Scarborough—Agincourt is a provincial

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that has been represented in the

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since 1987. The riding covers the northwest of the

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part of

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. It is bounded on the west by

Victoria Park Avenue Victoria Park Avenue is a major north-south route in eastern Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the western border of Scarborough, separating it from Old Toronto, East York, and North York. The common nickname for it is VP or Vic Park. History Vic ...

, on the north by the Toronto city limits (

Steeles Avenue Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that forms the northern city limit of Toronto and the southern limit of Regional Municipality of York, York Region in Ontario, Canada. It stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area from ...

East), on the east by Midland Avenue, and on the south by

Highway 401 King's Highway 401, commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one, is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian provin ...

. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles,

L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated east of Victoria Park Avenue, south of McNicoll Avenue, west of Kennedy Road (Toronto), Kennedy Road and north of Huntingwood Drive. L'Amoreaux is named after Josue L'Amoreaux (1 ...

Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan is a neighbourhood in the east end of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of Scarborough. The neighbourhood is bordered by Huntingwood Drive to the North, Kennedy Road to the East, Highway 401 to the S ...

, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).

Demographics

Population

Total (2006): 111,867
Growth (2001–2006): +1,197 (+1.1%)
Electors:
:Federal (2006): 72,895 (65.2%) :Provincial (2007): 73,876 (66%) Gender* (2001):
:Male: 52,525 (47.5%) :Female: 58,145 (52.5%) Identifiable Groups** (2001):
:Visible Minority: 76,195 (69.3%) ::Chinese: 41,135 (37.4%) ::South Asian: 14,680 (13.3%) ::Black: 7,450 (6.8%) ::Filipino: 3,470 (3.2%) ::West Asian: 1,830 (1.7%) ::Arab: 1,775 (1.6%) ::Other Visible Minority: 1,560 (1.4%) ::Multiple Visible Minorities: 1,385 (1.3%) ::Latin American: 825 (0.8%) ::Southeast Asian: 800 (0.7%) ::Korean: 670 (0.6%) ::Japanese: 625 (0.6%) ::Aboriginal: 185 (0.2%) :Immigrant: 70,315 (63.9%) :Non-Permanent Residents: 1,780 (1.6%)

Language

Mother Tongue** (2001):
:English: 39,880 (36.3%) :French: 775 (0.7%) :Non-Official Languages: 66,755 (60.7%) :Multiple Responses: 2,590 (2.4%) Knowledge of Official Languages** (2001):
:English only: 92,290 (83.9%) :Neither English nor French: 10,855 (9.9%) :English and French: 6,755 (6.1%) :French only: 105 (0.001%) Home Language** (2001):
:English: 42,110 (38.3%) :Non-official languages: 34,760 (31.6%) :English and non-official language: 31,875 (29%) :English and French: 625 (0.6%) :English, French and non-official language: 430 (0.4%) :French: 110 (0.1%) :French and non-official language: 85 (0.1%)

Education

Education*** (2001):
:Less than High School: 29,385 (32.6%) :High School: 22,950 (25%) :Trade School: 5,205 (5.7%) :College: 11,775 (12.8%) :University: 22,530 (24.5%)

Income and work

Labour Force*** (2001):
:Participation: 55,510 (60.4%) :Employed: 50,840 (55.4%) :Unemployed: 4,670 (8.4%) Average Income*** (2001):
:Individual: $26,473 :Household: $62,836 :Family: $60,742 Median Income (2007):
:Household: $51,762

Families and dwellings

Persons per Family (2001): 3.1 Occupied Private Dwellings (2001):
:Total: 35,615 :Owned: 23,670 (66.5%) :Rented: 11,945 (33.5%) :Average Value: $226,053

Religion

Religion** (2001):
:Christian: 58,125 (52.8%) ::Catholic: 24,660 (22.4%) ::Protestant: 19,670 (17.9%) ::Christian Orthodox: 7,365 (6.7%) ::Christian n.i.e.****: 6,430 (5.8%) :No Religious Affiliation: 31,220 (28.4%) :Hindu: 7,300 (6.6%) :Muslim: 6,740 (6.1%) :Buddhist: 5,515 (5%) :Eastern Religions: 380 (0.3%) :Sikh: 360 (0.3%) :Jewish: 330 (0.3%) :Other Religions: 30 (0.03%)
* Based on a total population of 110,670
** Based on a projected population of 109,995 (20% sample data projected from the total population)
*** Based on a projected population of 91,840 (20% sample data projected from the population 15 years and over)
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History

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

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2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum A referendum was held on October 10, 2007, on the question of whether to establish a mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The vote was strongly in favour of the existing plu ...

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Historic election results

References

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election ResultsMap of riding for 2018 election
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarborough-Agincourt (provincial electoral district) Ontario provincial electoral districts Provincial electoral districts of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto