A village is a type of incorporated municipality within the majority of the provinces and territories of Canada. As of January 1, 2012, there were 550 villages among the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. Since then, Kedgwick in New Brunswick changed to rural community status and New Norway in Alberta dissolved to become an unincorporated hamlet, while both Hepburn and Pense in Saskatchewan changed to town status. Saskatchewan has the highest amount of villages at 264.