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[ 0 => '{{Use DMY dates|date=November 2021}}', 1 => '{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2021}}', 2 => '', 3 => 'The Canadian province of [[New Brunswick]] is divided into 340 local entities. Under reforms to be implemented starting in 2022, a new structure will reduce total entities to from 340 to 90. For comparison, neighbouring Nova Scotia has 25% more population and is divided into [[Administrative divisions of Nova Scotia|49 administrative divisions]].', 4 => '', 5 => 'Of these 340 New Brunswick (NB) entities, 236 are [[unincorporated area]]<nowiki/>s called [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service districts]] (LSDs).<ref name="magee">{{cite web|last1=Magee|first1=Shane|title='Little consensus' on how to reform local governance, report says|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/local-governance-reform-new-brunswick-1.6169506|access-date=19 November 2021|publisher=CBC}}</ref> These are administrative units of the provincial government. An LSD has no staff or elected government.<ref name="cpsa">Almost half of the residents of LSDs live near municipalities and benefit from their services, although they are not taxed for them.<nowiki><ref name="cpsa"><ref name="gill"></nowiki>{{cite web|last1=Gill|first1=Jordan|title=Local governance minister determined to tackle municipal reform|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/minister-committed-local-government-1.5766033|access-date=19 November 2021|publisher=CBC}}</ref> As of the 2016 census, almost a third of the population lived in LSDs, which cover more than 80%<ref name="alsdnb">{{cite web|date=September 2021|title=Blueprint for Suburban and Rural Local Governance Reform in New Brunswick|url=https://adslnb.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/lsd-blueprint-sept-2021-1.pdf|access-date=19 November 2021|publisher=Association of Local Service Districts of NB}}</ref> of NB's land area. 208 of the LSDs have fewer than 1,000 people.<ref name="new">{{cite web|date=11 December 2020|title=Local Governance Reform|url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance-reform.html|access-date=19 November 2021|website=www2.gnb.ca|publisher=Government of New Brunswick|language=en}}</ref>', 6 => '', 7 => 'The remainder of the area within provincial boundaries, apart from [[First Nations in New Brunswick|First Nations]], is divided according to the Local Governance Act<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Local Governance Act|url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/ShowPdf/cs/2017-c.18.pdf|access-date=19 November 2021|page=10}}</ref> into municipalities (94), rural communities (8),<ref name="nbboa">{{cite web|title=Backgrounder: - Local Governance Act|url=http://nbboa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LGA-Background-EN.pdf|access-date=19 November 2021|publisher=The New Brunswick Building Officials Association}}</ref> and the [[Regional Municipality of Tracadie]].<ref name="factsheet">{{cite web|date=February 2014|title=Establishing the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/lg-gl/pdf/GrandTracadieSheilaFactSheet.pdf|publisher=New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government|accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref>', 8 => '', 9 => 'A municipality can be a village, town, or city.<ref name=":0" /> These entities have the same basic authority, the distinctions being based on mainly on population.<ref name="cpsa">{{cite web|title=Why local governments?|url=https://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/documents/conference/2018/924.Landry.Guillemot.pdf|access-date=19 November 2021|website=Canadian Political Science Association}}</ref> Services include certain transportation, environmental, security, and recreational and culture services.<ref name="grass">{{cite book|last1=Antoft|first1=Kell|title=Grassroots democracy: local government in the Maritimes|last2=Novack|first2=Jack|date=1998|publisher=Henson College, Dalhousie University|isbn=9780770310141|location=Halifax, N.S.}}</ref> Cities generally provide more services than smaller entities.', 10 => '', 11 => 'In 2012, 12 regional service commissions were created. Like LSDs, these are not a tier of government, but service providers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Structure of the new Regional Service Commissions|url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/elg/local_government/content/promos/action_plan_local_governance/structure.html|publisher=Government of New Brunswick|accessdate=20 July 2020}}</ref>', 12 => '', 13 => 'County councils provided local government in unincorporated areas until they were abolished 1967. Those areas then either remained unincorporated as LSDs, or became newly-incorporated municipal entities called villages. These were given the same powers as towns and cities.<ref name="cpsa" /> Existing towns and cities were not changed.', 14 => '', 15 => 'The new entities will comprise 12 rural districts and 78 local government entities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Better Future - Together|url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Corporate/Promo/localgovreform/docs/WhitePaper-EN-Web.pdf|url-status=live|website=Government of New Brunswick}}</ref> About 22% of NB's population, or 161,000 people, will no longer live in LSDs.<ref name="poitras">{{cite web|last1=Poitras|first1=Jacques|title=New Brunswick reforms merge dozens of local governments and rural areas|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-local-governance-reform-1.6253482|access-date=19 November 2021|website=CBC}}</ref>', 16 => '', 17 => 'The reform will mean redrawing many borders. While there are no major changes to the three biggest cities, [[Fredericton]], [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]], and [[Moncton]], some smaller municipalities will be joined, along with nearby LSDs, including:<ref name="magee" />', 18 => '', 19 => '* [[Alma, New Brunswick|Alma]], [[Hillsborough, New Brunswick|Hillsborough]] and [[Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick|Riverside-Albert]]', 20 => '* [[Bath, New Brunswick|Bath]], [[Florenceville-Bristol]] and [[Centreville, New Brunswick|Centreville]]', 21 => '* [[Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick|Blacks Harbour]] and [[St. George, New Brunswick|St. George]]', 22 => '* [[Cambridge-Narrows|Cambridge Narrows]] and [[Gagetown, New Brunswick|Gagetown]]', 23 => '* [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]], [[Atholville, New Brunswick|Atholville]] and [[Tide Head, New Brunswick|Tide Head]]', 24 => '* [[Grand Falls, New Brunswick|Grand Falls]] and [[Drummond, New Brunswick|Drummond]]', 25 => '* [[Minto, New Brunswick|Minto]] and [[Chipman, New Brunswick|Chipman]]', 26 => '* [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]] and [[Dorchester, New Brunswick|Dorchester]]', 27 => '', 28 => '== References ==', 29 => '{{reflist}}', 30 => '', 31 => '[[Category:Government of New Brunswick]]', 32 => '[[Category:Geography of New Brunswick]]', 33 => '[[Category:Local government in New Brunswick]]' ]