Brampton South (french: Brampton-Sud) is a federal
electoral district in the
Peel Region of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
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Brampton South 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, scheduled for October 2015.
It was created out of the electoral district of
Brampton West
Brampton West (french: Brampton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006- making it the most populous riding in C ...
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Demographics
''According to the
2021 Canada Census''
Ethnic groups: 49.2% South Asian, 24.4% White, 11.2% Black, 3.5% Filipino, 1.6% Latin American, 1.6% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Chinese, 1.2% Arab
Languages: 44.4% English, 18.8% Punjabi, 3.7% Urdu, 3.2% Gujarati, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% Spanish
Religions: 37.4% Christian (18.5% Catholic, 2.4% Pentecostal, 1.9% Anglican, 1.4% United Church, 13.2% Other), 21.9% Sikh, 17.1% Hindu, 9.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 12.6% None
Median income: $35,600 (2020)
Average income: $45,920 (2020)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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Election results
References
{{Ridings in Ontario
Ontario federal electoral districts
Politics of Brampton
2013 establishments in Ontario