Editing New Brunswick (section)

====Administrative divisions====
[[File:Administrative areas of New Brunswick with First Nations lands map-blank.svg|thumb|Administrative areas of New Brunswick (historic county borders also shown):
{{Legend|#FEFEE4|[[List of local service districts in New Brunswick|Local service district]]|css=border:1px solid #AA8753}}
{{Legend|#F6E1B9|[[List of rural communities in New Brunswick|Rural community]]|css=border:1px solid #AA8753}}
{{Legend|#F1C872|[[List of municipalities in New Brunswick|Municipality]]|css=border:1px solid #AA8753}}
{{Legend|#D75D00|[[Indian reserve]]|css=border:1px solid #AA8753}}]]

The province has fifteen [[List of counties of New Brunswick|counties]], which served as upper-tier municipalities until the municipal reforms of 1966. While county governments have been abolished in New Brunswick, counties continue to be used as [[census division]]s by [[Statistics Canada]], and as an organizational unit, along with parishes, for registration of real-estate and its taxation. Counties continue to figure into the sense of identity of many New Brunwickers. Counties are further subdivided into [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|152 parishes]], which also lost their political significance in 1966 but are still used as [[census subdivision]]s by [[Statistics Canada]].

Ninety-two per cent of the land in the province, inhabited by about 35% of the population, is under provincial administration and has no local, elected representation. The 51% of the province that is [[Crown land]] is administered by the [[Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development (New Brunswick)|Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development]].

Most of the province is administrated as a [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service district (LSD)]], an unincorporated unit of local governance. As of 2017, there are 237 LSDs. Services, paid for by property taxes, include a variety of services such as fire protection, solid waste management, street lighting, and dog regulation. LSDs may elect advisory committees<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Service Districts (LSDs) |date=20 January 2006 |url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.9495.html |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033139/http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.9495.html |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> and work with the [[Department of Local Government (New Brunswick)|Department of Local Government]] to recommend how to spend locally collected taxes.

In 2006 there were three rural communities. This is a relatively new type of entity; to be created, it requires a population of 3,000 and a tax base of $200&nbsp;million.<ref name="sorc">{{cite web |last1=Beckley |first1=Thomas M. |title=New Brunswick |url=http://sorc.crrf.ca/nb/ |website=State of Rural Canada |access-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044041/http://sorc.crrf.ca/nb/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> In 2006 there were 101 municipalities.

[[Regional Service Commission]]s, which number 12, were introduced in 2013 to regulate regional planning and solid waste disposal, and provide a forum for discussion on a regional level of police and emergency services, [[climate change adaptation]] planning, and regional sport, recreational and cultural facilities. The commissions' administrative councils are populated by the mayors of each municipality or rural community within a region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/promos/action_plan_local_governance/structure.html |title=Structure of the new Regional Service Commissions |first=Government of New Brunswick |last=Canada |website=www2.gnb.ca |date=24 September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010203850/http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/promos/action_plan_local_governance/structure.html |archive-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>