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Saint-Laurent (electoral district)

Saint-Laurent
Quebec electoral district
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville.png
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in relation to other federal electoral districts in Montreal (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
   
Vacant
District created 1987
First contested 1988
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 93,842
Electors (2015) 68,685
Area (km²) 44
Pop. density (per km²) 2,132.8
Census divisions Montreal
Census subdivisions Montreal

Saint-Laurent (formerly Saint-Laurent—Cartierville) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

The district corresponds exactly to the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal.

The neighbouring ridings are Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Mount Royal, Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Laval—Les Îles and Vimy.

Ethnic groups: 49.5% White, 15.0% Arab, 8.3% Chinese, 8.1% Black, 6.1% South Asian, 4.8% Southeast Asian, 3.4% Latin American, 1.6% West Asian, 1.5% Filipino
Languages: 32.7% French, 18.0% English, 7.0% Chinese, 4.0% Spanish, 3.5% Greek, 2.1% Vietnamese, 1.9% Italian, 1.9% Armenian, 1.7% Tamil, 1.6% Romanian, 1.1% Creoles, 1.1% Russian, 1.1% Farsi, 1.0% Urdu
Religions: 54.6% Christian (33.8% Catholic, 10.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.0% Pentecostal, 9.7% Other Christian), 17.0% Muslim, 7.4% Jewish, 4.3% Buddhist, 3.2% Hindu, 13.1% None.
Median income: $23,739 (2010)
Average income: $35,647 (2010)

The electoral district of Saint-Laurent was created in 1987 from Dollard, Laval-des-Rapides and Saint-Denis. The name was changed to Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in 1989.

This riding lost territory to Ahuntsic-Cartierville during the 2012 electoral redistribution.


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