Scarborough—Rouge Park (federal electoral district) explained

Scarborough—Rouge Park
Province:Ontario
Coordinates:43.816°N -79.178°W
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35097
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Abolished:2023
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Gary Anandasangaree
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:Liberal Party of Canada
Demo-Area-Ref:[1]
Demo-Pop-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2021
Demo-Pop:102254
Demo-Electors:71291
Demo-Electors-Date:2015
Demo-Area:57
Demo-Cd:Toronto
Demo-Csd:Toronto

Scarborough—Rouge Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Scarborough—Rouge Park was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election that took place on October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Pickering—Scarborough East (49%), Scarborough—Rouge River (36%) and Scarborough-Guildwood (14%).

Geography

The riding consists of the eastern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Morningside Heights, Rouge, Port Union, West Rouge, Highland Creek, West Hill (east of Morningside Avenue) and Malvern (east of Neilson Road).

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 35.4% South Asian, 23.6% White, 15.0% Black, 8.9% Filipino, 4.4% Chinese, 1.4% Latin American, 1.3% West Asian, 1.1% Southeast Asian, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 55.2% English, 10.6% Tamil, 4.3% Tagalog, 1.9% Bengali, 2.1% Urdu, 1.8% Cantonese, 1.5% Punjabi, 1.4% Gujarati, 1.1% Mandarin, 1.0% Hindi
Religions: 47.9% Christian (22.9% Catholic, 2.8% Anglican, 2.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% United Church, 1.2% Baptist, 1.1% Presbyterian, 13.6% Other), 20.0% Hindu, 12.0% Muslim, 1.4% Sikh, 1.1% Buddhist, 17.0% None
Median income: $37,200 (2020)
Average income: $47,840 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed results[4]
PartyVote%
 14,157 34.76
 12,865 31.59
 12,620 30.99
 974 2.39
 Others 113 0.28

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. Web site: Census Profile, 2021 Census . Statistics Canada . February 9, 2022 . Ottawa . 2022.
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough--Rouge Park [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-03-07 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2043 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections