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Mississauga—Streetsville

Mississauga—Streetsville
Ontario electoral district
Mississauga Streetsville.png
Mississauga—Streetsville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Gagan Sikand
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 118,757
Electors (2015) 82,618
Area (km²) 49
Pop. density (per km²) 2,423.6
Census divisions Peel
Census subdivisions Mississauga

Mississauga—Streetsville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. This riding is centred on the villages of Streetsville and Meadowvale.

Mississauga—Streetsville is one of the most affluent ridings in Ontario, along with Mississauga-Erindale and Mississauga South.

Ethnic groups: 51.7% White, 19.1% South Asian, 6.0% Black, 5.9% Chinese, 5.2% Filipino, 3.1% Arab, 2.6% Latin American, 1.6% Southeast Asian
Languages: 60.7% English, 4.4% Chinese, 4.3% Urdu, 2.9% Polish, 2.6% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 2.3% Tagalog, 2.3% Portuguese, 2.2% Punjabi, 1.9% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.2% Hindi, 1.0% Gujarati
Religions: 64.5% Christian (37.9% Catholic, 4.6% Anglican, 4.1% United Church, 2.8% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Pentecostal, 1.8% Presbyterian, 1.7% Baptist, 9.6% Other), 9.3% Muslim, 6.0% Hindu, 2.4% Sikh, 1.6% Buddhist, 15.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $34,990
Average income (2010): $44,592

It was created in 2003 from parts of Brampton West—Mississauga and Mississauga West ridings.

It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the northwestern city limit southeast along Mississauga Road, northeast along Highway 401, southeast along Mavis Road, southwest along Britannia Road West, southeast along Terry Fox Way, southwest along Eglinton Avenue West, northwest along Erin Mills Parkway, southwest along Britannia Road West to the southwestern city limit.

This riding lost territory to Mississauga—Malton and Mississauga Centre, and gained territory from Mississauga—Brampton South and a fraction from Halton during the 2012 electoral redistribution.


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