 Single and lower-tier municipalities are grouped together as local municipalities.Of Ontario's 444 municipalities, 30 of them are upper-tier municipalities and 414 are local municipalities—241 lower-tier municipalities and 173 single-tier municipalities.The "Municipal Act, 2001" is the legislation that enables incorporation and stipulates governance of Ontario's municipalities, excluding the City of Toronto, which is subject to the "City of Toronto Act, 2006".