Editing County (section)

===Canada===
{{main|Local government in Canada}}

====Alberta====
A ''county'' in [[Alberta]] used to be a type of designation in a single-tier municipal system; but this was nominally changed to "[[list of municipal districts in Alberta|municipal district]]" under the ''Municipal Government Act'', when the ''County Act'' was repealed in the mid-1990s. However, at the time the new "municipal districts" were also permitted to retain the usage of ''county'' in their official names.<ref name="MGAtransition">{{cite web|url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/TOWN/0361/Crowsnest_Pass_Transitional_from_Former_to_this_Act_1994.pdf|author=Province of Alberta|title=Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments, Repeal and Commencement (Municipal Government Act)|access-date=2010-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123193642/http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/pdf_search/pdf/TOWN/0361/Crowsnest_Pass_Transitional_from_Former_to_this_Act_1994.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As a result, in Alberta, the term ''[[list of municipal districts in Alberta|county]]'' is synonymous with the term ''[[list of municipal districts in Alberta|municipal district]]'' – it is not its own incorporated municipal status that is different from that of a municipal district.  As such, Alberta Municipal Affairs provides municipal districts with the opportunity to change to a ''county'' in their official names, but some have chosen to hold out with the ''municipal district'' title. The vast majority of "municipal districts" in Alberta are counties.

====British Columbia====
[[British Columbia]] has [[counties of British Columbia|counties]] for the purposes of its justice system but otherwise they hold no governmental function. For the provision of all other governmental services, the province is divided into [[list of regional districts of British Columbia|regional districts]] that form the upper tier, which are further subdivided into [[list of municipalities in British Columbia|local municipalities]] that are partly autonomous, and [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[list of regional district electoral areas in British Columbia|electoral areas]] that are governed directly by the regional districts.

====Manitoba====
The province of [[Manitoba]] was divided into [[List of former counties of Manitoba|counties]]; however, these counties were abolished in 1890. Manitoba is divided into rural municipalities, which do not overlap with urban municipalities.

====New Brunswick====
The counties of [[list of counties of New Brunswick|New Brunswick]] were upper-tier governance units until the municipal reform of 1967; they were also used as electoral districts until 1973. They remain in use as [[census divisions|census]] [[Census geographic units of Canada|divisions]] by [[Statistics Canada]] and by locals as geographic identifiers. The Territorial Division Act defining them remains in effect; their subdivisions are called [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|parishes]]; their government centres are called [[list of shiretowns in New Brunswick|Shiretowns]].

====Newfoundland and Labrador====
[[Newfoundland and Labrador]] does not have any second-level administrative subdivision between the provincial government and its municipalities.

====Northwest Territories====
The [[Northwest Territories]] are divided into regions; however, these regions only serve to streamline the delivery of territorial governmental services, and have no government of their own.

====Nova Scotia====
[[Nova Scotia]] formerly had a two-tier system of local government in which counties were upper tier municipalities.

====Nunavut====
[[Nunavut]] is divided into regions; however, these regions only serve to streamline the delivery of territorial governmental services, and have no government of their own.

====Ontario====
[[Ontario]] has a two-tier system of local government in which counties are upper tier municipalities.

The primary administrative [[Ontario#Administrative divisions|division]] of [[Southern Ontario]] is its 22 counties, which are upper-tier local governments providing limited municipal services to rural and moderately dense areas—within them, there are a variety of lower-tier towns, cities, villages, etc. that provide most municipal services. This contrasts with Northern Ontario's 10 districts, which are geographic divisions but not local governments—although some towns, etc. are within them that are local governments, the low population densities and much larger area have significant impacts on how government is organized and operates. In both Northern and Southern Ontario, urban densities in cities are one of two other local structures: [[regional municipalities]] (restructured former counties which are also upper tiers) or single-tier municipalities.

====Prince Edward Island====
The counties of [[list of counties of Prince Edward Island|Prince Edward Island]] are historical and have no governments of their own today. However, they remain used as [[census divisions|census]] [[Census geographic units of Canada|divisions]] by [[Statistics Canada]], and by locals as geographic identifiers.

====Quebec====
[[Quebec]] has a two-tier system of local government in which counties are upper tier municipalities. Quebec's counties are more properly called "[[list of regional county municipalities and equivalent territories in Quebec|Regional County Municipalities]]" ({{Lang|fr|municipalités régionales de comté}}). The province's [[List of former counties of Quebec|former counties]] proper were supplanted in the early 1980s.

====Saskatchewan====
[[Saskatchewan]] is divided into rural and urban municipalities, which do not overlap.  Saskatchewan does not have any second-level administrative subdivision between the provincial government and the municipalities.

====Yukon====
[[Yukon]] does not have any second-level administrative subdivision between the territorial government and its municipalities.