Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2003

Canada is divided into 308 electoral districts. A representative or member of Parliament is elected for each electoral district. Following the release of population counts from each decennial census, the Chief Electoral Officer determines the number of seats in the House of Commons and publishes the information in the Canada Gazette. Electoral boundaries commissions then determine the adjustments to the constituency boundaries. The federal electoral boundaries commissions are independent bodies that make all decisions regarding the proposed and final federal electoral boundaries. Elections Canada provides support services to the boundaries commission in each province. Based on reports from these commissions, the Chief Electoral Officer prepares a representation order that describes the boundaries and specifies the name and the population of each FED. The representation order is in force on the first dissolution of Parliament that occurs at least one year after its proclamation. The 2003 Representation Order (proclaimed on August 25, 2003) was based on 2001 Census population counts, and increased the number of FEDs to 308, up from 301 from the previous 1996 Representation Order. Ontario received three additional seats, while Alberta and British Columbia each gained two seats. The names of FEDs may change at any time through an Act of Parliament.

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Date ( RI_366 )
2014-06
Date ( RI_367 )
2014-06
RI_413
  Government of Canada;Elections Canada; Electoral Geography Division
physical; 30; Victoria Street , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0M6 , Canada
voice; 1 (800) 2677360
(819) 9391675
Purpose
To provide the public with a digital representation of the 308 electoral district boundaries. This dataset is not to be used for defining or delineating boundaries that would normally be described by legal documents and/or legal survey plans.
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_529 )
  • Federal Electoral Districts
  • FED
Keywords ( RI_524 )
  • Earth Sciences
The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Traduction française des thèmes du Global Change Master Directory ( RI_528 )
  • Political Divisions
  • Land Management
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Geography
  • Electoral districts
  • Cartography
  • Geographic data
  • Elections
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Begin date
2004-05-23
End date
2014-06-06
Reference system identifier
https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4617 / 8.6.2
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( 10.31 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.3.1 )

  • KMZ ( unknown )

RI_412
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector
OnLine resource
Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2003 ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2003 ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Documentation (Bilingual) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Archives Data Directory ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;ZIP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged FGDB files (French) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged FGDB files (English) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged KML files (French) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KMZ;fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged KML files (English) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;KMZ;eng

OnLine resource
Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2003 ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2003 ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622

Conformance result

Explanation
A manual verification of the FED dataset has not identified any errors of commission.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
A manual verification of the FED dataset has not identified any errors of omission.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The delineation of the FED boundaries was created in reference to the National Geographic Database (NGD) road network and the NGD reference base layers. The representation of the digital electoral districts abides by the official boundary definition as established by the 2003 federal electoral boundaries commissions, as amended. The FED dataset provides for complete national coverage of the entire country. There are no gaps or overlays between any of the FED polygon features present in any of the datasets. The conceptual model of the FED data is presented in the document Federal Electoral Districts: Conceptual Data Model accessible on the GeoGratis portal (www.geogratis.ca).
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The domain values assigned to the item fields of the FED dataset are validated against those domain values described in the Federal Electoral Districts Feature Catalogue.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The topological consistency of the FED data is validated as part of the maintenance update process by means of spatial integrity constraints on the FED data to detect and correct overlaps, gaps and intersections within a polygon feature.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The absolute external positional accuracy describes the degree to which the position of features in a geographic database reflects their true position on the ground. It is the difference in the distances measured between two known points on a map and the true distances between the same two points, as established by conventional surveying methods. The absolute positional accuracy of the spatial entities comprising the FED dataset is dependent on the absolute accuracy of the different feature sets used in the creation of the FED boundaries. Federal electoral districts are derived by performing a spatial dissolve of the electoral polling divisions within each electoral district. The spatial elements that are used to represent a polling division boundary include both human-made features such as roads, railways, power lines and other natural features such as lakes, shorelines and rivers. In addition, many boundary elements follow survey lines, such as those defining the limits for a town, county or township. Additional information on the positional accuracy of the FED digital dataset and the data features used in the creation of the electoral district boundaries can be found at http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2009/statcan/92-500-G/92-500-g2009001-eng.pdf. The base features that define a poll division are derived from multiple data sources, including both digital and paper maps based on 1:10 000 to 1:1 000 000 scale source data. Some of these data sources have known levels of positional accuracy while others do not. Ongoing maintenance and update processes have introduced additional levels of spatial inaccuracies into the datasets. In this context, it is impossible to accurately ascribe a level of positional accuracy to the dataset. All that can be stated about the data is that for most urban and built-up areas, data were sourced from 1:50 000 data (accuracy ±10 metres); rural areas in southern parts of Canada were sourced using data from 1:250 000 data (accuracy ±300 metres); and the northern areas of Canada used data from 1:1 000 000 (accuracy ±2100 to ±4300 metres). There are also digital elements sourced from the NGD road network whose positional accuracy cannot be described. These arc elements were digitized on screen from paper maps, and although accurate in their attribute information and their relative position in relation to other map features, the absolute positional accuracy of these FED road network-derived elements cannot be accurately quantified.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
Relative positional accuracy describes the degree to which the position of features in a geographic database reflects their true ground relationships. For the Electoral Geographic Database, relative positional accuracy is important. An electoral FED boundary or polling division must appear in the proper position relative to a road feature or other physical features like lakes and shorelines. During the build phase of the NGD, the dataset was thoroughly tested for relative positional accuracy of all federal electoral districts and any underlying base-layer features.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The classification of features in the FED dataset is verified manually by Elections Canada and through established quality assurance (QA) processes. Database rules of integrity are used to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the data.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The accuracy of non-quantitative attributes attached to features in the FED dataset is verified manually by Elections Canada and through established QA processes. Database rules of integrity ensure the accuracy and correctness of the data.
Pass
Yes

Conformance result

Explanation
The accuracy of quantitative attributes attached to features in the FED dataset is verified manually by Elections Canada and through established QA processes. Database rules of integrity ensure the accuracy and correctness of the data.
Pass
Yes
Description
Data provided by the partner was adjusted for publication within the Federal Geospatial Portal (FGP). The adjustments were made to the data model and do not affect the data content.
RI_416
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Earth Sciences Sector; Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
voice; 1 (800) 6612638
File identifier
78400aed-2370-4437-97ca-7563c21bacb1 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2021-08-04T13:55:07
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Strategic Policy and Innovation Sector
 
 

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