A New Ward Map for Windsor


Overview

 

The City of Windsor is in the midst of reviewing its current five-ward boundary system.  Consultant Robert Williams, who taught political science at the University of Waterloo for 35 years, is leading the review of the city’s ward boundaries.

 

Here is a link to the Ward Boundary Review page on the City of Windsor website.

 

Here are links to copies of related documents: 

My Proposals

 

Here is my official submission to Prof. Williams re: Windsor ward boundary review.

 

Here are some suggested revisions to the Ten Ward Option contained in the Final Report.

 

Here are 2006 Census population counts for areas within the City of Windsor.

 

Here is a map of Business Improvement Areas in Windsor.

 

According the the 2006 Census, the City of Windsor has a population of 216,473.  The populations  for my proposed ward boundaries are based on dissemination blocks (DBs) used in the census.

 

Windsor Populations by Ward, 2006 Census  (revised Feb. 18/09 - see NOTE below)
Ward    2006 Pop.    Pop. Dev. %
Ward 1 59,375 +37.1%
Ward 2 33,180 -23.4%
Ward 3 37,807 -12.7%
Ward 4 36,205 -16.4%
Ward 5 49,906 +15.3%
City of Windsor 216,473 43,295

 

There has been discussion in the Windsor Star (Dec. 13 article) amongst city councillors and others about whether the size of Windsor City Council should remain at ten councillors or be reduced to eight.  There is also discussion about retaining the existing method of electing two councillors per ward, or else moving to single-member wards for the next municipal election in 2010. 

 

Walker Rd (and south of E.C. Row, the C&O railway line running just east of Walker) provides a distinct and recognizable boundary within the City of Windsor. This table shows how many wards should be east and west of this dividing line, using different ward scenarios (5, 8 or 10 wards).

 

Windsor Populations by Area, 2006 Census 

Area    2006 Pop. 5 8 10
West of Walker Rd/C&O 130,362 3.01 4.82 6.02
East of Walker Rd/C&O 86,111 1.99 3.18 3.98
City of Windsor 216,473 43,295 27,059 21,647

 

The five-ward proposals below keep the existing split of three wards west of Walker and two ward east, and balances the ward populations within each area.  The ten-ward proposals do not cross this line, with six wards to the west of it and four wards to the east.  The eight-ward alternatives show  different ways to divide the city into reasonable wards with balanced populations.

Maps

Here are the maps (in pdf format) of the proposed ward boundaries. 

Five Wards (two councillors per ward)

Eight Wards (one councillor per ward)

Ten Wards (one councillor per ward)

Numbers

This spreadsheet shows the populations (2006 Census) of each proposed ward and Windsor planning district.  Here is a Planning District map of Windsor.

NOTE:  There are differences between the planning district populations as determined by the city and the figures I use.  The differences are explained here.  (revised Feb. 18/09)

This spreadsheet shows the populations (2006 Census) of each proposed ward and each of the current five Windsor wards.  Here is a current Ward map of Windsor.

Contact

Please send any comments or questions to me at AlanHall.Guelph@gmail.com

Last updated July 28, 2009 at 4:00pm