A local services board ( LSB ) is an organization in the Canadian province of Ontario that is contracted by the Government of Ontario to provide municipal-level services in a community that is not part of an incorporated municipality .
7-591: Aweres is a local services board in the Canadian province of Ontario . Located in the Algoma District , it encompasses and provides services to most of the geographic township of Aweres, including the communities of Island Lake and Heyden. The area northwest of Heyden is administered by the separate local services board of Peace Tree . Heyden ( 46°38′30″N 84°18′30″W / 46.64167°N 84.30833°W / 46.64167; -84.30833 )
14-471: A local services board are accorded the status of designated place in Statistics Canada censuses. However, Statistics Canada does not aggregate separate census data for local service boards which are not also designated places, including them only in the aggregated data for unorganized areas . There are currently 46 local services boards operating in the province; the newest, Greater Oxdrift ,
21-661: Is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Sault Ste. Marie at the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 556 . The area is best known as a recreational resort, with skiing , snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle trails maintained by the Sault Trailblazers. There are many small lakes in Heyden, including Heyden Lake, Upper and Lower Island Lake, Redrock Lake, Finn Lake and Trout Lake, which are popular cottage country areas. Heyden had one elementary school, Aweres Public School, which opened in 1963. The school
28-624: The Northern Ontario region and in the Parry Sound District , the parts of the province where there is no county -level system of government. They are primarily overseen by the provincial Ministry of Northern Development and Mines , which provides them with annual operating grant funding, although the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing also has a role in their governance. Most, but not all, communities which have
35-409: The communities they serve. Depending on the community, the services provided may include water , sewage , street lighting , garbage collection , recreational , fire department , library and/or emergency telecommunications services. Maintenance of local roads in a local services board's jurisdictional area is generally contracted to a separate local roads board . Local services boards exist in
42-450: Was closed at the end of the 2014 school year. The school was a medium-sized (2,407 square metres or 25,910 square feet), single-storey building that served students from both Heyden and Searchmont. Students are now bused into Sault Ste Marie. This Northern Ontario geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Local services board (Ontario) Most local services boards are elected by residents of
49-406: Was incorporated in 2009. Some former local services boards have also been dissolved — this may occur because the community is subsequently incorporated as a true municipality, because the service area is annexed into a larger municipality or because the agency is no longer able, for financial or political reasons, to offer the level of service expected of an LSB. This Ontario -related article
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