Federal electoral districts redistribution 2022

Cape Breton—Antigonish Proposal

  • (Population: 84,999)
  • (Map 1)

Consists of:

  • (a) the counties of Antigonish and Richmond;
  • (b) the Municipality of the District of Guysborough;
  • (c) that part of the County of Inverness lying southerly of Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada; and
  • (d) that part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality lying southeasterly of a line described as follows: commencing at a point in the centre of Bras d'Or Lake; thence northeasterly along said lake and East Bay to its most northeasterly extremity; thence due north to Portage Brook; thence generally northeasterly along said brook to Blacketts Lake; thence generally northeasterly along said lake and the Sydney River to Highway 125; thence generally northeasterly along said highway to Highway 4 (Grand Lake Road); thence northeasterly along said highway to an unnamed brook (at approximately 130 metres from the intersection with Highway 125); thence generally northeasterly along said brook and the westerly shoreline of Grand Lake to the Sydney Coal Railway; thence northeasterly along said railway and its northerly branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake); thence generally northerly and northeasterly along said brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Cabot Strait.