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This is a list of Canada's 308 federal electoral districts (also known as 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, as in Ottawa South.
Four ridings established by the British North America Act in 1867 are still in existence: Beauce, Halifax, Shefford, and Simcoe North.
Canadians elected members for each electoral district most recently in the 2008 federal election. On November 14, 2007, the government of Canada announced a bill that would see the creation of 22 new ridings – ten in Ontario, seven in British Columbia and five in Alberta.[1] After protests from Ontario that it would still not receive a fair number of seats under the new system, this was revised in December 2008 to give Ontario 21 new ridings.[2] The new districts would take effect after the results have been gathered from the 2011 census. They will thus most likely appear in 2014, and apply to subsequent elections.[3]
Alberta — 28 seats
Main article: Alberta federal electoral districts
- Calgary Centre (Calgary South Centre prior to 2004)
- Calgary Centre-North (Calgary North Centre prior to 2004)
- Calgary East
- Calgary Northeast
- Calgary—Nose Hill
- Calgary Southeast
- Calgary Southwest
- Calgary West
- Crowfoot
- Edmonton Centre
- Edmonton East
- Edmonton—Leduc
- Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont (Edmonton—Beaumont prior to 2004)
- Edmonton—St. Albert
- Edmonton—Sherwood Park
- Edmonton—Spruce Grove
- Edmonton—Strathcona
- Fort McMurray—Athabasca (Athabasca prior to 2004)
- Lethbridge
- Macleod
- Medicine Hat
- Peace River
- Red Deer
- Vegreville—Wainwright
- Westlock—St. Paul (briefly Battle River in 2004-2005)
- Wetaskiwin
- Wild Rose
- Yellowhead
British Columbia — 36 seats
- Abbotsford
- British Columbia Southern Interior (Southern Interior prior to 2004)
- Burnaby—Douglas
- Burnaby—New Westminster
- Cariboo—Prince George
- Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
- Delta—Richmond East
- Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
- Fleetwood—Port Kells
- Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (Kamloops—Thompson prior to 2004)
- Kelowna—Lake Country (Kelowna prior to 2004)
- Kootenay—Columbia
- Langley
- Nanaimo—Alberni
- Nanaimo—Cowichan
- Newton—North Delta
- New Westminster—Coquitlam
- North Vancouver
- Okanagan—Coquihalla
- Okanagan—Shuswap (North Okanagan—Shuswap prior to 2004)
- Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission (Dewdney—Alouette prior to 2004)
- Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
- Prince George—Peace River
- Richmond
- Saanich—Gulf Islands
- Skeena—Bulkley Valley
- South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
- Surrey North
- Vancouver Centre
- Vancouver East
- Vancouver Island North
- Vancouver Kingsway
- Vancouver Quadra
- Vancouver South
- Victoria
- West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast prior to 2004)
Manitoba — 14 seats
- Brandon—Souris
- Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia (Charleswood—St. James prior to 2004)
- Churchill
- Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette (Dauphin—Swan River prior to 2004)
- Elmwood—Transcona
- Kildonan—St. Paul
- Portage—Lisgar
- Provencher
- Saint Boniface
- Selkirk—Interlake
- Winnipeg Centre
- Winnipeg North
- Winnipeg South
- Winnipeg South Centre
New Brunswick — 10 seats
- Acadie—Bathurst
- Beauséjour
- Fredericton
- Fundy Royal (Fundy prior to 2004)
- Madawaska—Restigouche
- Miramichi
- Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
- New Brunswick Southwest (St. Croix—Belleisle prior to 2004)
- Saint John
- Tobique—Mactaquac
Newfoundland and Labrador — 7 seats
- Avalon
- Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (Bonavista—Exploits prior to 2004)
- Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
- Labrador
- Random—Burin—St. George's
- St. John's East (St. John's North prior to 2004)
- St. John's South—Mount Pearl (St. John's South prior to 2004)
Northwest Territories - 1 seat
Nova Scotia — 11 seats
- Cape Breton—Canso
- Central Nova
- Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (North Nova prior to 2004)
- Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
- Halifax
- Halifax West
- Kings—Hants
- Sackville—Eastern Shore
- South Shore—St. Margaret's
- Sydney—Victoria
- West Nova
Ontario — 106 seats
- Ajax—Pickering
- Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
- Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale
- Barrie
- Beaches—East York
- Bramalea—Gore—Malton
- Brampton—Springdale
- Brampton West
- Brant
- Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound (Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound prior to 2004)
- Burlington
- Cambridge
- Carleton—Mississippi Mills (Carleton—Lanark prior to 2004)
- Chatham-Kent—Essex
- Davenport
- Don Valley East
- Don Valley West
- Dufferin—Caledon
- Durham (Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge prior to 2004)
- Eglinton—Lawrence
- Elgin—Middlesex—London
- Essex
- Etobicoke Centre
- Etobicoke—Lakeshore
- Etobicoke North
- Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
- Guelph
- Haldimand—Norfolk
- Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
- Halton
- Hamilton Centre
- Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
- Hamilton Mountain
- Huron—Bruce
- Kenora
- Kingston and the Islands
- Kitchener Centre
- Kitchener—Conestoga (briefly Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich in 2004-2005)
- Kitchener—Waterloo
- Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (Middlesex—Kent—Lambton prior to 2004)
- Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
- Leeds—Grenville
- London—Fanshawe
- London North Centre
- London West
- Markham—Unionville
- Mississauga—Brampton South
- Mississauga East—Cooksville
- Mississauga—Erindale
- Mississauga South
- Mississauga—Streetsville
- Nepean—Carleton
- Newmarket—Aurora
- Niagara Falls
- Niagara West—Glanbrook
- Nickel Belt
- Nipissing—Timiskaming
- Northumberland—Quinte West
- Oak Ridges—Markham
- Oakville
- Oshawa
- Ottawa Centre
- Ottawa—Orléans
- Ottawa South
- Ottawa—Vanier
- Ottawa West—Nepean
- Oxford
- Parkdale—High Park
- Parry Sound—Muskoka
- Perth—Wellington
- Peterborough
- Pickering—Scarborough East
- Prince Edward—Hastings
- Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
- Richmond Hill
- St. Catharines
- St. Paul's
- Sarnia—Lambton
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Scarborough—Agincourt
- Scarborough Centre
- Scarborough—Guildwood
- Scarborough—Rouge River
- Scarborough Southwest
- Simcoe—Grey
- Simcoe North
- Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
- Sudbury
- Thornhill
- Thunder Bay—Rainy River
- Thunder Bay—Superior North
- Timmins—James Bay
- Toronto Centre
- Toronto—Danforth
- Trinity—Spadina
- Vaughan
- Welland
- Wellington—Halton Hills
- Whitby—Oshawa
- Willowdale
- Windsor—Tecumseh
- Windsor West
- York Centre
- York—Simcoe
- York South—Weston
- York West
Prince Edward Island — 4 seats
Quebec — 75 seats
- Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou (Nunavik—Eeyou prior to 2004)
- Abitibi—Témiscamingue
- Ahuntsic
- Alfred-Pellan
- Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (Argenteuil—Mirabel prior to 2004)
- Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour (Richelieu prior to 2004)
- Beauce
- Beauharnois—Salaberry
- Beauport—Limoilou (Beauport prior to 2004)
- Berthier—Maskinongé
- Bourassa
- Brome—Missisquoi
- Brossard—La Prairie
- Chambly—Borduas
- Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles (Charlesbourg prior to 2004)
- Châteauguay—Saint-Constant
- Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
- Compton—Stanstead
- Drummond
- Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Gatineau
- Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia (Matapédia—Matane prior to 2004)
- Hochelaga
- Honoré-Mercier
- Hull—Aylmer
- Jeanne-Le Ber
- Joliette
- Jonquière—Alma
- La Pointe-de-l'Île
- Lac-Saint-Louis
- LaSalle—Émard
- Laurentides—Labelle
- Laurier—Sainte-Marie (Laurier prior to 2004)
- Laval
- Laval—Les Îles
- Lévis—Bellechasse
- Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher (Longueuil prior to 2004)
- Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
- Louis-Hébert
- Louis-Saint-Laurent
- Manicouagan
- Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
- Mégantic—L'Érable
- Montcalm
- Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny prior to 2004)
- Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (Charlevoix—Montmorency prior to 2004)
- Mount Royal
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
- Outremont
- Papineau
- Pierrefonds—Dollard
- Pontiac
- Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (Portneuf prior to 2004)
- Québec
- Repentigny
- Richmond—Arthabaska
- Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques (Rimouski—Témiscouata prior to 2004)
- Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
- Rivière-du-Nord
- Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean (Roberval prior to 2004)
- Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
- Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
- Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
- Saint-Jean
- Saint-Lambert
- Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
- Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
- Saint-Maurice—Champlain
- Shefford
- Sherbrooke
- Terrebonne—Blainville
- Trois-Rivières
- Vaudreuil-Soulanges
- Verchères—Les Patriotes
- Westmount—Ville-Marie
Saskatchewan — 14 seats
- Battlefords—Lloydminster
- Blackstrap
- Cypress Hills—Grasslands
- Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (Churchill River prior to 2004)
- Palliser
- Prince Albert
- Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
- Regina—Qu'Appelle
- Saskatoon—Humboldt
- Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
- Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
- Souris—Moose Mountain
- Wascana
- Yorkton—Melville
Yukon — 1 seat
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Howlett, Karen. "Ontario gains 21 seats in Parliament." Globe and Mail December 17, 2008
- ^ "[Tory plan would create 22 new ridings http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/14/riding-boundaries.html]." CBC News. November 14, 2007
External links
- Elections Canada: Electoral districts
- Parliament of Canada: History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867
- Elections Canada - Federal Representation 2004
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