Beaches-Woodbine

Beaches—East York

Ontario electoral district
Beaches—East York in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	109,468
Electors (2015)	75,169
Area (km²)	16.64
Pop. density (per km²)	6,578.6
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Beaches—East York (formerly Beaches—Woodbine) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

According to the 2016 Census, Beaches—East York has the highest percentage of people of English (24.2%), Canadian (19.7%), and Scottish (18.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto ridings.

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of the Beaches, Upper Beaches, East Danforth, O'Connor–Parkview, and part of Old East York.

The federal riding of Beaches—Woodbine was created before the 1988 federal election from Beaches riding. Before the 1997 federal election, it adopted its current name. The original boundary of the riding of Beaches-Woodbine, began at the southwest corner starts where the southern extension of Leslie Street intersects with Lake Ontario, proceeds north along Leslie Street, then east along Queen Street East, north along Greenwood Avenue, east along Gerrard Street East, and north along Coxwell Avenue until it turns into Coxwell Blvd. at O'Connor Drive. It continues a short distance along this street where the boundary extends until it meets Taylor-Massey Creek. It follows the creek west (downstream) until it meets the Don River East Branch. The boundary follows the river northeast (upstream) until it meets the point where a westerly extension of Sunrise Avenue intersects with the river course. The boundary continues east along Sunrise Avenue until it meets Victoria Park Avenue. The boundary turns south and follows the street south until it ends at Lake Ontario. The boundary follows the lake coast back west until it meets the beginning point.