Here is my Ontario! (I might do the rest of Canada some other time but we'll start with Ontario)
The average population per US district is 646,947, which goes into Ontario's population roughly 18 times which for Ontario is 633,891 per district. Each district is within 2.5% of this number.
If you dont see the map, click here:
http://img153.exs.cx/img153/1797/ontariocd0fp.pngON-1 640,974 (+1.1)
Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Greater Sudbury, Manitoulin, Algoma, Cochrane and Timiskaming
Major cities: Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie
Notes: Sparesly populated, is over half the area of Ontario. Signifigant francophone minority. Would probably vote Liberal with NDP in second.
ON-2 624,958 (-1.4)
Sudbury, Nipissing, Renfrew, Lanark, Haliburton, Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Muskoka, Parry Sound and in Simcoe:
Severn, Ramara, Orillia, Tay, Rama first nation
Major cities: North Bay, Orillia, Peterborough, Pembroke, Lindsay
Notes: Also sparesly populated cottage country- is the gateway to the north. Both the Conservatives and the Liberals would have a chance here.
ON-3 634,035 (+0.0)
Ottawa: former municipalities of Ottawa, Osgoode, Nepean, Gloucester, Rockliffe Park, Vanier; SDG: North Dundas; LG: North Grenville
Major cities: Ottawa, Gloucester, Nepean
Notes: Very urban district except for a few rural townships. Strong Liberal.
ON-4 633,900 (-0.1)
Ottawa: former municipalities of West Carleton, Rideau, Goulbourn, Kanata, Cumberland;
Prescott and Russell, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac, Prince Edward;
Leeds and Grenville: Athens, Augusta, Brockville, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Front of Yonge, Gananoque, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Merrickville-Wolford, Prescott, Rideau Lakes, Westport
Hastings: Belleville, Deseronto
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry: Cornwall, North Glengarry, North Stormont, South Dundas, South Glengarry, South Stormont
Major cities: Kanata, Cornwall, Brockville, Kingston, Belleville
Notes: Fairly rural district, mostly Conservative except in Kingston and in largely francophone Prescott and Russell and Cumberland.
ON-5 625,084 (-1.4)
Essex, Chatham-Kent, Elgin, Norfolk
Major cities: Windsor, Chatham, Leamington, St. Thomas
Notes: Mix of urban and rural. Labour Unions strong in Windsor, however due to rural nature of the rest of also fairly conservative in many parts. District would probably go to the Conservatives with the Liberals and NDP very strong as well.
ON-6 629,426 (-0.7)
Lambton, Oxford, Middlesex
Major cities: London, Woodstock, Sarnia
Notes: Similar to #5 except less labour unions and more Liberal.
ON-7 630,368 (-0.6)
Niagara, Haldimand, Brant;
Waterloo: North Dumfries
Hamilton: Former municipality of Stoney Creek
Major cities: Niagara Falls, Stoney Creek, St. Catharines, Welland, Brantford
Mix of urban Niagara region and rural Haldimand Brant and Niagara. The Conservatives and Liberals would both do well here.
ON-8 635,124 (+0.2)
Former city of Hamilton; Halton: Oakville and Burlington
Major cities: Hamilton, Oakville, Burlington
Notes: Anything can happen here, as the Conservatives have traditionally done well in Oakville and Burlington and the NDP in Hamilton, however the Liberals are quite strong as well.
ON-9 633,546 (-0.1)
Grey, Bruce, Perth, Huron, Dufferin; Simcoe: Adjala-Tosorontio, Barrie, Christian Island, Clearview, Collingwood, Essa, Innisfil, Midland, New Tecumseth, Oro-Medonte, Penetanguishene, Springwater, Tiny, Wasaga Beach
Major cities: Stratford, Owen Sound, Collingwood, Barrie, Orangeville
Notes: Probably the most Conservative district in the province in this primarily rural region.
ON-10 630,745 (-0.5)
Wellington: Guelph, Guelph-Eramosa, Puslinch; Waterloo: Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Woolwich
Hamilton: Former municipalities of Flamborough, Dundas, Ancaster, Glanbrook
Major cities: Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Ancaster, Dundas
Notes: This is primarily an urban district which would favour the Liberals especially in the tri-cities area and Guelph.
ON-11 628,425 (-0.9)
Durham: Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Clarington, Pickering
Northumberland; Hastings: Bancroft, Carlow/Mayo, Centre Hastings, Faraday, Hastings Highlands, Limerick, Madoc, Marmora, Quinte West, Stirling-Rawdon, Tudor and Cashel, Tweed, Tyendinaga, Wollaston
Major cities: Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Newcastle, Trenton, Port Hope, Cobourg
Notes: Fairly large district with many Toronto suburbs in the southwest ranging to sparesly populated Hastings County. Hastings is very Conservative but the rest of the region is fairly Liberal and Unions are strong in Oshawa.
ON-12 644,396 (+1.7)
Mississauga, Milton
Major cities: Mississauga, Milton
Notes: District is dominated by Mississauga which is a suburb of Toronto which is very Liberal.
ON-13 640,273 (+1.0)
Toronto: Former city of Scarborough plus the former city of Toronto between this border:
Toronto: Former city of Toronto outside this border: Former East York borough boundary to Woodbine Avenue to CN railroard Coxwell Avenue to Queen Street to Woodbine Avenue to Lake Ontario to former Scarborough city limits to former East York borough boundary.
Major cities: Scarborough, Beaches
Notes: Scarborough, an inner suburb of Toronto is probably the most Liberal area in Ontario
ON-14 639,523 (+0.9)
Toronto: Former city of Toronto outside this border: Former East York borough boundary to Woodbine Avenue to CN railroard Coxwell Avenue to Queen Street to Woodbine Avenue to Lake Ontario to former Scarborough city limits to former East York borough boundary.
Major cities: Toronto
Notes: This area which is the core of the city of Toronto would be a good match between the NDP and the Liberals but with the Liberals probably edging the NDP out.
ON-15 630,427 (-0.5)
East York and North York except that part of North York west of the following line: Jane Street to Finch Avenue to Keele Street to Sheppard Avenue to former city limits
Major cities: East York, North York
Notes: North York is a very Liberal inner-suburb of Toronto just like Scarborough
ON-16 641,042 (+1.1)
That part of the city of Vaughan south of Rutherford Road and west of the 404, the former cities of Etobicoke and York, and that part of the former city of North York west of the following line: Jane Street to Finch Avenue to Keele Street to Sheppard Avenue to former city limits
Major cities: Woodbridge, Etobicoke, York
Notes: This area is very suburban and is very Liberal as well.
ON-17 624,773 (-1.4)
Waterloo: Wilmot, Wellesley; Wellington: Minto, Wellington North, Centre Wellington, Erin; Halton: Halton Hills; Peel: Caledon, Brampton; York: that part of the city of Vaughan north of Rutherford Road and East of the 404
Major cities: Georgetown, Brampton, Maple, Thornhill
Notes: Half of this District lives in the very Liberal Brampton, and Vaughan also is very Liberal. However, the rest of the District is very rural and leans Conservative.
ON-18 619,171 (-2.3)
Simcoe: Bradford West Gwillimbury; York: Georgina, Georgina Islands First Nation, East Gwillimbury, Newmarket, Aurora, King, Richmond Hill, Markham; Durham: Uxbridge, Scugog, Scugo First Nation and Brock
Major cities: Bradford, Newmarket, Aurora, Richmond Hill, Markham, Unionville
Notes: Suburban region north of Ontario. In recent years has become more and more Liberal in this formerly Conservative heartland.
