 While Regina and Saskatoon have roughly double the population of an urban riding in Canada, the ridings based in those cities also included large blocks of rural territory.However, a redistribution in 2013, taking effect in 2015, result in the Regina and Saskatoon ridings losing most of their rural areas and two New Democrats being elected in those cities.Instead, Regina and Saskatoon will each be split between three ridings located almost entirely within the city limits.