Period when a redistribution takes place [E.B.R.A., s. 3(1)]

• For each decennial census, an electoral boundaries commission for each province is established by the Governor in Council within 60 days after the Minister receives a return certified by the Chief Statistician.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Constitution Act, 1867, s. 51, 51A]

• The number of members of the House of Commons and the representation of the provinces therein must be readjusted according to the following rules:
  • there must be assigned to each of the provinces a number of members equal to the number obtained by dividing the total population of the provinces by 279 and by dividing the population of each province by the quotient so obtained, counting any remainder in excess of 50¢ as one after the said process of division;
  • the total number of members assigned to a province should not be less than the total number of members assigned to that province before 1974;
  • the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut must be entitled to one member.

• A province must always be entitled to a number of members in the House of Commons not less than the number of senators representing that province.

Date of last redistribution

• 1996

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 301

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.B.A., s. 13(1), 13(4)]

• In the calendar year beginning in 1993, and in each 10th calendar year following, the commission must, as soon as is convenient after March 31, divide the province into districts by using the latest census figures available under the Statistics Act (Canada).

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [E.B.A., s. 13(1)]

• The province is divided into 48 one-member districts.

Date of last redistribution

• 1993

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 48

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.B.A., s. 8]

• Within 90 days following ordinary polling day of each third general election, the Lieutenant Governor in Council must establish an electoral boundaries commission.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [E.B.A., s. 2(1); L.A.A. 1(2)]

• The province is divided into 27 districts.
• The Legislative Assembly must be composed of 27 members, one to represent each of the established electoral districts.

Date of last redistribution

• 1994

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 27

Period when a redistribution takes place [H.A.A., s. 5(3); Report, 1992, p. 12, 13]

• No later than the 31st day of March 2002, and thereafter, at least once in every 10 years from the 31st day of March 2002, an independent electoral boundaries commission must be appointed.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Report, 1992, p. 13]

• Based on the most recent population statistics available to the Provincial Boundaries Commission, the commission is to delineate electoral boundaries to achieve a 52-member Legislative Assembly with an additional member to represent the Mi'kmaq people of Nova Scotia.

Date of last redistribution

• 1992

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 53

Period when a redistribution takes place [O.I.C., 91-174]

• Following an Order in Council.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Final Report, 1993, p. 8]

• The number of electoral districts to be established is 55 and the islands of Grand Manan, Deer Island and Campobello (the "Fundy Isles") exclusively comprise one such electoral district.

Date of last redistribution

• 1993

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 55

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.A., s. 19]

• The Commission de la représentation électorale must make a new delimitation of the electoral divisions after the second general election following the last delimitation.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [E.A., s. 14]

• Electoral divisions, numbering not fewer than 122 nor more than 125, must be delimited taking into account the principle that the vote of each elector is of equal weight.

Date of last redistribution

• 1992

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 125

[Representation Act, 1996, Schedule, s. 2(1), 3]

• For the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly, Ontario is divided into electoral districts whose number, names and boundaries are identical to those of its federal electoral districts.
• When there is a federal readjustment, new provincial electoral districts are deemed to be established in accordance with the former, in place of the existing provincial electoral districts that are affected, immediately after the first dissolution of the Legislature that follows the first anniversary of the proclamation date of the draft representation order under the federal Act.

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.D.A., s. 9(1); Report, p. 4]

• In the year 1988 and in each 10th year thereafter, the commission must be established to review and make recommendations towards provincial electoral boundaries. The current redistribution must be based on the 1996 census of population taken by Statistics Canada, together with the estimated population of Indian reserves that did not participate in the census.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [E.D.A., s. 7(1)]

• The province is divided into 57 electoral divisions.

Date of last redistribution

• 1998

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 57

Period when a redistribution takes place [C.B.A., s. 3(1), 4(2)]

• The Lieutenant Governor in Council must establish a Constituency Boundaries Commission for the census taken in 1991 and for each census taken every 10th year after 1991, within 30 days of receiving notice from the Clerk of the Executive Council that the clerk has obtained a copy of the census information.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [C.B.A., s. 12(2), 14(4)]

• In fixing the boundaries of proposed constituencies, a commission must:
• divide the area of Saskatchewan north of the dividing line into two constituencies; and
• divide the area of Saskatchewan south of the dividing line into 56 constituencies.
• A commission must fix as the boundaries of the constituencies north of the dividing line those boundaries that are prescribed in The Representation Act, 1989 for the constituencies of Athabasca and Cumberland.

Date of last redistribution

• 1993

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 58

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.B.C.A., s. 5(2)-(3); Report, 1996, p. 2]

• A commission is to be appointed during the first session of the Legislature following every second general election after the appointment of the last commission.
• However, if less than 8 years has elapsed since the appointment of the last commission, the commission is to be appointed no sooner than 8 years and no later than 10 years after the appointment of the last commission.
• The information is based on the 1991 decennial census completed for Alberta under the Statistics Act (S.C.) by Statistics Canada.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [E.B.C.A., s. 13]

• The commission is to divide Alberta into 83 electoral divisions.

Date of last redistribution

• 1996

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 83

Period when a redistribution takes place [E.B.C.A., s. 5]

• The first commission must be appointed during the 2nd session of the 36th Parliament.
• A new commission must be appointed during the first session of the Legislature following every second general election following the appointment of the first commission.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Constitution Act, s. 19]

• For returning members of the Legislative Assembly, there are to be 75 electoral districts.

Date of last redistribution

• 1998

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 75

Period when a redistribution takes place [Report, 1998, p. 1]

• A redistribution takes place upon the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Northwest Territories Act, s. 9(2)]

• The Council consists of 19 members, but the Commissioner in Council may make ordinances to increase or decrease the membership to a number not less than 14 nor greater than 25.

Date of last redistribution

• 1999

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 19

Period when a redistribution takes place [Report of the CEO, 1997, p. 46]

• There is no standing legislation for establishing a commission to review the boundaries of the electoral districts in the Yukon. Previous commissions established in 1976, 1984 and 1991 were brought into existence by legislation specific to each commission. While there is no set time within which electoral districts must be reviewed, the last two commissions have been appointed after approximately the same period of time.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [Yukon Act, s. 3(2)(b)]

• There should be not less than 12 and not more than 20 electoral districts.

Date of last redistribution

• 1991

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 16

Period when a redistribution takes place [Report, 1997, p. 1]

• A redistribution takes place upon the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Rules to determine the number of electoral districts [O.I.C., s. 1]

• The number of members of the first Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is prescribed as 19.

Date of last redistribution

• 1997

Number of electoral districts following the last redistribution

• 19