Description: SINGLE TIER - A single-tier municipality means a municipality that does not form part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes and assumes all municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation. LOWER TIER - A lower-tier municipality means a municipality that forms part of an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes. Municipal responsibilities set out under the Municipal Act and other Provincial legislation are split between the upper tier and lower tier municipalities
Description: Water bodies are polygon features (natural and manmade) that describe various realizations of surface water at a medium scale of 1:10K in Southern Ontario.