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For Americans wondering how big a Canadian riding is, 20 ridings are about the size of 3 congressional districts. Illinois would get 129 ridings if it were a Canadian province; there are 118 members of the lower house of our legislature, so the size of the districts is approximately the same as a Canadian riding. Massachusetts would get 66, which puts about 5 ridings in every 3 state Senate districts. This is based on a population for Quebec of 7,237,500, which is approximately what I read somewhere; it's just slightly more populous than Virginia, and gets 75 ridings, from which apportionments to other provinces is calculated. (Viriginia would get 74. Wyoming 5, California 352.) |
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