New electoral map and diversity

Given ongoing high levels of immigration and thus citizenship, the number of ridings with large numbers of immigrants, and visible and religious minorities will continue. From about one in six ridings being a visible minority majority riding in 2021 to a likely one in five by 2025, political parties will need to pay attention.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller, pictured on the Hill on Oct. 16, 2023. The federal government recently announced that after increasing its annual immigration targets, it will now hold it at an estimated 500,000 new permanent residents in 2026.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW GRIFFITH

January 22, 2024

The new electoral map added five ridings for a total of 343: three to Alberta and one in each of Ontario and British Columbia. While the effect is minimal with respect to 2021 census data, it is significant given the expected increase of more than one million new Canadian ci...

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