[citation needed] The only difference is that the designation might serve to disambiguate between otherwise identically named municipalities, often neighbouring ones.
[citation needed] The title city (French: cité code=C) still legally exists, with a few minor differences from that of ville.
[citation needed] Prior to January 1, 1995, the code for municipalité was not M but rather SD (sans désignation; that is, unqualified municipality).
[citation needed] When the distinction between TC and TK was introduced, it was made retroactive to 1984, date of the federal Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act (S.C. 1984, c.
[citation needed] There is also a different kind of submunicipal unit, unconstituted localities, which is defined and tracked not by the Quebec Ministry of Municipal Affairs but by Statistics Canada.