For the "municipal districts" search, the vast majority refer to municipal districts in Alberta. Of the few hits that remain truly in NS, the majority of them refer to "municipal districts" as being electoral districts (i.e., wards) within regional or county municipalities. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Dartmouth is no longer a municipality in Nova Scotia. It is within the Halifax Regional Municipality, while Richmond is a county municipality. In the Barrington article, it is evident "municipal district" is being referred to as the ward within the municipality vacated by an elected official. For full disclosure, there are 4 hits of the >100 that perpetuate the StatCan mischaracterization of NS’s district municipalities. [11] [12] [13] [14]
This scrutinization reveals that the common name of the municipality status type is inconclusive using a Google News search. Given this, it is advisable to default to the official name of the municipal status type. Hwy43 (talk) 02:55, 30 January 2017 (UTC)