List of local government organizations


This is a list of local government organizations i.e. associations or groupings of local governments and municipalities.

Australia

Bangladesh

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

Canada

Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick (AFMNB)

Established: 1989

[Association of Manitoba Municipalities] (AMM)

Founded: 1999

Formed from the merger of:
All municipalities in Manitoba are members

[Association of Municipalities of Ontario] (AMO)

Founded: 1972

Formed from the merger of:
  • Ontario Municipal Association – 1899-1972
  • Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves – 1944-1972
  • Association of Counties and Regions – 1960-1982
  • Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities – 1933-1982
Current sub-associations within AMO:

Association des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba (AMBM)

Founded: 1995

Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)

Founded: 1905

Formerly the Union of Alberta Municipalities

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:
Formerly the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities

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 and the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities

New North - SANC Services Inc.

Founded: 1996

Formerly the Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities

Provincial Association of Resort Communities of Saskatchewan (PARCS)

Founded: 1996

Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA)

Founded 1909

Formerly the Albert Association of Municipal Districts, the Alberta Local Improvement Districts Association, and Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties

[Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities] (SARM)

Founded: 1905

Formerly the Saskatchewan Local Improvement Districts Association

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA)

Founded: 1906

Formerly the Union of Saskatchewan Municipalities

Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM)

Founded: 1905

Area Associations within UBCM:
  • Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments
  • Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities
  • Lower Mainland Local Government Association
  • North Central Local Government Association
  • Southern Interior Local Government Association

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
  • Towns of New Brunswick Association – L’Association des Villes du Nouveau-Brunswick

Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (NSFM)

Founded: 1906

Former Municipal Associations in Canada

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

Faroe Islands

Greenland

Germany

Iran

  • the Union of Municipalities
  • Supreme Council of Provinces
  • Organization of Municipalities and Villages of the country

Ireland

  • Local Government Management Agency

Italy

  • Standing Committee for EuromMediterranean Partnership of local and regional authorities COPPEM -

Japan

Netherlands

Norway

Philippines

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

Poland

Slovakia

  • Združenie miest a obcí Slovenska
  • Únia miest Slovenska

Slovenia

Sweden

  • Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
  • National Association of Swedish Eco-Municipalities

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

United States

International