Special Cases
Four of Ontario's electoral districts were also erroneously listed as counties of residence in some of Canada's first post-Confederation censuses. These did not exist as counties in the political sense, although they may be referred to as such in some historical and genealogical works because of their appearances in census data:
- Bothwell was made up of townships from Kent and Lambton counties.
- Cardwell was made up of townships from Simcoe and Peel counties.
- Monck was made up of townships from Lincoln, Haldimand, and Welland Counties.
- Niagara was made up of townships from Lincoln County.
The Regional Municipality of Sudbury can also be considered 'historic', as it later became the City of Greater Sudbury — however, its origins are not in county government, but as a part of the still-extant Sudbury District.
The unincorporated Patricia District, comprising the portion of Northwestern Ontario which was transferred to Ontario from the Northwest Territories in 1912, existed until 1927 when it was merged into Kenora District.
Read more about this topic: Historic Counties Of Ontario
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