A local governance reform in the Canadian province of New Brunswick is scheduled for implementation at the start of 2023. The local governance reform review was commenced by the Government of New Brunswick in January 2021 and has been promoted as the most consequential restructuring of the local governance system since Premier Robichaud's Equal Opportunity Program. Implementation of the reform will reduce the number of local entities from 340 to 89 including 77 local governments and 12 rural districts nested within 12 regional service commissions.