Spadina—Fort York is a federal

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, Canada. Spadina—Fort York 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

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in October 2015. It covers most of the western portion of Downtown Toronto, and is essentially the successor of Trinity—Spadina, covering the area of that riding south of

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. It also absorbed part of the western portion of

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. Under the

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the riding will be renamed Spadina—Harbourfront.

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 46.7% White, 14.5% Chinese, 12.8% South Asian, 6.1% Black, 3.4% Latin American, 2.6% Filipino, 2.3% Arab, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 1.9% West Asian, 1.8% Korean, 1.3% Indigenous
Languages: 55.0% English, 6.3% Mandarin, 4.0% Cantonese, 2.9% Spanish, 2.3% French, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.8% Hindi, 1.6% Russian, 1.6% Arabic, 1.3% Korean, 1.3%

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, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions: 32.7%

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(25.1% Catholic, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Anglican, 7.1% Other), 6.6%

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, 6.0%

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, 2.3%

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, 2.1%

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, 1.0% Sikh, 48.3% None
Median income: $58,400 (2020)
Average income: $78,400 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Spadina—Harbourfront, 2023 representation order

Spadina—Fort York, 2013 representation order

References

External links

Spadina—Fort York boundary map & description (Elections.ca)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spadina-Fort York Ontario federal electoral districts Federal electoral districts of Toronto 2013 establishments in Ontario