Reasons for the Proposed Electoral Boundaries

General Notes

When readjusting electoral boundaries, the Commission is required to apply the principles contained in the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act.The Act directs the Commission to ensure that each electoral district in the province shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quotient for the province. The provincial quotient for electoral districts is 107,642, which is established by dividing the population of Ontario by the number of electoral districts assigned to the province.

The Commission may depart from the quotient where necessary or desirable to:

(i) respect the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district in the province, or

(ii) ensure a manageable geographic size for electoral districts in sparsely populated, rural or northern regions of the province.

When considering these factors, the Commission must make every effort to ensure that, except in circumstances it views as extraordinary, the population of each electoral district in the province remains within 25 per cent (plus or minus) of the electoral quotient. The upper limit of the quotient is 134,553 and the lower limit is 80,732.

The legal descriptions of the proposed electoral districts are set out at the end of these proposals. Two tables can be found at the end of the reasons that set out the names of the current and proposed electoral districts, their populations, and their variance from the provincial quotient. Maps of the proposed electoral districts are also included and illustrate the proposed electoral districts. Unless stated otherwise, all population numbers refer to the proposed electoral districts. The following is a brief explanation of the proposed changes to the electoral districts of Ontario.

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