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Here in Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada the province is 5,660 square kilometers with a population of about 150,000 people. Nunavut, Yukon and NWT combined ha

Here in Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada the province is 5,660 square kilometers with a population of about 150,000 people. Nunavut, Yukon and NWT combined have a land area of almost 4 million square kilometers and a population of about 120,000 people. PEI has four members of parliament (MP) the three territories combined have three members. Population-wise it works out but the land difference is so crazy. I think Canada should be all PEI-size provinces.

throwaway2048 7y ago
there are a huge number of land areas in Canada that are PEI sized that contain literally zero permanent population.
soperj 7y ago
PEI has an outsized number of MPs for their population though. Comparatively, Alberta gets 1 MP for each 120,000 people.
- flycaliguy 7y ago
  Some sort of home ice advantage I assume.
  - dghughes 7y ago
    32 years older than Alberta. First dibs for the older brother.
    - soperj 7y ago
      Neither. There's a clause that you can't have less seats than you did in 1985. Alberta's & Canada's population have grown much more than the 25000 people that PEI's has.