REPORT OF THE
FEDERAL ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
FOR SASKATCHEWAN

Preamble

The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Saskatchewan ("the Commission") has been established pursuant to the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act ("the Act").

The 2001 decennial census established the population of the Province of Saskatchewan at 978,933. Saskatchewan’s representation in the House of Commons is 14 members and the province must be divided into 14 electoral districts. The population of the province divided by 14 gives an electoral quota for each electoral district of 69,924.

The Act directs that the division of the province into electoral districts shall proceed on the basis that the population of each electoral district shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota of 69,924. The Commission is required to consider the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district and the manageable geographic size of districts in sparsely populated, rural or northern regions of the province.

The Commission may depart from the rule which provides that the population of each electoral district shall, as close as reasonably possible, correspond to the electoral quota. This may occur in any case where the Commission considers it necessary or desirable to depart from the rule in order to respect the community of interest or community of identity in or the historical pattern of an electoral district or in order to maintain a manageable geographic size for electoral districts in sparsely populated, rural or northern regions. In departing from the application of the rule, the Commission shall make every effort to ensure that, except in circumstances viewed by the Commission as being extraordinary, the population of each electoral district remains within 25 percent more or 25 percent less of the electoral quota.

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