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Parkdale—High Park

Parkdale—High Park
Ontario electoral district
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Parkdale—High Park in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Arif Virani
Liberal
District created 1976
First contested 1979
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2015) 105,103
Electors (2015) 76,952
Area (km²) 16
Pop. density (per km²) 6,568.9
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979. It was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, High Park—Humber Valley, Davenport and Spadina districts. Provincially the electoral district is held by Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cheri DiNovo, and municipally by city councillors Sarah Doucette (Ward 13) and Gord Perks (Ward 14). As of the October 19, 2015, Canadian general election, the current Member of Parliament (MP) is Liberal member Arif Virani.

It is located in the central-west part of Toronto on the lakefront. It has 106,559 residents. It is composed of the seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of Swansea; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the south half of The Junction; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is Roncesvalles; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east.


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