Thunder Bay—Superior North (federal electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:35106
Fed-Created:1976
Fed-Election-First:1976
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Patty Hajdu
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Electors-Ref:[3]
Demo-Census-Date:2019
Demo-Pop:82651
Demo-Electors:66579
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:87965
Demo-Cd:Thunder Bay District
Demo-Csd:Thunder Bay, Greenstone, Marathon, Shuniah

Thunder Bay—Superior North (French: '''Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord'''; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1976.

It is in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario. It was created in 1976 as "Thunder Bay—Nipigon" from parts of Port Arthur and Thunder Bay ridings. It was renamed "Thunder Bay—Superior North" in 1998.

It consists of the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay including the northern part of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

13.7% of the population of the riding are of Finnish ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.[4]

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Thunder Bay—Rainy River and gained territory from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[5] Ethnic groups: 76.3% White, 17.3% Indigenous, 2.3% South Asian, 1.0% Black
Languages: 83.7% English, 3.7% French, 1.8% Italian, 1.6% Finnish
Religions: 56.7% Christian (31.6% Catholic, 4.8% United Church, 4.6% Anglican, 4.6% Lutheran, 1.2% Presbyterian, 1.0% Baptist, 8.9% Other), 1.1% Muslim, 39.2% None
Median income: $43,200 (2020)
Average income: $52,950 (2020)

Geography

Thunder Bay—Superior North consists of the part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Thunder Bay—Superior North

2021 federal election redistributed results[6]
PartyVote%
 17,048 40.40
 11,693 27.71
 10,108 23.96
 2,487 5.89
 747 1.77
 Others 111 0.26
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
PartyVote%
 18,881 50.15
 11,163 29.65
 6,203 16.48
 1,137 3.02
 Others 264 0.70

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

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Thunder Bay—Nipigon

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External links

49.85°N -88.85°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district.
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district.
  4. Web site: 2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census . 2.statcan.gc.ca . 2012-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000434/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/rel/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=653421&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92634&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 . 2013-10-05 . live .
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-02-09 . Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Thunder Bay--Superior North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario ]. 2023-04-05 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  7. Web site: Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections . 2015-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150825224649/http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2052 . 2015-08-25 . live .