====
In western and northern Canada, the federal government created [[districts of the Northwest Territories|districts]] as subdivisions of the [[Northwest Territories]] 1870–1905, partly on the model of the districts created in the [[Province of Canada]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/province-of-canada-1841-67/|title=Province of Canada 1841-67|last=Careless|first=James Maurice Stockford|work=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|access-date=2017-04-27|language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}.  The first district created was the [[District of Keewatin]] in 1876 followed by four more districts in 1882. Gradually, these districts became separate territories (such as [[Yukon]]), separate provinces (such as [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]]) or were absorbed into other provinces.

====Ontario====
In [[Ontario]], a district is a statutory subdivision of the province, but, unlike a county, a district is not incorporated.  Most districts are composed of unincorporated lands, mostly [[Crown land]].  Originally present-day [[Southern Ontario]] (then part of the [[Province of Quebec]] and after 1791, [[Upper Canada]]) was divided into districts in 1788 [https://web.archive.org/web/20051122164741/http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/maps/districts.htm].  Districts continued to operation until 1849 when they were replaced by counties by the [[Province of Canada]].

The current Ontario districts such as [[Algoma District, Ontario|Algoma]] and [[Nipissing District, Ontario|Nipissing]] were first created by the Province of Canada in 1858 prior to [[Confederation]] for the delivery of judicial and provincial government services to sparsely populated areas from the [[county seat|district seat]] (e.g. [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]]). Some districts may have District Social Service Administration Boards, which are designed to provide certain social services. The boundaries of a federal [[census division]] may correspond to those of a district.

====Quebec====
In [[Quebec]], districts are municipal electoral subdivisions of [[list of boroughs in Quebec|boroughs]], which are subdivisions of cities. They function in a similar manner to what is elsewhere known as a [[ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]].