In many cases, the district municipalities are the water services authorities.

There is one elementary school located in each of the three district municipalities.

Local municipalities share authority with the district municipality under which they fall.

A district municipality is in turn divided into several local municipalities.

The local seat of each district municipality is given in parentheses.

Langford was incorporated as a district municipality in December 1992.

The provinces are in turn divided into 52 districts: 8 metropolitan and 44 district municipalities.

Penticton was incorporated as a district municipality on December 31, 1908.

The community celebrated its bicentennial in 2006 and is incorporated as a district municipality.

The district municipality has signed several cooperation agreements with all those towns and districts.