The April 28 federal election will see the votes split up differently among the municipalities that make up the eastern end of the Niagara Peninsula.

Niagara-on-the-Lake’s riding will no longer include Fort Erie and will be comprised of just NOTL and Niagara Falls. It also has a new name, reflecting that change: Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake.

This all comes after the abolition of the Niagara Centre riding, which has been replaced by a new riding called Niagara South. It will include Fort Erie and most of the old Niagara Centre riding.

Voters in Welland, Thorold and Port Colborne also will cast their ballots in Niagara South.

Because of this change, the parts of St. Catharines that used to be part of the Niagara Centre riding now belong to the Niagara West and St. Catharines ridings.

The new voting map was created by the independent electoral boundaries commission as part of a major redistribution of ridings in 2023.

In the last federal election, on Sept. 20, 2021, Fort Erie had a population of 32,901, according to StatsCan, while NOTL’s population was 19,088 and Niagara Falls’ was 94,415.