Local service district
Encyclopedia
A local service district (LSD) is a unit of rural
municipal government in the Canadian
provinces of New Brunswick
and Newfoundland and Labrador
which cover areas outside incorporated cities
, town
s and village
s for provision of municipal services such as fire protection, garbage disposal
and sewage.
.
Local Service Districts have elected advisory committees that have little legal or tax power, but work with the New Brunswick Department of Local Government to administer services usually provided by incorporated municipalities. The particular services provided vary with the particular LSD; sometimes one or more areas within a LSD will have additional services.
Individual LSDs are not described in the Municipalities Act; instead, they are defined in Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act, the Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act, which was filed July 16, 1984, and has been amended several times since.
LSDs and are being encouraged by the provincial government to adopt a form of local government known as a rural community
. Rural Communities have more power than LSDs but are still not considered incorporated; several incorporated villages have been part of these amalgamations. There are currently five Rural Communities: Beaubassin East, Campobello Island, Kedgwick, Saint-André, and Upper Miramichi.
See: List of local service districts in New Brunswick
See: List of Rural Communities in New Brunswick
Rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...
municipal government in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
provinces of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
and Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
which cover areas outside incorporated cities
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
, town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
s and village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
s for provision of municipal services such as fire protection, garbage disposal
Garbage disposal
A garbage disposal unit or waste disposal unit is a device, usually electrically powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the trap which shreds food waste into pieces small enough—generally less than —to pass through plumbing.Garbage disposal units are widely used in...
and sewage.
New Brunswick
There are more than 250 LSDs in New Brunswick, covering all unincorporated areas. LSD boundaries often (but not always) coincide with parishesParish (subnational entity)
A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. In the British Isles it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish.-External links:* Editorial in The Guardian, 2011-05-16....
.
Local Service Districts have elected advisory committees that have little legal or tax power, but work with the New Brunswick Department of Local Government to administer services usually provided by incorporated municipalities. The particular services provided vary with the particular LSD; sometimes one or more areas within a LSD will have additional services.
Individual LSDs are not described in the Municipalities Act; instead, they are defined in Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act, the Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act, which was filed July 16, 1984, and has been amended several times since.
LSDs and are being encouraged by the provincial government to adopt a form of local government known as a rural community
Rural community
A rural community is a type of municipality in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.There are five rural communities: Beaubassin East, Saint-André, Upper Miramichi, Campobello Island and Kedgwick.....
. Rural Communities have more power than LSDs but are still not considered incorporated; several incorporated villages have been part of these amalgamations. There are currently five Rural Communities: Beaubassin East, Campobello Island, Kedgwick, Saint-André, and Upper Miramichi.
See: List of local service districts in New Brunswick
See: List of Rural Communities in New Brunswick