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Markham—Unionville (federal Electoral District)
Markham—Unionville is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Boundaries Markham—Unionville is located in the Markham, Ontario, City of Markham within an area bordered by a line commencing at the Ontario Highway 404, Highway 404-Ontario Highway 407, 407 interchange, then east along Highway 407 to McCowan Road, north on McCowan Road to Bur Oak Road, east on Bur Oak to Ontario Highway 48, Highway 48, then to the northern city limit, then along the northern and western city boundaries to the 404-407 interchange. Demographics :''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 66.6% Chinese, 12.1% White, 9.9% South Asian, 2% Black, 1.4% Filipino, 1.2% West Asian Languages: 29.5% Yue, 28.4% English, 20.7% Mandarin, 1.6% Tamil Religions: 51.2% No religion, 33.3% Christian (14.8% Catholic, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Baptist), 4.8% Buddhist, 4.8% Hindu, 4.8% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markham—Unionville 2015
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Markham—Unionville could refer to: *Markham—Unionville (federal electoral district) *Markham—Unionville (provincial electoral district) Markham—Unionville is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 Ontario general election, 2007 provincial election. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Highway 407
King's Highway 407, commonly referred to as Highway 407 and colloquially as the "four-oh-seven", is a 400-series highways, 400-series highway in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Comprising a tolled privately leased segment and a publicly owned segment, the route spans the entire Greater Toronto Area (GTA) around the city of Toronto, travelling through the suburbs of Burlington, Ontario, Burlington, Oakville, Ontario, Oakville, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, Ontario, Markham, Pickering, Ontario, Pickering, Whitby, Ontario, Whitby, and Oshawa, Ontario, Oshawa before ending in Clarington, north of Orono, Ontario, Orono. At 151.4 km long, it is the fourth-longest expressway in Ontario's 400-series network, after Highways Ontario Highway 417, 417, Ontario Highway 400, 400, and Ontario Highway 401, 401. The tolled segment between Burlington and Brougham, Ontario, Brougham in Pickering is leased to and operated by the 407 ETR Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. and generally sits at the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, positioned to their Right-wing politics, right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party is described as "big tent",PDF copy at UBC Press. practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections Canada
Elections Canada () is the non-partisan agency responsible for administering elections in Canada, Canadian federal elections and Referendums in Canada, referendums. History Elections Canada is an agency of the Parliament of Canada, and reports directly to Parliament rather than to the Government of Canada. The agency was created under the government of Jean Chretien by the Canada Elections Act on 31 May 2000. Responsibilities Elections Canada is responsible for: * Making sure that all voters have access to the electoral system * Informing citizens about the electoral system * Maintaining the National Register of Electors and International Register of Electors * Enforcing electoral legislation * Training election officers * Producing maps of electoral districts * Registering political parties, electoral district associations, and third parties that engage in election advertising * Administering the allowances paid to registered political parties * Monitoring election spending by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Canadian Federal Election
The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament. The Writ of election, writs of election were issued by Governor General of Canada, Governor General Mary Simon on August 15, 2021, when Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested the Dissolution of parliament in Canada, dissolution of parliament for a snap election. Trudeau won a third term as prime minister, his second minority government. Though the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberals were hoping to win a majority government in order to govern alone, the results were mostly unchanged from the 2019 Canadian federal election. The Liberals won the most seats at 160; as this fell short of the 170 seats needed for a majority in the House of Commons, they formed a minority government with support from other parties. The 2021 election set a new record for the lowest vote share for a party that wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chiang (politician)
Paul Chin-Yue Chiang (born 1960) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Markham—Unionville in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion. He withdrew during the 2025 federal election campaign after controversial comments surfaced. Early life Born in Karachi, Pakistan to Chinese parents, he grew up in Pakistan until his family immigrated to Canada in 1976 to join his father's family. His grandparents had lived in Pakistan since 1927. Policing career Chiang was a police officer with the York Regional Police for 28 years, retiring in 2020 as a Sergeant. In 2013, he served as a diversity officer in the Diversity and Cultural Resources Unit. He first entered policing with the London Police Service in 1992, and served with the Durham Regional Police before joining York in 1999. Political career Elected to represent the riding of Markham—Unionville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oak Ridges—Markham (federal Electoral District)
Oak Ridges—Markham was a federal electoral district in Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ..., Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 169,645., with 136,755 electors, the highest of any List of Canadian federal electoral districts, riding in Canada. By 2011, the riding's population had risen to 228,997, the largest population of all ridings in Canada. The district covered part of the suburbs north of Toronto. It included the town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, most of the township of King, Ontario, King (excepting extreme northeast) the northern portions of the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Richmond Hill (including all of Oak Ridges, Ontario, Oak Ridges), and the northern and eastern po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markham—Thornhill (federal Electoral District)
Markham—Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Markham—Unionville and Thornhill. Markham—Thornhill was created by 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election. Demographics Markham—Thornhill loses more people than any other federal electoral district in the 905 region. The population in 2016 was 99,078 which is a 3.1% drop from 102,221 in 2011. :''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 42.8% Chinese, 27.5% South Asian, 12.7% White, 3.8% Black, 2.7% Filipino, 3.0% West Asian, 1.3% Korean Languages: 29.5% English, 18.7% Cantonese, 13.8% Mandarin, 7.6% Tamil, 3.1% Urdu, 2.3% Punjabi, 2.0% Persian, 1.9% Gujarati, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.0% Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCallum
John McCallum (born 9 April 1950) is a Canadian politician, economist, diplomat and former university professor. A former Liberal Member of Parliament ( MP), McCallum was the Canadian Ambassador to China from 2017 to 2019. He was asked for his resignation by Prime Minister Trudeau in 2019. As an MP, he represented the electoral district of Markham—Thornhill, and had previously represented Markham—Unionville and Markham. He is a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. A veteran federal politician who began his political career in 2000, McCallum has served in the governments of Liberal prime ministers Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Justin Trudeau. McCallum has previously been Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions), Minister of National Defence, Minister of Veterans Affairs, and Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Early life and education McCallum was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Joan (Patteson) and Alexander Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markham (federal Electoral District)
Markham may refer to: Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * Markham's grass mouse (''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami''), a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the nearby Southern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile * Ulmus americana 'Markham', an American elm cultivar People * Markham (surname) * Nick Markham, Baron Markham (born 1968), British business executive * Markham Baronets, two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Markham * Mrs Markham, the pseudonym of Elizabeth Penrose (1780-1837), an English writer * Robert Markham, a pseudonym created by Glidrose Publications in the mid-1960s to continue the ''James Bond'' book series Places Antarctica * Markham Bay (Antarctica), James Ross Island * Mount Albert Markham, in the Churchill Mountains * Mount Markham, in the Queen Elizabeth Range Canada * Markham By-Pass (other), multiple uses * Markham Ice Shelf, formerly at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
