The Regional Municipality of Sudbury was a Regional Municipality that existed in Ontario, Canada, from 1973 to 2000, and was primarily centred on the city of Sudbury. It served as an upper-tier level of municipal government, aggregating municipal services on a region-wide basis like the Counties and Regional Municipalities of Southern Ontario, and was the only upper-tier municipal government ever created in Northern Ontario. The Regional Municipality was dissolved with the creation of the amalgamated City of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001. Structure The Regional Municipality expanded the boundaries of the city of Sudbury to annex the community of Copper Cliff, the unincorporated geographic township of Broder, and half of the unincorporated geographic township of Dill. The other half of Dill Township — including the community of Wanup — remained unincorporated, although it was subsequently annexed into Greater Sudbury in 2001. The existing Town of Capreol also expanded its boundaries in 1973 to annex the Unincorporated Communities of Selwood and Milnet. However, despite its status as part of the Regional Municipality, Statistics Canada did not include the town in Sudbury's Census Metropolitan Area for census purposes. The Towns of Nickel Centre, Onaping Falls, Rayside-Balfour, Valley East and Walden were all newly created by the amalgamation of several smaller towns and townships. Valley East, the largest and fastest-growing of the smaller towns, was granted City Status in 1997. All of the Municipalities were dissolved into the City of Greater Sudbury in 2001. Each Town and City in the Regional Municipality had its own mayor and council, and provided many of its own municipal services. The Regional Municipality had a regional council and chairman of its own, and provided certain services of region-wide interest, such as the Regional Road Network, Policing Services, and Social Services. This was the only Regional Municipality in Ontario not to originate from a former County government; instead, it was created out of the Sudbury District, which still surrounds the current city. Unlike the counties and regional municipalities of Southern Ontario, the more sparsely populated north is divided into unincorporated districts which do not serve as governing bodies. The Regional Municipality of Sudbury was — and the current city of Greater Sudbury still is — the only census division in Northern Ontario which has the structure and functionality of a Southern Ontario census division. The regional offices were located at Civic Square, which was also the home