Although the Green Party of Canada is much stronger in elections than the Green Party of the U.S., the Canadian Greens have never elected a representative to the federal Parliament in Ottawa. The party’s leader, Elizabeth May, has recently decided to move from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to campaign in the Saanich-Gulf Islands district. See this article. The Saanich-Gulf Islands district includes the towns of Saanich and Sidney.

Canada, like Great Britain, is accustomed to candidates for Parliament that have no long residential roots in the district that elects them. The Green Party came in 3rd in the 2008 Canadian election in the Saanich-Gulf Islands district, with 10.45%. The district is now represented by a Conservative Party member, who won with 43.43% in the last federal election in 2008.

No one knows when the next Canadian federal election will be held. Canadian parliamentary districts usually have a population of about 100,000 people.