Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal

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that has been represented in the

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since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north,

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to the south,

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to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east.

Geography

The riding covers the northwest of the

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part of

. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).

Former boundaries

Image:Scarborough—Agincourt, 1988.png, 1987 to 1996 Image:Scarborough—Agincourt, 96.png, 1996 to 2003 (remained the same) Image:Scarborough Agincourt.png, 2003 to 2015

Demographics

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding; those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding, and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt (another demographic record). :''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 42.9% Chinese, 17.2% White, 15.0% South Asian, 7.2% Black, 6.3% Filipino, 2.1% Arab, 1.9% West Asian, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Latin American
Languages: 30.2% English, 17.1% Cantonese, 17.0% Mandarin, 3.6% Tamil, 3.1% Tagalog, 2.6% Armenian, 2.0% Arabic, 1.3% Greek, 1.3% Urdu
Religions: 41.2% Christian (16.8% Catholic, 5.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Anglican, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 15.3% Other), 7.8% Hindu, 7.6% Muslim, 4.7% Buddhist, 37.5% none
Median income: $31,400 (2020)
Average income: $41,560 (2020)

History

The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the

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line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road. In 2003, it was given the boundaries as described above. A by-election was held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election. Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding lost the part of the riding east of Midland Avenue to the new riding of Scarborough North. Following the death of Member of Parliament

Arnold Chan Arnold Chan (June 10, 1967 – September 14, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district (Canada), riding of Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district), Scarborough—Agincourt in the ...

on September 14, 2017, his widow,

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, won the seat.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the

Election results

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister

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announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.

Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
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- Steeles
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- L'Amoreaux
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- Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
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- Agincourt South- Malvern West
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- Agincourt North
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- Milliken In addition, there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewood.

Community and resident associations

* ACSA: Agincourt Community Services Association * Bridlewood * Leacock Community Association * Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch *

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* SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors * The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association

References

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Riding history
from

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2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

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