Scarborough—Woburn
 Ontario electoral district | |
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |
| Federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 2023 |
| First contested | 2025 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2021)[1] | 110,589 |
| Census division(s) | Toronto |
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto (part) |
Scarborough—Woburn is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Geography
[edit]Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding largely replaces Scarborough—Guildwood.[1] The riding name refers to the neighbourhood of Woburn, Toronto.
- Gains the Eglinton East, Bendale South and Bendale-Glen Andrew neighbourhoods from Scarborough Centre
- Loses the neighbourhoods of Morningside, Guildwood and the remainder of West Hill to Scarborough—Guildwood—Rouge Park
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 50.6% English, 7.9% Tamil, 5.6% Gujarati, 5.1% Tagalog, 2.8% Bengali, 2.7% Urdu, 2.7% Cantonese, 2.5% Mandarin, 1.6% Hindi, 1.5% Farsi, 1.3% French, 1.2% Arabic, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Greek
Religions: 42.5% Christian (20.6% Catholic, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Anglican, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.1% United Church, 13.7% Other), 19.5% Muslim, 19.4% Hindu, 15.8% No religion, 1.2% Buddhist
Median income: $32,800 (2020)
Average income: $40,240 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| South Asian | 42,610 | 37.96% | ||||||||||||
| European[a] | 21,410 | 19.53% | ||||||||||||
| African | 13,150 | 12% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 12,290 | 11.21% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 8,205 | 7.49% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 4,270 | 3.9% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 1,750 | 1.6% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 720 | 0.66% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 5,250 | 4.79% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 109,615 | 98.93% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 110,800 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
[edit]| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough—Woburn Riding created from Scarborough Centre and Scarborough—Guildwood |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Michael Coteau | Liberal | |
Election results
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michael Coteau | 22,534 | 53.96 | –6.45 | ||||
| Conservative | Reddy Muttukuru | 12,602 | 30.18 | +7.63 | ||||
| Independent | Amina Bhaiyat | 2,108 | 5.05 | N/A | ||||
| New Democratic | George Wedge | 1,890 | 4.53 | –8.63 | ||||
| Green | Gianne Broughton | 1,653 | 3.96 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Ayub Sipra | 974 | 2.33 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 41,761 | 59.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,351 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | –7.04 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 23,442 | 60.41 | |
| Conservative | 8,750 | 22.55 | |
| New Democratic | 5,106 | 13.16 | |
| People's | 1,194 | 3.08 | |
| Others | 314 | 0.81 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Scarborough—Woburn – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Adler, Mike (2023-10-06). "It's official: Toronto loses a riding as Scarborough Centre is merged with Don Valley East". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough--Woburn [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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