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Canada’s electoral map is slated for a makeover so dramatic that when the new boundaries are confirmed, it is likely that nearly every district in the country will be affected — redrawn in small ways or big, or renamed such that the new title bears no resemblance to the old — creating a markedly different political landscape with ramifications not just for the parties, but also for the voters who elect them.

To accommodate population growth, the country is getting 30 new seats — the largest addition in Canadian history — and with a demographic shift comes a change to where we vote and, perhaps, which party represents your riding in the House of Commons. As of this week, redistribution proposals for all 10 provinces are publicly available, giving parties, analysts, political scientists and voters the first glimpse at what could be the Election 2015 battleground.

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Few parts of the country would be unaffected by proposed electoral boundary changes, but some are more affected than others: