Oakville East Explained

Oakville East
Province:	Ontario
Fed-Status:	upcoming
Fed-Created:	2023
Fed-Election-First:	Next
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Census-Date:	2021
Demo-Pop:	108,735
Demo-Cd:	Halton
Demo-Csd:	Oakville

Oakville East is a future federal electoral district in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Its Oakville counterpart is the newly created Oakville West.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it will first be contested at the first election held after April 22, 2024.^[3]

Geography

Consists of that part of the Town of Oakville lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly limit of said town and Sixteen Mile Creek; thence generally easterly along said creek to Lake Ontario; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the southeasterly limit of said town.The riding will include that part of the Town of Oakville that lies east of Sixteen Mile Creek.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Languages: 61.1% English, 9.0% Mandarin, 3.7% Arabic, 2.7% Urdu, 2.0% French, 1.9% Spanish, 1.6% Cantonese, 1.4% Polish, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.4% Serbo-Croatian, 1.3% Punjabi, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Italian, 1.1% Hindi

Religions: 49.0% Christian (26.6% Catholic, 3.8% Christian Orthodox, 3.4% Anglican, 3.0% United Church, 1.4% Presbyterian, 10.8% Other), 29.2% No religion, 12.3% Muslim, 4.9% Hindu, 2.2% Sikh, 1.3% Buddhist

Median income: $46,800 (2020)

Average income: $86,100 (2020)

Panethnic group! colspan="2"

2021
European	56,080
East Asian	17,210
South Asian	16,765
Middle Eastern	6,820
African	3,120
Southeast Asian	2,720
Latin American	1,805
Indigenous	520
Other/multiracial	2,585
Total responses	107,625
Total population	108,745

History

It was created in 2023 as "Oakville East" from parts of Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington.

Upcoming federal election

The next federal election must be called on or before October 2, 2025.

Conservative candidate

• Ron Chhinzer Conservative Candidate in the 2022 Mississauga—Lakeshore federal by-election.

Liberal candidate

• Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board, MP for Oakville.

NDP candidate

• Hailey Ford

Electoral results

2021 federal election redistributed results^[6]
Party		Vote	%
			22,709	46.22
			19,376	39.43
			4,619	9.40
			1,627	3.31
			806	1.64

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts

References

1. [#2021fed|Statistics Canada]
2. [#2021fed|Statistics Canada]
3. Web site: New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario .
4. Web site: Oakville East . February 20, 2024 . redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca . Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario.
5. Web site: Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville East [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario]. 25 April 2024. Statistics Canada.
6. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.