Unincorporated community (Canada)

In the 12 provinces and 6 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 of a given county. 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, with the only other services available to unincorporated communities provided by the respective provincial/territorial government and the Canadian federal 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.