Unincorporated community (Canada)

In the 13 provinces and five territories of the Canadian Republic, an unincorporated community (French communauté-non-incorperée) is any community of permanent population which is not part of any municipality (commune), the incorporated communities administered by a given county (or in the territories, the incorporated communities administered directly by the territorial government). Unlike incorporated municipalities, which each have their own municipal government which provides a plethora of local government services alongside the county, unincorporated communities rely entirely upon the county government for the provision of all local government services (or, in the case of territories, the territorial government).

About 230,300 Canadians live in an unincorporated community, representing just under 2% of the total national population. The province/territory with the most individual unincorporated communities is British Columbia and the province/territory with the least is the Turks and Caicos Islands.