Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park is a federal

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, Canada. It is made up mostly of the old

Parkdale—High Park Parkdale—High Park may refer to the following Canadian electoral districts: Federal districts * Parkdale—High Park, an electoral district created in 1976 and abolished in 2025 * Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park, an electoral district create ...

and the southern portion of York South—Weston. It was created during the

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process. The 2023 representation orders renamed the electoral district Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. The new electoral district came into effect upon the calling of the

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. Karim Bardeesy became the district’s first unofficial Member of Parliament-elect on 28 April 2025. According to the 2016 census, Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park has the lowest percentage of visible minorities (26.2%) among all City of Toronto electoral districts. It also has the highest percentage of people of Irish (20.0%), German (9.8%), and French (8.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto electoral districts.

Geography

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. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of

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; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the entirety of

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; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is

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; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north along a Toronto Hydro corridor north of St Clair Avenue, continuing eastward until it reaches a

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rail line east of Keele St. The eastern boundary then follows the rail corridor southeast until it reaches Atlantic Avenue and King Street, following Atlantic to the Gardiner Expressway, which it follows westward until reaching the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.

History

Prior to the 2023 representation orders from the

process, the electoral district was named Parkdale—High Park, with different borders. In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the cities of Toronto and York bounded on the west by the city limits of Toronto and York, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, south along Atlantic Avenue, west along the Gardiner Expressway, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue. In 2003, the old Parkdale—High Park was given its final boundaries as described above. This electoral district was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. However, the 2023 representation orders did change the name by adding "Taiaiako'n" to the beginning of the name, and the boundaries had significant changes in the north, including much of traditional area of the old City of West Toronto that was part of the old High Park electoral district pre-1976. The name Taiaiako'n refers to the former

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village of

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, which was situated in the district on the Humber River.

Demographics

''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 69.1% White, 6.0% Black, 5.1% South Asian, 3.9% Chinese, 2.7% Filipino, 2.7% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Indigenous Languages: 65.8% English, 2.7% Polish, 2.4% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.8% Portuguese, 1.6% Tibetan, 1.5% Russian, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Serbian, 1.0% Cantonese Religions: 43.1% Christian (24.1% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 6.7% Other), 3.5% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 2.0% Jewish, 1.9% Hindu, 45.3% None Median income: $46,800 (2020) Average income: $72,800 (2020)

Electoral district associations

Canadian

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are locally represented by

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s (EDA).

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officially recognizes the following Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park EDAs:

Members of Parliament

This electoral district has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

On 9 April 2025, the final list of official candidates for the 45th Canadian general election was published by Elections Canada.

Notes

Citations

References

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
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