Ontario electoral district | |||
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Etobicoke—Lakeshore in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal |
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District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 115,437 | ||
Electors (2015) | 90,167 | ||
Area (km²) | 53 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,178.1 | ||
Census divisions | Toronto | ||
Census subdivisions | Toronto |
Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.
This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and Serbian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.
Ethnic groups: 75.3% White, 4.6% South Asian, 4.2% Black, 3.3% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 2.2% Latin American, 1.8% Korean, 1.3% Southeast Asian
Languages: 60.6% English, 5.5% Polish, 3.4% Ukrainian, 2.7% Italian, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 2.1% Chinese, 2.0% French, 1.8% Tagalog, 1.7% Serbian, 1.5% Korean
Religions: 70.7% Christian (40.8% Catholic, 5.9% Christian Orthodox, 5.3% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 1.9% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist), 3.7% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 21.6 No religion
Median income (2005): $30,419
Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Dundas Street West; thence southwesterly along said street to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly along said railway to Mimico Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Kipling Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Burnhamthorpe Road; thence westerly along said road to Highway 427; thence southerly along said highway to Dundas Street West; thence westerly along said street to the westerly limit of said city; thence generally southerly and northeasterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said city to the southeasterly production of the Humber River; thence generally northwesterly along said production and the Humber River to the point of commencement.