Scarborough—Agincourt

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Scarborough—Agincourt (provincial electoral district).

Scarborough—Agincourt

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jim Karygiannis Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,867
Electors (2011)	74,374
Area (km²)	25
Pop. density (per km²)	4,474.7
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Map of Scarborough-Agincourt

Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

It covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by Brimley Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401, excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of Finch Avenue East.

On Toronto City Council, much of the northern half of the area is represented by Mike Del Grande; the south by Norm Kelly; the east by Chin Lee.

Former boundaries

• 

  1987-1996

• 

  1996 to 2004 (remained the same)

Demographics

Population

Total (2006): 111,867
Growth (2001-2006): +1,197 (+1.1%)
Electors:

Federal (2006): 72,895 (65.2%)

Provincial (2007): 73,876 (66%)

Gender* (2001):

Male: 52,525 (47.5%)

Female: 58,145 (52.5%)

Identifiable Groups** (2001):

Visible Minority: 76,195 (69.3%)

Chinese: 41,135 (37.4%)

South Asian: 14,680 (13.3%)

Black: 7,450 (6.8%)

Filipino: 3,470 (3.2%)

West Asian: 1,830 (1.7%)

Arab: 1,775 (1.6%)

Other Visible Minority: 1,560 (1.4%)

Multiple Visible Minorities: 1,385 (1.3%)

Latin American: 825 (0.8%)

Southeast Asian: 800 (0.7%)

Korean: 670 (0.6%)

Japanese: 625 (0.6%)

Aboriginal: 185 (0.2%)

Immigrant: 70,315 (63.9%)

Non-Permanent Residents: 1,780 (1.6%)

Language

Mother Tongue** (2001):

English: 39,880 (36.3%)

French: 775 (0.7%)

Non-Official Languages: 66,755 (60.7%)

Multiple Responses: 2,590 (2.4%)

Knowledge of Official Languages** (2001):

English only: 92,290 (83.9%)

Neither English nor French: 10,855 (9.9%)

English and French: 6,755 (6.1%)

French only: 105 (0.001%)

Home Language** (2001):

English: 42,110 (38.3%)

Non-official languages: 34,760 (31.6%)

English and non-official language: 31,875 (29%)

English and French: 625 (0.6%)

English, French and non-official language: 430 (0.4%)

French: 110 (0.1%)

French and non-official language: 85 (0.1%)

Education

Education*** (2001):

Less than High School: 29,385 (32.6%)

High School: 22,950 (25%)

Trade School: 5,205 (5.7%)

College: 11,775 (12.8%)

University: 22,530 (24.5%)

Income and work

Labour Force*** (2001):

Participation: 55,510 (60.4%)

Employed: 50,840 (55.4%)

Unemployed: 4,670 (8.4%)

Average Income*** (2001):

Individual: $26,473

Household: $62,836

Family: $60,742

Median Income (2007):

Household: $51,762

Families and dwellings

Persons per Family (2001): 3.1

Occupied Private Dwellings (2001):

Total: 35,615

Owned: 23,670 (66.5%)

Rented: 11,945 (33.5%)

Average Value: $226,053

Religion

Religion** (2001):

Christian: 58,125 (52.8%)

Catholic: 24,660 (22.4%)

Protestant: 19,670 (17.9%)

Christian Orthodox: 7,365 (6.7%)

Christian n.i.e.****: 6,430 (5.8%)

No Religious Affiliation: 31,220 (28.4%)

Hindu: 7,300 (6.6%)

Muslim: 6,740 (6.1%)

Buddhist: 5,515 (5%)

Eastern Religions: 380 (0.3%)

Sikh: 360 (0.3%)

Jewish: 330 (0.3%)

Other Religions: 30 (0.03%)

* Based on a total population of 110,670
** Based on a projected population of 109,995 (20% sample data projected from the total population)
*** Based on a projected population of 91,840 (20% sample data projected from the population 15 years and over)
**** Includes mostly answers of 'Christian,' not otherwise stated.

Sources: Statistics Canada (2001, 2006); Elections Canada (2006); Elections Ontario (2007)

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 its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
York—Scarborough prior to 1987
34th	1988–1993		Jim Karygiannis	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	18,498	45.39	-11.24
	Conservative	Harry Tsai	13,930	34.18	+4.78
	New Democrat	Nancy Patchell	7,376	18.10	+8.79
	Green	Pauline Thompson	946	2.32	-2.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,750	100.00
Total rejected ballots			266	0.65	+0.05
Turnout			41,016	56.91	+2.75
Eligible voters			72,069

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	22,795	56.63	-5.96	$62,348
	Conservative	Benson Lau	11,836	29.40	+5.58	$82,246
	New Democrat	Simon Dougherty	3,748	9.31	-1.77	$1,916
	Green	Adrian Molder	1,870	4.64	+2.15	$1,575
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,249	100.00		$148,086
Total rejected ballots			228	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			40,477	54.16	-6.9
Eligible voters			73,928

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	28,065	62.59	-1.5	$55,681
	Conservative	Bill Redwood	10,684	23.82	+2.8	$61,542
	New Democrat	David Robertson	4,969	11.08	+0.9	$6,968
	Green	Casey Maple	1,120	2.49	+0.3	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,838	100.00		$124,191
Total rejected ballots			168	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			45,006	61.74	+5.3
Eligible voters			72,895		$76,434

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,400	64.1	-6.0	$61,321
	Conservative	Andrew Faust	8,649	21.0	-3.0*	$71,263
	New Democrat	D'Arcy Palmer	4,182	10.2	+6.3	$4,124
	Progressive Canadian	Tony J. Karadimas	1,048	2.5	Ø	$10,513
	Green	Wayne Yeechong	919	2.2	Ø	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,198	100.0		$147,222
Total rejected ballots			224	0.5
Turnout			41,422	56.4
Eligible voters			73,391

• Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,986	70.1	+5.0	$62,964
	Canadian Alliance	Andrew Faust	5,100	13.4	+2.6*	$19,772
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Elliott	4,030	10.6	-7.2	$9,953
	New Democrat	Michael Laxer	1,499	3.9	-2.4	$2,785
	Canadian Action	Wayne Cook	341	0.9	Ø	$10,116
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	112	0.3	Ø	$8
Total valid votes/Expense limit			38,068	100.0		$105,599

• Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	25,995	65.1	+5.3	$47,944
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Perkins	7,115	17.8	-3.4	$41,232
	Reform	Edward Lee	4,291	10.8	-3.8	$0.00
	New Democrat	Doug Hum	2,512	6.3	+4.0	$15,398
Total valid votes/Expense limit			39,913	100.0		$104,574

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	24,739	59.8	+15.5	$
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Eng	8,775	21.2	-21.2	$
	Reform	Cyril Gibb	6,036	14.6	Ø	$
	New Democrat	Joe José Perez	944	2.3	-9.3	$
	National	Bruce Nord	270	0.7	Ø	$
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	247	0.6	-0.4	$
	Natural Law	Bill Morrison	194	0.5	Ø	$
	Abolitionist	Michael Green	95	0.2	Ø	$
	Independent	Sp. Thakore	89	0.2	Ø	$
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,389	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	19,459	44.3	Ø	$
	Progressive Conservative	W. Paul McCrossan	18,601	42.4	Ø	$
	New Democrat	Susie Vallance	5,082	11.6	Ø	$
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	442	1.0	Ø	$
	Libertarian	B.D.G. Antrobus	328	0.7	Ø	$
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,912

Municipal electoral districts & neighbourhoods

Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

Wards

Three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.

• Ward 39
• Ward 40 (North)
• Ward 41 (West)

Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

• #116 - Steeles
• #117 - L'Amoreaux
• #118 - Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan

Two more neighbourhoods fall within the southern borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

• #119 - Wexford-Maryvale
• #126 - Dorset Park

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

• #128 - Agincourt South-Malvern West
• #129 - Agincourt North
• #130 - Milliken

In addition to these there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewwod, etc.

City Councillors

Ward 39

1. Sherene Shaw (1988-2003)
2. Mike Del Grande (2003-present)

Ward 40

1. Norm Kelly (1994-present)

Ward 41

1. Bas Balkissoon (1997-2005)
2. Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
3. Chin Lee (2006-present)

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada