Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012

The federal electoral redistribution of 2012 was a redistribution of electoral districts ("ridings") in Canada following the results of the Canada 2011 Census. As a result of changes to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada increased from 308 to 338. The previous electoral redistribution was in 2003.^[1]

Background and previous attempts at reform

Prior to 2012, the redistribution rules for increasing the number of seats in the House of Commons of Canada was governed by section 51 of the Constitution Act, 1867, as last amended in 1985. As early as 2007, attempts were made to reform the calculation of how that number was determined, as the 1985 formula did not fully take into account the rapid population growth being experienced in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.^[2]

The revised formula, as originally presented, was estimated to have the following impact:

Allocation of Seats in the House of Commons (2010 proposal)^[3]

Province/ Territory	Current seats	Projected seats after the 2011 census
		Under the 1985 formula	Under the new formula
British Columbia	36	38	43
Alberta	28	29	33
Saskatchewan	14	14	14
Manitoba	14	14	14
Ontario	106	110	124
Quebec	75	75	75
New Brunswick	10	10	10
Nova Scotia	11	11	11
Prince Edward Island	4	4	4
Newfoundland and Labrador	7	7	7
Yukon	1	1	1
Northwest Territories	1	1	1
Nunavut	1	1	1
Total	308	315	338

Three successive bills were presented by the Government of Canada before its final form was passed by the House of Commons and Senate in 2011.^[4]

Passage of the Fair Representation Act (2011)

The expansion of the House from 308 seats to 338 seats is pursuant to the Fair Representation Act, which was granted Royal Assent on December 16, 2011.^[5] In introducing the bill, the government's stated aims were:^[6]

1. allocating more seats to better reflect population grown in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta;
2. maintaining the number of seats for slower-growing provinces; and
3. maintaining the proportional representation of Quebec according to population.

The Act replaced s. 51(1) of the Constitution Act, 1867 with the following formula:^[7]

1. Divide the estimated population of a province by a determined electoral quotient (initially set at 111,166).
2. If the number of members determined is less than what a province had in 1985, increase its seat count to that number (the "grandfather clause").
3. If a province's population was overrepresented in the House of Commons at the completion of the last redistribution process, and would now be under-represented based on the calculations above, it will be given extra seats so that its share of House of Commons seats is proportional to its share of the population (the "representation rule").
4. Add one seat for each of the territories.

The 1985 minimum has two components:

1. No province can have fewer MPs than it has Senators (the "senatorial clause").^[8]
2. Otherwise, the calculation determined in 1985 under the Constitution Act, 1985 (Representation) will govern the amount.

Allocation of Seats in the House of Commons (electoral quotient of 111,166)^[9]

Province/ Territory	Population estimate	Initial seat allocation	Senatorial clause	Grandfather clause	Representation rule	Total seats
British Columbia	4,573,321	42	–	–	–	42
Alberta	3,779,353	34	–	–	–	34
Saskatchewan	1,057,884	10	–	4	–	14
Manitoba	1,250,574	12	–	2	–	14
Ontario	13,372,996	121	–	–	–	121
Quebec	7,979,663	72	–	3	3	78
New Brunswick	755,455	7	3	–	–	10
Nova Scotia	945,437	9	1	1	–	11
Prince Edward Island	145,855	2	2	–	–	4
Newfoundland and Labrador	510,578	5	1	1	–	7
Yukon	34,666	n/a				1
Northwest Territories	43,675	n/a				1
Nunavut	33,322	n/a				1
Total	34,482,779					338

The addition of three seats in Quebec marked the first time since the adoption of Canada's current electoral redistribution formula in 1985 that any province besides Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia has gained new seats.

Process of redistribution

The allocation of seats to the provinces and territories was based on rules in the Constitution of Canada as well as population estimates made by Statistics Canada based on the 2006 Census (in particular, the allocation is based on an estimate for the population as of July 1, 2011, "based on 2006 Census population counts adjusted for census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated Indian reserves").^[9][10]

A final report was tabled October 2013, with the changes proclaimed to take effect as of the first dissolution of Parliament occurring after May 1, 2014.^[11] The names of some ridings were changed after Royal Assent was later given to the Riding Name Change Act, 2014 on June 19, 2014.^[12]

In a report issued in 2014 Elections Canada noted: "While some administrative tasks remained to be done after that point, Elections Canada's role of supporting the federal electoral boundaries commissions, which had worked for up to 18 months in their respective provinces, was complete." The report concluded that "the process for the 2012 redistribution of federal electoral boundaries was a success."^[13]

Effect of 2013 Representation Orders

Notional change of seats by party

Party		2011 Election	Redistributed	±	%
	Conservative	166	188	+22	+13.25
	New Democratic	103	109	+6	+5.83
	Liberal	34	36	+2	+5.88
	Bloc Québécois	4	4
	Green	1	1
Total		308	338	+30

Notional seats by party by province^[14]

Party		BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	PE	NS	NL	Territories	Total
	Conservative	28	33	11	11	83	5	8	1	4	2	2	188
	New Democratic	11	1	2	3	24	61	1		3	2	1	109
	Liberal	2		1		14	8	1	3	4	3		36
	Bloc Québécois						4						4
	Green	1											1
Total		42	34	14	14	121	78	10	4	11	7	3	338

Compared to the House of Commons seat allocation in effect for the 41st Canadian Parliament (which convened in 2011), the changes were as follows:^[9]

Redistribution by province and territory

Province	Seats	±	Initial report	Final report
Alberta[15]	34	6	Banff—Airdrie: Created mostly out of the southern portion of Wild Rose and a small part of Macleod south of Cochrane. Contains the Highway corridor west of Calgary to the B.C. border as well as Calgary's northern exurbs. Battle River: Created out of the southern half of Vegreville—Wainwright and the northern half of Crowfoot and a small part of the eastern part of Red Deer. Contains much of rural Central Eastern Alberta. Named for the Battle River which flows through it. Bow River: Created out of the eastern half of Macleod, the northwestern corner of Medicine Hat and the southwestern quadrannt of Crowfoot. Contains the Highway 1 corridor east of Calgary past Brooks. The riding also includes Vulcan and the Highway 2 corridor roughly between Nanton and Fort Macleod. Named for the Bow River which flows through it. Calgary Centre: This riding shifts eastward, moving the western boundary to 37 St SW and moving the eastern boundary to the Bow River. Calgary Confederation: Created mostly from Calgary Centre-North, except losing the area north of McKnight Blvd and John Laurie Blvd. It also takes in the part of Calgary West north of the Bow River and east of Nose Hill Drive and Stony Trail. Named for Confederation Park. Calgary Forest Lawn: Created mostly from parts of Calgary Northeast and Calgary Southeast and newly annexed territory of the City of Calgary that is now in the riding of Crowfoot. The riding takes in the part of Calgary Northeast south of a line following McKnight Blvd to Falconbridge Blvd to 32nd Ave and takes in the part of Calgary Southeast north of a line following the Bow River to 32 Ave SE to the CNR to 17 Ave SE. Riding named for the neighbourhood of Forest Lawn. Calgary Heritage: Created mostly out of Calgary Southwest, except a few small parts of Calgary Southeast caused by adjusting the eastern boundary of the riding to follow Macleod Trail. The southern boundary of the riding is also adjusted compared to Calgary Southwest, as it would follow 24 St SW to Spruce Meadows Trail to James McKewitt Rd. The riding is likely named for Heritage Park. Calgary McCall: Created almost entirely out of Calgary Northeast except for newly annexed territory of the City of Calgary now in the riding of Wild Rose. The riding would contain all of Calgary Northeast not in the proposed riding of Calgary Forest Lawn. The riding is likely named after the McCall Industrial Park or the provincial riding of the same name. Calgary Midnapore: Created mostly out of Calgary Southeast but also contains parts of Calgary Southwest, Calgary East and newly annexed territory by the city of Calgary in the current riding of Macleod. The riding follows the Bow River to Glenmore Trail to Macleod Trail to James McKevitt Rd. The riding is named after the Midnapore neighbourhood. Calgary Nose Hill: Apart from losing the emdash in the riding name, this riding loses all of its territory north of Stoney Trail and west of Sacree Trail and John Laurie Blvd. However, the riding also gains some territory from Calgary Centre-North. This is the area north of a line following John Laurie Blvd to McKnight Blvd. Calgary Shepard: This riding is created out of parts of Calgary East and Calgary Southeast as well as newly annexed parts of the city of Calgary now in Crowfoot. The riding would be bounded on the west by the Bow River and on the north by a line following 26 Ave SE to the CNR to 17 Ave SE. The riding is named after the former hamlet of Shepard, which was annexed by Calgary in 2007. Calgary Signall Hill: This riding is mostly created out of Calgary West, except for newly annexed parts of the City of Calgary now in Macleod and that part of Calgary Centre west of 37 Ave SW. The riding would contain all of Calgary Southwest south the Bow River. The riding is named after the neighbourhood of the same name. Calgary Spy Hill: This riding is created mostly out of Calgary—Nose Hill except for some new areas contained in newly annexed territories of the City of Calgary now in Wild Rose and the part of Calgary West not contained in Calgary Signall Hill or Calgary Confederation. The riding would consist of all of Calgary—Nose Hill not in the new riding of Calgary Nose Hill. Edmonton Callingwood Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton McDougall Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Athabasca Grande Prairie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Mountain View Red Deer—Wolf Creek Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan St. Albert—Edmonton Sturgeon River Yellowhead	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Calgary Centre Calgary Confederation Calgary Forest Lawn Calgary Heritage Calgary Midnapore Calgary Nose Hill Calgary Rocky Ridge Calgary Shepard Calgary Signal Hill Calgary Skyview Edmonton Centre Edmonton Griesbach Edmonton Manning Edmonton Mill Woods Edmonton Riverbend Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton West Edmonton—Wetaskiwin Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie* (initially Grande Prairie) Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner* (initially Medicine Hat) Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe* (initially Red Deer—Wolf Creek) Red Deer—Mountain View Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan St. Albert—Edmonton Sturgeon River—Parkland* (initially Sturgeon River) Yellowhead
British Columbia[16]	42	6	Abbotsford—Sumas Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South—Deer Lake Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Coquihalla Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Delta Esquimalt—Colwood Fort Langley—Aldergrove Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Langley—Cloverdale Mission—Matsqui Nanaimo—Alberni Nanaimo—Cowichan New Westminster—Burnaby East North Okanagan—Shuswap North Surrey—Guildford North Vancouver Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Port Moody—Coquitlam Prince George—Peace River Richmond East Richmond West Saanich—Gulf Islands Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Cowichan—Juan de Fuca South Okanagan—West Kootenay South Surrey—White Rock Surrey Centre Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Island North Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South Victoria West Surrey—Whalley West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country	Abbotsford Burnaby North—Seymour Burnaby South Cariboo—Prince George Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola Chilliwack—Hope Cloverdale—Langley City Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Courtenay—Alberni Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Delta Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke* (initially Saanich—Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Fleetwood—Port Kells Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna—Lake Country Kootenay—Columbia Langley—Aldergrove Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon Nanaimo—Ladysmith New Westminster—Burnaby North Island—Powell River* (initially Vancouver Island North—Comox—Powell River) North Okanagan—Shuswap North Vancouver Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge Port Moody—Coquitlam Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies Richmond Centre Saanich—Gulf Islands Skeena—Bulkley Valley South Okanagan—West Kootenay South Surrey—White Rock Steveston—Richmond East Surrey Centre Surrey—Newton Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Vancouver Granville Vancouver Kingsway Vancouver Quadra Vancouver South Victoria West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
Manitoba[17]	14		Brandon—Souris Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Portage—Lisgar Provencher Saint Boniface Selkirk—Interlake Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre	Brandon—Souris Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Portage—Lisgar Provencher Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre
New Brunswick[18]	10		Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour—Dieppe Fredericton Fundy—Quispamsis Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi Moncton—Riverview New Brunswick Southwest Saint John Tobique—Saint John River Valley	Acadie—Bathurst Beauséjour Fredericton Fundy Royal Madawaska—Restigouche Miramichi—Grand Lake Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe New Brunswick Southwest Saint John—Rothesay Tobique—Mactaquac
Newfoundland and Labrador[19]			Avalon - gains the rest of Conception Bay South, part of Paradise, while loses the Trinity Bay area from the current district. Bay d'Espoir–Central–Notre Dame - new; includes central Newfoundland Bonavista–Burin–Trinity - new; Includes the area around Bonavista and Trinity Bays, as well as the Burin Peninsula. Labrador - no changes Long Range Mountains - new; Includes the west coast of the Island of Newfoundland St. John's North - Smaller version of St. John's East, losing all of Conception Bay South and part of Paradise. St. John's South—Mount Pearl - no changes	Avalon Bonavista—Burin—Trinity Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame Labrador Long Range Mountains St. John's East St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Northwest Territories	1		A commission was not required for the Northwest Territories since the territory is a single electoral district[20] and under an amendment to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act it is using the name Northwest Territories again, instead of Western Arctic.
Nova Scotia[21]	11		Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Porters Lake South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova	Cape Breton—Canso Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Halifax West Kings—Hants Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook South Shore—St. Margarets Sydney—Victoria West Nova
Nunavut	1		A commission was not required for Nunavut since the territory is a single electoral district.[22]
Ontario[23]	121	15	Ajax Algoma—Manitoulin—Killarney Ancaster Aurora—Richmond Hill Barrie North Barrie South Beaches—East York Belleville—Napanee—Frontenac Brampton Centre Brampton—Gore Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Brant Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Burlington Cambridge Carleton—Kanata Chatham-Kent Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Dufferin—Caledon Eglinton—Lawrence Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Guelph Haldiman—Norfolk Haliburton—Uxbridge Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Huron—Bruce Kawartha Lakes—Port Hope—Cobourg Kenora Kingston and the Islands Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—North Dumfries—Brant Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Lanark—Frontenac—Hastings Leeds—Grenville London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Markham Markham—Stouffville Markham—Unionville Milton Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga North Mississauga South Mississauga West—Streetsville Mount Pleasant Nepean Nepean—Carleton Newmarket—Aurora Niagara Falls Niagara West Nickel Belt—Timiskaming Nipissing Oak Ridges Oakville Oshawa—Bowmanville Oshawa—Durham Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean Oxford Parkdale—High Park Parry Sound—Muskoka Perth—Wellington Peterborough Pickering—Brooklin Prince Edward—Quinte West Renfrew—Pembroke Richmond Hill St. Catharines St. Paul's Sarnia—Lambton Sault Ste. Marie Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough East Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough Southwest Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Sudbury Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North Timmins—Cochrane—James Bay Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto North Trinity—Spadina Vaughan—Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Waterdown—Glanbrook Waterloo Welland—Fort Erie Wellington—Halton Hills Whitby Willowdale Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West York Centre York—Simcoe York South—Weston York West	Ajax Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bay of Quinte Beaches—East York Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Brantford—Brant* (initially Brant) Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Burlington Cambridge Carleton* (initially Rideau—Carleton) Chatham-Kent—Leamington Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Dufferin—Caledon Durham Eglinton—Lawrence Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Flamborough—Glanbrook Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Hastings—Lennox and Addington Humber River—Black Creek* (initially York West) Huron—Bruce Kanata—Carleton Kenora King—Vaughan Kingston and the Islands Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston* (initially Lanark—Frontenac) Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes* (initially Leeds—Grenville) London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Milton Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville* (change to Mississauga—Cooksville was reversed) Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville Nepean Newmarket—Aurora Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Nickel Belt Nipissing—Timiskaming Northumberland—Peterborough South* (initially Northumberland—Pine Ridge) Oakville Oakville North—Burlington Orléans* (initially Ottawa—Orléans) Oshawa Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean Oxford Parkdale—High Park Parry Sound—Muskoka Perth—Wellington Peterborough—Kawartha* (initially Peterborough) Pickering—Uxbridge Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Richmond Hill St. Catharines Sarnia—Lambton Sault Ste. Marie Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North Spadina—Fort York Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Sudbury Thornhill Thunder Bay—Rainy River Thunder Bay—Superior North Timmins—James Bay Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's* (initially St. Paul's) University—Rosedale Vaughan—Woodbridge Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills Whitby Willowdale Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West York Centre York—Simcoe York South—Weston
Prince Edward Island[24]	4		Cardigan Charlottetown Egmont Malpeque
Quebec [25]	78	3	Abitibi—Nunavik Abitibi—Témiscamingue Alfred-Dubuc Alfred-Pellan Anne-Hébert Aylmer Beauce Bourassa Brome—Missisquoi Cap-Rouge Charlevoix—Saguenay Châteauguay Compton—Stanstead Côte-de-Beaupré Curé-Labelle Denis-Benjamin-Viger Drummond Elzéar-Bernier Étienne-Parent Gaspésie—Les Îles George-Étienne-Cartier Gilles-Villeneuve Hautes-Laurentides—Pontiac Hochelaga Idola-Saint-Jean John-Peters-Humphrey Joliette La Chute Lachine—LaSalle Lac-Saint-Jean Lac-Saint-Louis Laurentides Lévis Lignery Longueuil Lotbinière—Mégantic Louis-Fréchette MacDonald-Langstaff Manicouagan Maurice-Richard Mille-Îles Montarville Montcalm Montréal-Est Nicolas-Vincent Outaouais Outremont Ozias-Leduc Papineau Paul-Comtois Paul-Ragueneau Paul-Sauvé Petite-Nation Pierre-Legardeur Plateau—Mile End Québec Richmond—Arthabaska Rimouski Rivière-des-Prairies Roger-Lemelin Sainte-Rose Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Lambert Saint-Léonard Sault-au-Récollet Shawinigane Shefford Sherbrooke Soulanges Terrebonne Trois-Rivières Urbain-Brossard Vaudreuil Verchères—Les Patriotes Verdun Ville-Marie Wilder-Penfield	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Témiscamingue Ahuntsic-Cartierville Alfred-Pellan Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Beauce Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix* (initially Charlevoix—Montmorency) Beauport—Limoilou Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis Beloeil—Chambly Berthier—Maskinongé Bourassa Brome—Missisquoi Brossard—Saint-Lambert Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles Châteauguay—Lacolle Chicoutimi—Le Fjord* (change to Chicoutimi was reversed) Compton—Stanstead Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle* (initially Dorval—Lachine) Drummond Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Gatineau Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Hull—Aylmer Joliette Jonquière La Pointe-de-l'Île La Prairie Lac-Saint-Jean Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard—Verdun* (initially LaSalle—Verdun) Laurentides—Labelle Laurier—Sainte-Marie Laval—Les Îles Lévis—Lotbinière Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne* (initially LeMoyne) Longueuil—Saint-Hubert* (initially Longueuil) Louis-Hébert Louis-Saint-Laurent Manicouagan Marc-Aurèle-Fortin* (change to Sainte-Rose reversed) Mégantic—L'Érable Mirabel Montarville Montcalm Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Outremont Papineau Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères* (initially Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères) Pierrefonds—Dollard Pontiac Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Québec Repentigny Richmond—Arthabaska Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques* (change to Centre-du-Bas-Saint-Laurent was reversed) Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Rivière-du-Nord Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Jean Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Saint-Maurice—Champlain Salaberry—Suroît Shefford Sherbrooke Terrebonne Thérèse-De Blainville* (initially Blainville) Trois-Rivières Vaudreuil—Soulanges* (initially Soulanges—Vaudreuil) Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs* (initially Ville-Marie) Vimy
Saskatchewan[26]	14		Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Kindersley—Rosetown—Humboldt Lloydminster—Battlefords—Rosthern Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Prince Albert Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatoon Centre—University Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Wascana Yorkton—Melville	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek* (initially Humboldt—Warman—Martensville—Rosetown) Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Prince Albert Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville
Yukon	1		A commission was not required for Yukon since the territory is a single electoral district.[27]
Total	338	30

External links

• Official site of the 2012 Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution commissions

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22. Proposed Boundaries – Nunavut
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24. Proposed Boundaries – Prince Edward Island
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26. Proposed Boundaries – Saskatchewan
27. Proposed Boundaries – Yukon