Regional municipality (Canada)

In the Canadian Republic, a regional municipality (French: municipalité régional), also sometimes known as as a regional district (district régional), is an upper-tier municipality of one of the 13 provinces of Canada, which contains at least three incorporated lower-tier municipalities and possibly one or more unincorporated communities. Functionally, a regional municipality is virtually identical to a county, but typically exists in more urbanised areas and provides more targeted services not provided by lower-tier municipalities. However, there are some counties in name which function identically to regional municipalities and provide all the same services, especially health systems of important ceremonial counties.