Calgary McKnight (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Calgary-McKnight (provincial electoral district).

Calgary McKnight

Alberta electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Dalwinder Gill Conservative
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	123,148
Electors (2025)	74,507
Area (km²)	74
Pop. density (per km²)	1,664.2
Census division(s)	Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s)	Calgary (part)

Calgary McKnight is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada. ^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be created from parts of Calgary Forest Lawn and Calgary Skyview. ^[3] It is named after McKnight Boulevard which runs though the riding.

• The neighbourhoods of Martindale, Taradale, Saddle Ridge, Castleridge, Falconridge, Coral Springs, Westwinds, Whitehorn, Temple, Rundle and Pineridge ^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[4]

Languages: 46.7% English, 19.1% Punjabi, 5.2% Tagalog, 4.6% Urdu, 3.0% Arabic, 2.1% Vietnamese, 2.0% Spanish, 1.6% Hindi, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.2% French

Religions: 33.1% Christian (16.4% Catholic, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Anglican, 1.1% Pentecostal, 12.9% Other), 21.0% Sikh, 19.9% Muslim, 17.0% No religion, 6.0% Hindu, 2.4% Buddhist

Median income: $34,400 (2020)

Average income: $40,440 (2020)

Panethnic groups (2021) ^{[ original research? ]}

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
South Asian	48,240	39.11%
European [a]	25,290	20.51%
Southeast Asian [b]	17,790	14.42%
African	10,370	8.41%
Middle Eastern [c]	9,155	7.42%
East Asian [d]	3,260	2.64%
Indigenous	3,195	2.59%
Latin American	3,045	2.47%
Other/multiracial [e]	2,990	2.42%
Total responses	123,330	99.64%
Total population	123,775	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Calgary McKnight Riding created from Calgary Forest Lawn and Calgary Skyview
45th	2025–present		Dalwinder Gill	Conservative

Election results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dalwinder Gill	20,850	49.13	+14.91
	Liberal	George Chahal	19,516	45.99	+2.23
	New Democratic	Arlington Antonio Santiago	1,204	2.84	–13.34
	People's	Najeeb Butt	323	0.76	–3.18
	Green	Evelyn Tanaka	273	0.64	–0.49
	Canadian Future	Benjamin Cridland	162	0.38	N/A
	Centrist	Syed Hasnain	107	0.25	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			42,435	56.22
Eligible voters			75,474
	Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.34
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]

2021 federal election redistributed results [7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	16,282	43.76
	Conservative	12,733	34.22
	New Democratic	6,020	16.18
	People's	1,465	3.94
	Green	422	1.13
	Others	285	0.77

References

1. "Calgary McKnight – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution . Retrieved 1 May 2024.
2. "Northeast Calgary could soon have a new federal MP". Calgary. 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
3. "New Federal Electoral Map for Alberta". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. July 20, 2023. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
4. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Calgary McKnight [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Alberta". Statistics Canada . Retrieved 1 May 2024.
5. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
7. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.