In the United States you have States which are divided into Counties, and subdivided into Townships or Parishes.
Some major municipalities are their own subdivision. Washington DC has its own area, like a county or Township. Within these
townsips or parishes are cities, towns, villages , etc. In Canada it was always easy to remember, we have Provinces and
Territories (first tier) and counties (2nd tier). In the 1980's and 1990's we have had some major changes in what we call
the second tiers. The second tier or level is called a Census division similar to a county.
In New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island census divisions are the same as counties. In Quebec and
Bristish Columbia they follow regional Municipality lines. In Ontario they follow lines of "upper tier"
municipalities, which can be counties, districts, regional municipalities or even cities. In Alberta, Saskartchewan and
Manitoba census divisions are numbered, and take in groups of municipalities such as cities and townships. In
Newfoundland and Labrador census division boundaries were drawn arbitrarily, and are also numbered. The Northwest
Territories and Nunavut are both divided into regions. The Yukon has no census divisions and is considered a
census division itself. Additional Province information will be available on the Province page.
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