| Milton | |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 2015 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 2018 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2022 |
| Prov-Rep: | Zee Hamid |
| Prov-Rep-Link: | Zee Hamid |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2021 |
| Demo-Pop: | 136993 |
| Demo-Electors: | 78764 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2018 |
| Demo-Area: | 450 |
| Demo-Cd: | Halton |
| Demo-Csd: | Burlington, Milton |
Milton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding was created in 2015.[1]
The riding is coterminous with the federal electoral district of the same name. It consists of all of Milton plus the city of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407.
The riding (electoral district) in its current form consists of the part of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407 and the town of Milton.[2] The eponymous town, which makes up much of the riding's area, is a quickly-growing settlement which dates back to the 1820s.[2] [3] [4] According to the 2016 census, the population of the riding grew over six times as much as the Ontario average between 2011 and 2016, from 88,065 to 114,093 (a 29.6% increase compared to the provincial average of 4.6%).[5] Over a third of the riding's population are immigrants. In 2015, the median income in the riding was $42,779, up from $41,801 in 2010.[5] [6] The median age in the district is 36, below the Ontario average of 41.[5]
According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation[7]
Languages: 56.3% English, 9.4% Urdu, 4% Arabic, 2.3% Spanish, 1.8% Punjabi, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% French, 1.1% Hindi, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions: 48.4% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2% United Church, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian), 22.6% Muslim, 19.4% No religion, 5.9% Hindu, 2.4% Sikh
Median income (2020): $46,000
Average income (2020): $60,000
Ethnicity groups: White: 45.3%, South Asian: 27.6%, Black: 5.7%, Arab: 5.6%, Filipino: 3.9%, Chinese: 2.8%, Latin American: 2.5%, West Asian: 1.3%, Southeast Asian: 1%
Ethnic origins: Pakistani 11.9%, English 11.5%, Indian 10.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.2%, Canadian 8.9%, Italian 5.8%, German 4.7%, Filipino 4%, Portuguese 3.9%
See main article: 2024 Milton provincial by-election. ^ Results are compared to redistributed results
| 2014 general election redistributed results[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 13,964 | 43.09 | ||||
| 12,171 | 37.56 | ||||
| 4,672 | 14.42 | ||||
| 1,161 | 3.58 | ||||
| Others | 437 | 1.35 | |||