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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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