Brampton East (french: Brampton-Est) is a federal
electoral district in
Ontario
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. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada. In 2015, it was dissolved into ...
and
Brampton—Springdale.
Brampton East was created by the
2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the
42nd Canadian federal election.
Brampton East is one of the only federal electoral districts with a
South Asian majority (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021). Brampton East also has the second-highest percentages of
Sikhs (40.4%, behind only
Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentages of
Hindus
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(23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.
Demographics
:''According to the
Canada 2021 Census''
Ethnic groups: 70.1%
South Asian, 10.2%
Black
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, 6.6%
White
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, 1.9%
West Asian
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, 1.5%
Filipino
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, 1.2%
Latin American
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, 1.2%
Southeast Asian, 1.1%
Arab
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Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Election results
References
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Ontario federal electoral districts
Politics of Brampton
2013 establishments in Ontario