Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2013

Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2013 is an open dataset from Elections Canada with 10 files (ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB, KMZ, WMS, PDF); catalogue record updated 2021-08-11. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

Canada is divided into 338 electoral districts. A representative or member of Parliament is elected for each electoral district. Following the release of population counts from each decennial census, the Chief Electoral Officer determines the number of seats in the House of Commons and publishes the information in the Canada Gazette. Electoral boundaries commissions then determine the adjustments to the constituency boundaries. The federal electoral boundaries commissions are independent bodies that make all decisions regarding the proposed and final federal electoral boundaries. Elections Canada provides support services to the boundaries commission in each province. Based on reports from these commissions, the Chief Electoral Officer prepares a representation order that describes the boundaries and specifies the name and the population of each FED. The representation order is in force on the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs at least seven months after its proclamation. The 2013 Representation Order (proclaimed on October 5, 2013) was based on 2011 Census population counts, and increased the number of FEDs to 338, up from 308 from the previous 2003 Representation…

Publisher

Elections Canada

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10

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2021-08-11