Nova Scotia's recent population boom has triggered a redrawing of the federal political map that comes into play for the first time in a snap election that kicked off this week.

Numbers changed the most in the suburbs around Halifax, where one riding — Halifax West — grew by almost 25,000 people in a decade.

Halifax West became too big according to the rules of the Constitution, and paring it back caused a domino effect across the province. 

All but one of Nova Scotia's 11 ridings have different b…