A New Federal Electoral Map is Taking Shape for Ontario

The Case of the Missing Ward

LONDON, ON, Aug. 19, 2022 /CNW/ – The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario has proposed a new electoral map for consideration at public hearings this fall. This map introduces changes to Ontario’s federal electoral district boundaries and has been developed through an independent and non-partisan process.

“In exercising its mandate under the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act and given the allocation of one additional district to Ontario, the Commission found it necessary to propose many new electoral boundaries to correct wide variations in voter equality that have emerged across the province over the past decade due to population change,” says the Honourable Justice Lynne C. Leitch, Chair of the three-member commission. Read More