Regional Municipality of Sudbury, Ontario

Regional Municipality of Sudbury
regional municipality
Municipal boundaries of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury.
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Created	January 1, 1973
Dissolved	December 31, 2000
Area
• Total	2,607 km2 (1,007 sq mi)
Population (1996)
• Total	164,049
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	705
Seat	Sudbury
Municipalities	Sudbury, Capreol, Nickel Centre, Onaping Falls, Rayside-Balfour, Valley East, Walden

The Regional Municipality of Sudbury was a regional municipality in Ontario, Canada, which existed from 1973 to 2000.

The regional municipality expanded the boundaries of the city of Sudbury to annex the community of Copper Cliff, the unincorporated geographic township of Broder and half of the unincorporated geographic township of Dill. The other half of Dill Township — including the community of Wanup — remained unincorporated, although it was subsequently annexed into Greater Sudbury in 2001.

The existing town of Capreol also expanded its boundaries in 1973 to annex the unincorporated communities of Selwood and Milnet. However, despite its status as part of the Regional Municipality, Statistics Canada did not include the town in Sudbury's Census Metropolitan Area for census purposes.

The towns of Nickel Centre, Onaping Falls, Rayside-Balfour, Valley East and Walden were all newly created by the amalgamation of several smaller towns and townships. Valley East, the largest and fastest-growing of the smaller towns, was granted city status in 1997. All of these cities were dissolved in 2000 and 2001, in the case of Walden.

Each town and city in the regional municipality had its own mayor and council, and provided many of its own municipal services. The regional municipality had a regional council and chairman of its own, and provided certain services of region-wide interest, such as the regional road network, policing and social services.

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