Township (Canada)

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The term township, in Canada, is generally the district or area associated with a town. The specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country, usually to describe a local rural or semirural government within the country itself.

In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Quebec, the term is canton in French.