DCHP-3

municipality

N.S.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a division of rural government corresponding to a county.

Quotations

1948
In the first place, each province is divided into large rural municipalities. These are known as . . . counties in Ontario (subdivided into townships); counties in Quebec (divided into townships and parishes); counties (and parishes) in New Brunswick; and in Nova Scotia simply municipalities.