This is a list of electoral districts or ridings in Canada for the Canadian federal election, 1872. New seats were added in 1873 when Prince Edward Island became a province.

Electoral Districts are constituencies that elect Members of Parliament in Canada's House of Commons every election.

Nova Scotia

• Annapolis
• Antigonish
• Cape Breton*
• Colchester
• Cumberland
• Digby
• Guysborough
• Halifax*
• Hants
• Inverness
• Kings
• Lunenburg
• Pictou*
• Queens
• Richmond
• Shelburne
• Victoria
• Yarmouth

New Brunswick

• Albert
• Carleton
• Charlotte
• City and County of St. John *
• City of St. John
• Gloucester
• Kent
• King's
• Northumberland
• Queen's
• Restigouche
• Sunbury
• Victoria
• Westmorland
• York

Quebec - 65 seats

• Argenteuil
• Bagot
• Beauce
• Beauharnois
• Bellechasse
• Berthier
• Bonaventure
• Brome
• Chambly
• Champlain
• Charlevoix
• Châteauguay
• Chicoutimi—Saguenay
• Compton
• Dorchester
• Drummond—Arthabaska
• Gaspé
• Hochelaga
• Huntingdon
• Iverbville
• Jacques Cartier
• Joliette
• Kamouraska
• L'Assomption
• L'Islet
• Laprairie
• Laval
• Lévis
• Lotbinière
• Maskinongé
• Mégantic
• Missisquoi
• Montcalm
• Montmagny
• Montmorency
• Montreal Centre
• Montreal East
• Montreal West
• Napierville
• Nicolet
• Ottawa (County of)
• Pontiac
• Portneuf
• Quebec County
• Quebec East
• Quebec West
• Quebec-Centre
• Richelieu
• Richmond—Wolfe
• Rimouski
• Rouville
• Saint Maurice
• Shefford
• Sherbrooke (Town of)
• Soulanges
• St. Hyacinthe
• St. John's
• Stanstead
• Témiscouata
• Terrebonne
• Three Rivers
• Two Mountains
• Vaudreuil
• Verchères
• Yamaska

Ontario

• Addington
• Algoma
• Bothwell
• Brant North
• Brant South
• Brockville
• Bruce North
• Bruce South
• Cardwell
• Carleton
• Cornwall
• Dundas
• Durham East
• Durham West
• Elgin East
• Elgin West
• Essex
• Frontenac
• Glengarry
• Grenville South
• Grey East
• Grey North
• Grey South
• Haldimand
• Halton
• Hamilton *
• Hastings East
• Hastings North
• Hastings West
• Huron Centre
• Huron North
• Huron South
• Kent
• Kingston
• Lambton
• Lanark North
• Lanark South
• Leeds North and Grenville North
• Leeds South
• Lennox
• Lincoln
• London
• Middlesex East
• Middlesex North
• Middlesex West
• Monck
• Muskoka
• Niagara
• Norfolk North
• Norfolk South
• Northumberland East
• Northumberland West
• Ontario North
• Ontario South
• Ottawa (City of) *
• Oxford North
• Oxford South
• Peel
• Perth North
• Perth South
• Peterborough East
• Peterborough West
• Prescott
• Prince Edward
• Renfrew North
• Renfrew South
• Russell
• Simcoe North
• Simcoe South
• Stormont
• Toronto Centre
• Toronto East
• Victoria North
• Victoria South
• Waterloo North
• Waterloo South
• Welland
• Wellington Centre
• Wellington North
• Wellington South
• Wentworth North
• Wentworth South
• West Toronto
• York East
• York North
• York West

Manitoba

• Lisgar
• Marquette
• Provencher
• Selkirk

British Columbia

• Cariboo
• New Westminster
• Vancouver
• Victoria*
• Yale

* returned two members