Nepean is a federal electoral district in

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, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997, and was reinstated during the 2012 electoral redistribution. The original riding was created in 1987 from parts of the Nepean—Carleton riding. It consisted of the City of

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. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between the Nepean—Carleton (54%) and the

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(46%) ridings. The riding was then reinstated in 2012 by

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, taking effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. All of the current riding comes from parts of the former riding of Nepean—Carleton.

Geography

The most recent iteration of the riding of Nepean is formally described by

as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Richmond Road with Highway No. 417; thence southwesterly along said highway to March Road; thence southeasterly along said road and Eagleson Road to Robertson Road; thence northeasterly along said road to Haanel Drive; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of West

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with Richmond Road; thence southerly along Richmond Road to Hope Side Road; thence southwesterly along said road to Eagleson Road; thence southeasterly along said road to Brophy Drive; thence northeasterly along said drive, Bankfield Road and its northeasterly production to the Rideau River (westerly of Long Island); thence northwesterly and generally northerly along said river (westerly of Long Island and

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) to West Hunt Club Road; thence westerly, northwesterly and southwesterly along said road to

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; thence northwesterly along said road to the Canadian National Railway; thence westerly along said railway to Richmond Road; thence northerly along said road to the point of commencement.

Demographics

:''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 68.5% White, 7.1% South Asian, 6.5% Chinese, 4.3% Black, 3.7% Indigenous, 3.2% Arab, 2.3% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Filipino, 2.9% Other
Religions: 64.0% Christian, 6.3% Muslim, 2.9% Hindu, 1.9% Jewish, 1.8% Buddhist, 1.0% Sikh, 0.4% Other, 21.7% None
Median income: $43,517 (2010)
Average income: $50,403 (2010)

Language Data (2016)

Knowledge of Official Languages *English only: 80,555 (68.12%) *French only: 515 (0.43%) *English and French: 34,990 (29.59%) *Neither English nor French: 2,190 (1.85% Mother Tongue (single responses) *English: 75,065 (65.94%) *French: 7,690 (6.75%) *Mandarin: 4,175 (3.67%) *Arabic: 4,095 (3.60%) *Cantonese: 2,090 (1.84%) *Spanish: 1,565 (1.37%) *Italian: 1,420 (1.25%) *Vietnamese: 1,285 (1.13%) Language Spoken Most Often at Home (single responses) *English: 90,465 (82.26%) *French: 3,585 (3.26%) *Mandarin: 3,085 (2.80%) *Arabic: 2,100 (1.91%) *Cantonese: 1,250 (1.14%)

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Riding associations

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s are the local branches of the national political parties:

Election results

Nepean, 2015–present

Nepean, 1993–1997

References

External links

Riding history from the

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