List of Canadian federal electoral districts

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This is a list of Canada's 308 federal electoral districts (commonly called ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004.

Federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts may have similar names with different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2011 federal election on Monday, May 2, 2011.

Four ridings established by the British North America Act in 1867 are still in existence: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario).

On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government tabled Bill C-20,[1] a measure that would expand the House of Commons to 338 seats, with 15 new seats for Ontario, 6 new seats each for Alberta and British Columbia, and 3 for Quebec.[2] This follows two previous measures to expand the chamber from its current size.[3][4][5]

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[edit] Alberta — 28 seats

Map of Canadian federal ridings in the 2008 election.

[edit] British Columbia — 36 seats

[edit] Manitoba — 14 seats

[edit] New Brunswick — 10 seats

[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador — 7 seats

[edit] Northwest Territories - 1 seat

[edit] Nova Scotia — 11 seats

[edit] Nunavut — 1 seat

[edit] Ontario — 106 seats

[edit] Prince Edward Island — 4 seats

[edit] Quebec — 75 seats

[edit] Saskatchewan — 14 seats

[edit] Yukon — 1 seat

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Parliament of Canada, [LEGISinfo - House Government Bill C-20 (41-1) http://www.parl.gc.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&billId=5194714]
  2. ^ Postmedia News "[Alberta to receive six more Commons seats under new plan http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Alberta+receive+more+Commons+seats+under+plan/5620564/story.html] Edmonton Journal. , October 28, 2011"
  3. ^ "Tory plan would create 22 new ridings, but nobody knows just where". CBC News. 2007-11-14. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/14/riding-boundaries.html. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  4. ^ Howlett, Karen. "Ontario gains 21 seats in Parliament." Globe and Mail December 17, 2008
  5. ^ Canadian Press "[Ontario getting 21 more seats http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/555294]." Toronto Star. , December 17, 2008

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