Scarborough—Agincourt


Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east.

Geography

The riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt and Milliken.

Former boundaries

Demographics

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding; those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population, which is also the highest figure for any federal riding, and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt.
Ethnic groups: 46.0% Chinese, 20.8% White, 15.1% South Asian, 5.3% Black, 3.8% Filipino, 1.9% West Asian, 1.6% Arab

Languages: 41.3% Chinese, 32.5% English, 5.1% Tamil, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.8% Armenian, 1.7% Arabic, 1.6% Greek, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Urdu, 1.2% Persian

Religions: 42.7% Christian, 7.9% Hindu, 6.5% Muslim, 5.6% Buddhist, 36.5% No religion

Median income : $20,702

Average income : $29,076

History

The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the Canadian National Railway line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road.
In 2003, it was given the boundaries as described above.
A by-election was held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election.
Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding lost the part of the riding east of Midland Avenue to the new riding of Scarborough North.
Following the death of Member of Parliament Arnold Chan on September 14, 2017, his widow, Jean Yip, won the seat.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.

Municipal electoral districts and neighbourhoods

Prior to 2018 Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

Wards (Pre-2018)

Prior to provincial changes to Toronto City Council three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.
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Since the 2018 municipal elections Scarborough-Agincourt is now solely in Ward 22.

Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:
In addition to these there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewwod, etc.

Community and Resident Associations

  1. Bridlewood
  2. Leacock Community Association
  3. Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
  4. Neighbourhood Watch
  5. SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
  6. The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association