Update on the final B.C. and Alberta maps

Vancouver Granville returns and other final adjustments to federal ridings

On Thursday, the Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia redistribution commissions published their final reports that take into account the objections MPs had made to some of their proposed changes to the federal electoral map.

It means the process is finally complete — now the maps just need to be adopted by parliament for them to be ready to use next spring. (A snap election this fall would use the current map in place.)

Over the last few weeks, I’ve written my analyses on the changes coming to Alberta and British Columbia as I near the end of my series on the new electoral map. I only have Ontario left to do.

But the commissioners adopted some of the recommendations proposed by MPs, particularly those in British Columbia. So, let’s take a look at how the map that will be used in the next election differs from the final proposals.

The final Alberta map looks almost identical to the one I wrote about two weeks ago. The B.C. map, however, has some pretty important differences. Let’s dive in.