Scarborough—Guildwood is a federal
electoral district in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
It was created in 2003 from parts of
Scarborough East,
Scarborough Southwest
Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
Geography
It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It s ...
and
Scarborough Centre.
This riding lost territory to
Scarborough—Rouge Park and
Scarborough Southwest
Scarborough Southwest is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
Geography
It covers the southwestern part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It s ...
, and gained territory from
Scarborough Centre during the
2012 electoral redistribution.
Geography
It is centred on the
Guildwood neighbourhood. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from
Lake Ontario
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north along
Markham Road Markham may refer to:
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Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
* ...
, west along
Eglinton Avenue
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, north along Bellamy Road South, west along
Lawrence Avenue
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Route de ...
, north along
McCowan Road, east along Highway 401, south along Morningside Avenue back to Lake Ontario.
Presently, it contains the neighbourhoods of Guildwood,
West Hill (west of Morningside Avenue),
Morningside,
Woburn, and
Scarborough Village (east of Markham Road).
Demographics
:''According to the
Canada 2011 Census''
Ethnic groups: 33.3% White, 30.6% South Asian, 14.7% Black, 7.4% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 2.4% West Asian, 1.9% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 57.8% English, 7.5% Tamil, 5.7% Gujarati, 3.8% Tagalog, 3.1% Urdu, 2.2% Chinese, 1.9% Persian, 1.8% Bengali, 1.4% French, 1.3% Spanish
Religions: 54.0% Christian (24.3% Catholic, 3.9% Anglican, 3.1% Pentecostal, 3.0% United Church, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 1.8% Presbyterian), 15.5% Hindu, 14.5% Muslim, 13.7% No religion
Median income (2005): $21,092
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the
House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''.
Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members ...
*
Past Canadian electoral districts
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References
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Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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2011 results from Elections CanadaCampaign expense data from Elections Canada
Notes
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Federal electoral districts of Toronto
Ontario federal electoral districts
Scarborough, Toronto
2003 establishments in Ontario