List of local government organizations

List of associations or groupings of local governments and municipalities.

Canada


Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB)

Established: 1989

Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM)

Founded: 1999
Formed from the merger of:

  • The Union of Manitoba Municipalities (UMM) – 1905-1999
  • Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities (MAUM) – est. 1949 – formerly the Manitoba Urban Association (MUA)

All municipalities in Manitoba are members[1]

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)

Founded: 1972
Formed from the merger of:

  • Ontario Municipal Association (OMA) – 1899-1972
  • Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves (AOMR) – 1944-1972
  • Association of Counties and Regions (Ontario) (ACRO) – 1960-1982
  • Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities (OARM) – 1933-1982

Current sub-associations within AMO:

  • Association francaise des municipalités de l’Ontario (AFMO)
  • Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA)
  • Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM)
  • Eastern Ontario Wardens Group
  • Western Ontario Wardens Group
  • Large Urban Mayors Caucus Ontario (LUMCO)
  • Regional Chairs Group
  • Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA)
  • Organization of Small Urban Municipalities (OSUM)

Association des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba (AMBM)

Founded: 1995

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)

Founded: 1905
Formerly the Union of Alberta Municipalities (UAM)

Cities of New Brunswick Association – Association des cités du Nouveau-Brunswick (CNBA-ACNB)

Founded: 1948/1949

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Founded: 1937 Formed from the merger of the:

  • Union of Canadian Municipalities (UCM) – 1901-1935
  • Dominion Conference of Mayors (DCM) – 1935-1937

Formerly the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities (CFMM)

Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities (FPEIM)

Founded: 1957

Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités (FQM)

Founded: 1944

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador (MNL)

Founded: 1951
Formerly the Newfoundland Federation of Municipalities (NFM) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities (NLFM)

New North - SANC Services Inc.

Founded: 1996
Formerly the Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities (SANC)

Provincial Association of Resort Communities of Saskatchewan (PARCS)

Founded: 1996

Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA)

Founded 1909
Formerly the Albert Association of Municipal Districts (AAMD), the Alberta Local Improvement Districts Association (ALIDA), and Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC)

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM)

Founded: 1905
Formerly the Saskatchewan Local Improvement Districts Association (SLIDA)

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA)

Founded: 1906
Formerly the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities (USM)

Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)

Founded: 1905
Area Associations within UBCM:

  • Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments (AKBLG)
  • Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC)
  • Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA)
  • North Central Local Government Association (NCLA)
  • Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA)

Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ)

Founded: 1919

Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB)

Founded: 1995
Formed for the merger of:

  • Association of Villages of New Brunswick (AVNB)
  • Towns of New Brunswick Association – L’Association des Villes du Nouveau-Brunswick (TNBA-AVNB)

Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM)

Founded: 1906

Former Municipal Associations in Canada

Towns and Villages of New Brunswick (TVNB)

  • 1966-1974
  • Split into Association of Villages of New Brunswick (AVNB) and Towns of New Brunswick Association – L’Association des Villes du Nouveau-Brunswick (TNBA-AVNB)
  • AVNB and TNBA-AVNB merged to become UMNB

Union of New Brunswick Municipalities (UNBM)

  • 1907-1970
  • Last convention: 1966
  • Last meeting: 1968
  • Disbanded after the New Brunswick Equal Opportunities Program dissolved county governments

Croatia

Czech Republic
  • Sdružení místních samospráv ČR
  • Svaz měst a obcí České republiky
  • Asociace krajů České republiky

Denmark

England and Wales

England

Wales

Faroe Islands

Germany

Greenland

Ireland

Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Local Government Association

Japan

Netherlands

Norway

Palestine

Philippines

Each local government level and elective position has its own league:

There are also certain associations for certain demographics:

The secretaries of the local legislatures, an appointive position, also have their own league, the Philippine League of Secretaries to the Sanggunian.

Poland
  • The Association of Polish Cities (Związek Miast Polskich)
  • The Union of Polish Metropolises (Unia Metropolii Polskich)
  • Association of Polish Counties (Związek Powiatów Polskich)
  • The Union of Rural Communes of the Republic of Poland (Związek Gmin Wiejskich RP)

Bangladesh
  • White Crescent Society Local Authorities
  • Bangladesh Local Government Association
  • Association of Central Councils

Scotland

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Slovakia
  • Združenie miest a obcí Slovenska
  • Únia miest Slovenska

Slovenia

Sweden
  • Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting)
  • National Association of Swedish Eco-Municipalities (Sveriges Ekokommuner)

Ukraine

United States

International

See also

References
  1. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/51/municipalunion.shtml
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