Sydney—Victoria Explained

Province:	Nova Scotia
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	12010
Fed-Created:	1996
Fed-Election-First:	1997
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Jaime Battiste
Fed-Rep-Party:	Liberal
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:	Liberal Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Census-Date:	2021
Demo-Pop:	72361
Demo-Electors:	59757
Demo-Electors-Date:	2021
Demo-Area:	4313
Demo-Cd:	Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria
Demo-Csd:	Cape Breton, Eskasoni 3, Inverness Subd. A, Membertou 28B, Victoria, Subd. A, Victoria, Subd. B, Wagmatcook 1

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[2]

Ethnic groups: 83.9% European, 10.5% Indigenous, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Religion: 74.2% Christian (50.5% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 5.7% Anglican, 3% Presbyterian), 22.5% No religion stated.
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $40,920

According to the 2016 Canadian census

Languages: (2016) 93.3% English, 4.1% Mi’kmaq, 0.9% French, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic^[3]

Geography

It consists of:

The County of Victoria;
the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

History

The riding maintained its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Sydney—Glace Bay. It will exchange territory with Cape Breton—Canso, losing Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and gain the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area).^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Sydney—Glace Bay

2021 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party	Vote	%
		17,539	41.93
		14,294	34.17
		8,265	19.76
		1,367	3.27
		267	0.64
	Others	95	0.23

Sydney—Victoria

2004

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party	Vote	%
		19,698	49.99
		14,267	36.21
		3,934	9.98
		1,501	3.81

1997

References

Notes

External links

Riding history for Sydney–Victoria (1996–) from the Library of Parliament

Notes and References

[#2021fed|Statistics Canada]
Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sydney--Victoria [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Nova Scotia ]. www12.statcan.gc.ca . 4 December 2023 . 9 February 2022.
Web site: Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data. 2 August 2017.
Web site: April 26, 2023 . New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia. Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022 . April 27, 2023 .
Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.