It was the second Regional Municipality to be created in Ontario after the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. It served as an upper-tier level of municipal government, aggregating municipal services on a region-wide basis like the Counties and Regional Municipalities of Southern Ontario, and was the only upper-tier municipal government ever created in Eastern Ontario. The Regional Municipality was dissolved upon the creation of the amalgamated City of Ottawa on January 1, 2001.
The townships of Marlborough and North Gower merged to become Rideau Township.
At the same time the Townships of Torbolton, Fitzroy and Huntley merged to become West Carleton Township.
In 1978
The township of March and parts of Goulbourn and Nepean townships became the city of Kanata.
At the same time the township of Nepean became the city of Nepean.
In 1981 the township of Gloucester became the city of Gloucester.
In 1999 the township of Cumberland became the city of Cumberland.
Purpose of Regional Government
The Region, known as an "upper-tier" level of municipal government, was created to manage municipal services that crossed municipal boundaries and were more efficiently provided to residents on a regional, as opposed to local, basis. Over time, more and more services were transferred from the "lower-tier" municipalities to the Region and, by the end of the 1990s, 85% of municipal services were delivered by the Region. This included mass transit, policing, arterial roads, sewage, water, social services, garbage collection and Regional planning. Periodical reorganization (e.g. rural townships acquiring city status, as in 1974 and 1978) did not impede the process.
However the constituent municipalities of the RMOC were unified in a single City of Ottawa in 2001 by the Fewer Municipal Politicians Act of Ontario (1999), by the government of Premier Mike Harris, re-elected promising a "Common Sense Revolution." Several other Ontario conurbations were also unified under the Act, listed at.[1] Ottawa thus became in sheer area one of the largest municipalities in Canada, roughly 65 kilometres by 32, much of this farmland, although 90 per cent of the population live in urban concentrations.
On formation in 1969, the RMOC was a Council of members selected by the municipal councils, who elected among themselves a Regional Chairman. In 1991, the Regional chairman was for the first time directly elected by the people of the Region, which municipal mayors earlier resisted, fearing the chairman would effectively become a "super mayor". In 1994, Regional councillors were directly elected to represent Regional wards, rather than being appointed from the lower-tier municipal councils. Many of the new Regional wards crossed municipal boundaries, which in the eyes of many local residents undermined local or historical differences. Generally in Ontario regional government reforms of the 1990s were sometimes mistrusted as preparation for eventual creation of unified "mega-cities", but this was not before 1999 a topic of local political anxiety in Ottawa-Carleton, (see discussion in.[2])
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a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton was a Regional Municipality and Census Division in Ontario Canada that existed between January 1 1969 and January 1 2001 and was primarily centred on the City of Ottawa It was created in 1969 by restructuring Carleton County and annexing Cumberland Township from the United Counties of Prescott and Russell into the newly created Region of Ottawa Carleton Regional Municipality of Ottawa CarletonDissolved RegionFlagSealCoat of armsMunicipal Boundaries of the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton CountryCanadaProvinceOntarioRegionEastern OntarioCreatedJanuary 1 1969DissolvedJanuary 1 2001Area Total1 073 km2 414 sq mi Population 1996 Total721 136Time zoneUTC 05 00 EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 DST Area code613SeatOttawaMunicipalitiesOttawa Cumberland Gloucester Goulbourn Kanata Nepean Osgoode Rideau Rockcliffe Park Vanier West CarletonIt was the second Regional Municipality to be created in Ontario after the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto It served as an upper tier level of municipal government aggregating municipal services on a region wide basis like the Counties and Regional Municipalities of Southern Ontario and was the only upper tier municipal government ever created in Eastern Ontario The Regional Municipality was dissolved upon the creation of the amalgamated City of Ottawa on January 1 2001 Contents 1 Constituent Municipalities 1 1 Chronology 2 Purpose of Regional Government 3 Regional Chairs 4 External linksConstituent Municipalities EditThe Regional Municipality originally consisted of the Cities of Ottawa and Eastview the Villages of Rockcliffe Park Richmond and Stittsville and the Townships of Torbolton Fitzroy Huntley March Goulbourn Nepean Osgoode Marlborough North Gower Gloucester and Cumberland At the same time as the creation of the Region the City of Eastview was renamed the City of Vanier Chronology Edit In 1974 The police villages of City View Kenmore Manotick Metcalfe North Gower Osgoode Station and St Joseph d Orleans were dissolved Goulbourn Township annexed the villages of Richmond and Stittsville The townships of Marlborough and North Gower merged to become Rideau Township At the same time the Townships of Torbolton Fitzroy and Huntley merged to become West Carleton Township In 1978 The township of March and parts of Goulbourn and Nepean townships became the city of Kanata At the same time the township of Nepean became the city of Nepean In 1981 the township of Gloucester became the city of Gloucester In 1999 the township of Cumberland became the city of Cumberland Purpose of Regional Government EditThe Region known as an upper tier level of municipal government was created to manage municipal services that crossed municipal boundaries and were more efficiently provided to residents on a regional as opposed to local basis Over time more and more services were transferred from the lower tier municipalities to the Region and by the end of the 1990s 85 of municipal services were delivered by the Region This included mass transit policing arterial roads sewage water social services garbage collection and Regional planning Periodical reorganization e g rural townships acquiring city status as in 1974 and 1978 did not impede the process However the constituent municipalities of the RMOC were unified in a single City of Ottawa in 2001 by the Fewer Municipal Politicians Act of Ontario 1999 by the government of Premier Mike Harris re elected promising a Common Sense Revolution Several other Ontario conurbations were also unified under the Act listed at 1 Ottawa thus became in sheer area one of the largest municipalities in Canada roughly 65 kilometres by 32 much of this farmland although 90 per cent of the population live in urban concentrations On formation in 1969 the RMOC was a Council of members selected by the municipal councils who elected among themselves a Regional Chairman In 1991 the Regional chairman was for the first time directly elected by the people of the Region which municipal mayors earlier resisted fearing the chairman would effectively become a super mayor In 1994 Regional councillors were directly elected to represent Regional wards rather than being appointed from the lower tier municipal councils Many of the new Regional wards crossed municipal boundaries which in the eyes of many local residents undermined local or historical differences Generally in Ontario regional government reforms of the 1990s were sometimes mistrusted as preparation for eventual creation of unified mega cities but this was not before 1999 a topic of local political anxiety in Ottawa Carleton see discussion in 2 Coordinates 45 10 N 75 45 W 45 167 N 75 750 W 45 167 75 750Regional Chairs EditSee Regional Chair of Ottawa Carleton External links Edit http www mah gov on ca AssetFactory aspx did 6212 http www cpsa acsp ca papers 2006 Sancton pdf bare URL PDF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton amp oldid 1143669502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
