Scarborough—Agincourt (federal 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	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Gerry Phillips; Liberal
;
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,867
Electors (2007)	73,876
Area (km²)	25
Pop. density (per km²)	4,474.7
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Scarborough

Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

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)

Federal electoral district

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	rowspan="7" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Jim Karygiannis	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-2008
40th	2008-

Federal election results

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Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Gerry Phillips, Liberal, (1999 - present)

Provincial election results

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Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes
Gerry Phillips	19,447	57.82	-3.28
John Del Grande	8,495	25.26	-4.82
Yvette Blackburn	3,589	10.67	+4.81
George Pappas	1,533	4.56	+3.06
Max Wang	572	1.7	+0.24

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	19185	59.8%
	Mixed member proportional	12881	40.2%

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Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes
Gerry Phillips	23,026	61.1	+10.40
Yolanda Chan	11,337	30.08	-13.07
Stacy Douglas	2,209	5.86	+2.28
Lawrence J. Arkilander	566	1.5	+0.28
Tony Ieraci	550	1.46

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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:

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

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

City Councillors

Ward 39

Sherene Shaw (1988-2003)
Mike Del Grande (2003-present)

Ward 40

Norm Kelly (1994-present)

Ward 41

Bas Balkissoon (1997-2005)
Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
Chin Lee (2006-present)

External links

Riding history from Library of Parliament
Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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