Municipal Restructurings

Municipal restructuring involves reorganizing local government entities to improve efficiency, enhance service delivery, and better meet community needs. This process may include incorporation (becoming a municipality), annexation (adding other areas to an existing municipality), amalgamation (joining 2 or more municipalities together), or dissolution (becoming unincorporated). As communities and municipalities face challenges like population growth and fiscal constraints, restructuring becomes essential for sustainable development. 

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Past Restructurings

Restructurings under the previous legislation of the Municipalities Act

• April 29, 2011 – The Community of Richmond dissolves into unincorporated area. 
   
• November 17, 2014 – The Community of Central Bedeque and the Community of Bedeque amalgamate to form one municipality – the Community of Bedeque and Area
   
• December 15, 2017 – The Community of Brackley and the Community of Winsloe South amalgamate to form one municipality – the Community of Brackley

Restructurings under the Municipal Government Act 

Many municipalities underwent annexations of single parcel or multiple parcels of land. These restructurings are not included in this list. 

• April 3, 2018 - The Rural Municipality of Abram's-Village changed their name to the Rural Municipality of Abram-Village. 
   
• September 28, 2018 – The Rural Municipality of Lady Slipper and the Rural Municipality of Ellerslie-Bideford amalgamated to form one municipality – the Rural Municipality of Central Prince. 
   
• September 28, 2018 - The former Rural Municipalities of Grand Tracadie, Pleasant Grove and North Shore were restructured as the new Rural Municipality of North Shore.
   
• September 28, 2018 - Seven municipalities and three Fire Districts were amalgamated/annexed to form a new municipality. The municipal boundaries of the Town of Three Rivers are the perimeter boundaries (excluding any common boundary) of the Rural Municipality of Brudenell, the Rural Municipality of Cardigan, the Town of Georgetown, the Rural Municipality of Lorne Valley, the Rural Municipality of Lower Montague, the Town of Montague, the Rural Municipality of Valleyfield, the Montague Fire District, the Georgetown Fire District and the Cardigan Fire District with the exception of some areas.
   
• September 1, 2020 - The former municipalities of the Rural Municipality of Afton, the Rural Municipality of Bonshaw, the Rural Municipality of Meadowbank, the Rural Municipality of New Haven-Riverdale and the Rural Municipality of West River were restructured within the new Rural Municipality of West River.