Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario

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The Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario is an independent body responsible for reviewing and redrawing the province’s federal electoral district boundaries to ensure fair and effective representation in the House of Commons.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal body ⓘ
federal electoral boundaries commission ⓘ
independent commission ⓘ
aimsTo maintain representation by population principle ⓘ
update ridings to reflect population shifts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ontario Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Province of Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
compositionIncludes chair ⓘ
two other members ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
frequency approximately every ten years ⓘ
governsConcept federal electoral districts in Ontario ⓘ
hasMandateFrom Parliament of Canada ⓘ
hasScope federal electoral districts only ⓘ
jurisdiction Ontario ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ontario ⓘ
memberAppointedBy Chief Justice of the province or designate ⓘ
Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
notResponsibleFor municipal electoral wards ⓘ
provincial electoral districts ⓘ
operatesUnder Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-3) ⓘ
overseenBy Elections Canada ⓘ
partOf network of provincial federal electoral boundaries commissions in Canada ⓘ
partOfProcess federal electoral boundaries readjustment ⓘ
processIncludes consideration of public submissions ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ
publication of proposals in the Canada Gazette ⓘ
produces proposed federal electoral district maps for Ontario ⓘ
reports on proposed boundary changes ⓘ
relatedTo House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
reportsTo Chief Electoral Officer of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada ⓘ
responsibleFor ensuring effective representation in the House of Commons for Ontario ⓘ
ensuring fair representation in the House of Commons for Ontario ⓘ
redrawing federal electoral district boundaries in Ontario ⓘ
reviewing federal electoral district boundaries in Ontario ⓘ
subjectOf federal redistribution process following each decennial census ⓘ
usesCriterion community of identity ⓘ
community of interest ⓘ
historical patterns of electoral districts ⓘ
manageable geographic size of districts ⓘ
population equality among ridings ⓘ
usesDataFrom decennial census ⓘ

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Ontario federal electoral districts → boundaryAuthority → Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa federal electoral districts → hasRedistributionAuthority → Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario ⓘ
Don Valley West → isMappedBy → federal electoral boundaries commission for Ontario ⓘ
subject linked to: Don Valley West federal riding
linked to: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario
Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario → alsoKnownAs → Ontario Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission ⓘ
linked to: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte → governmentalJurisdiction → federal electoral boundaries commission for Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario