We are in the midst of re-drawing Canada's electoral map, preparing for the a general election with 343 seats up for grabs instead of the current 338. The business of drawing and re-drawing boundaries is left up to individual non-partisan commissions in each province. 

In the week that just past, the commissions for Ontario and B.C. released their final reports/riding maps. I can tell you that in every province there is a lot of change. I'm still in the process of going through them all but one theme that has emerged straight-away is that some commissions sought to use this redistribution effort -- it happens every ten years -- as a means to recognize Indigenous origins of many parts of Canada by including Indigenous names into riding names. 

Many ridings in the country already incorporate Indigenous names into their title -- Tobique--Mactaquac in NB, Esquimalt--Saanich--Sooke in BC, Edmonton--Wetaskawin in AB and so on.

Now, there will be more. 

Here, for example, are the Ontario ridings that will have new names (and often new boundaries) that include an Indigenous component:

The Quebec commission has done the same and here are new riding names in that province with an Indigenous component:

Learn more about these commissions and review the new electoral maps for yourself here. At that site, click on "The Commissions" to get maps for each province.

I expect you'll see additional "Riding redistribution notes" here over the coming days. - DA