Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district) explained

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Province:Quebec
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:24062
Fed-Created:1996
Fed-Election-First:1997
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Luc Desilets
Fed-Rep-Party:BQ
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Bloc Québécois
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:102816
Demo-Electors:80957
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:117
Demo-Cd:Deux-Montagnes RCM, Thérèse-De Blainville RCM
Demo-Csd:Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Deux-Montagnes, Rosemère

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (formerly known as Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

This riding is located in the northern suburbs of Montreal, on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. Since 2003, it has consisted of the cities of Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache and Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes; and the City of Boisbriand in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-De Blainville.

The neighbouring ridings are Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Laval, Laval—Les Îles, and Pierrefonds—Dollard.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 87.3% White, 3.4% Black, 2.8% Arab, 1.8% Latin American, 1.7% Indigenous, 1.0% Southeast Asian
Languages: 77.6% French, 6.8% English, 2.0% Arabic, 1.9% Yiddish, 1.8% Spanish
Religions: 65.3% Christian (54.8% Catholic, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 8.2% Other), 3.6% Muslim, 2.7% Jewish, 27.4% None
Median income: $44,000 (2020)
Average income: $53,650 (2020)

History

It was created in 1996 as "Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse" riding from parts of Blainville—Deux-Montagnes riding.

It was renamed "Rivière-des-Mille-Îles" in 1998.

This riding lost territory to Mirabel and gained territory from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

2021 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 21,522 40.54
 18,770 35.36
 5,441 10.25
 3,825 7.20
 1,458 2.75
 966 1.82
 Others 1,108 2.09
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
PartyVote%
 25,758 49.1
 14,223 27.1
 5,819 11.1
 5,399 10.3
 1,242 2.4

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse

See also

References

Notes

45.602°N -73.878°W

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Rivière-des-Mille-Îles [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Quebec ]. 2023-10-12 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  5. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=1930 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections