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What is an EDID

Posted by Russell McOrmond-2 on Feb 02, 2006; 8:50pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p235.html

Stephane Guidoin wrote:
> Just one question : what is EDID ?

   Electoral District ID.


Longer version:

   It is a number that Elections Canada sets for each federal electoral
district.  For Ontario, they also match the provincial ridings as
Ontario uses the same boundaries.

   It is a 5 digit number where the first 2 digits indicate the
province, and the last 3 digits are a count within the province of the
riding.


   I use these numbers on digital-copyright.ca to create a Drupal
taxonomy that allows you to browse by province to get to a specific
district.

http://www.digital-copyright.ca/edid     - List of provinces
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/edid/35  - List of districts in Ontario

http://www.digital-copyright.ca/edid/35068  - Parkdale High-park

Listing of districts in Ontario (Note Prov= )
http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/ListedByProvince.aspx?L=e&Prov=ON&QID=-1&PageID=10

Elections Canada Electoral district profile for Parkdale High-park (Note
the ED= )
http://www.elections.ca/scripts/pss/Profile.aspx?L=e&ED=35068&EV=25

   There is a lot of information that is keyed to this district number,
and it is useful to always include this number whenever we are building
data that is based on federal ridings.

   You do need to have some sort of a time indication as the numbers
change when the boundaries are redrawn from time to time (Most recent by
the "2003 Representation Order").

> Stéphane

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