Calgary Skyview

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Calgary Skyview
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Calgary Skyview
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Amanpreet Gill
Conservative
District created 2013
First contested 2015
Last contested 2025
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 110,189
Electors (2019)84,116
Area (km²) [2] 123
Pop. density (per km²)895.8
Census division(s) Division No. 6
Census subdivision(s) Calgary (part)

Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

Contents

Calgary Skyview was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. [3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast. [4]

In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, southern parts of the riding will break off into the new Calgary McKnight district. [5]

Geography

The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city of Calgary. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census [6]

Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)

Panethnic groups in Calgary Skyview (2011−2021)
Panethnic
group
2021 [7] 2016 [8] 2011 [9]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
South Asian 65,63050,29034,385
European [a] 33,48037,87041,315
Southeast Asian [b] 21,39516,05511,605
African 13,0759,7055,655
Middle Eastern [c] 7,6206,3154,335
East Asian [d] 6,0855,6655,020
Latin American 3,9453,3652,770
Indigenous 3,6953,3302,940
Other/Multiracial [e] 3,6852,5151,545
Total responses158,605135,110109,575
Total population159,642135,730110,189
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Calgary Skyview
Riding created from Calgary Northeast
42nd  2015–2017   Darshan Kang Liberal
 2017–2019   Independent
43rd  2019–2021   Jag Sahota Conservative
44th  2021–2025   George Chahal Liberal
45th  2025–present   Amanpreet Gill Conservative

Election results

Graph of election results in Calgary Skyview (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2023 representation order

2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Amanpreet Gill 27,10655.51+10.55
Liberal Hafeez Malik18,33437.55+4.43
New Democratic Rajesh Angral1,3112.68–13.85
Independent Minesh Patel9661.98N/A
Independent Scott Calverley6091.25N/A
Independent Jag Anand5041.03N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout48,86060.18
Eligible voters81,185
Conservative notional hold Swing +3.06
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]
2021 federal election redistributed results [12]
PartyVote%
  Conservative 16,15144.96
  Liberal 11,89933.12
  New Democratic 5,93816.53
  People's 1,3443.74
  Green 3280.91
 Others2620.73

2013 representation order

2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal George Chahal 20,09242.4+14.06$107,596.46
Conservative Jag Sahota 17,11136.1-16.39$82,418.22
New Democratic Gurinder Singh Gill7,69016.2+1.28$14,336.31
People's Harry Dhillon1,7203.6+2.41$3,904.85
Green Janna So4320.9-0.68$0.00
Independent Lee Aquart1840.4$4,123.83
Marxist–Leninist Daniel Blanchard1110.2-0.06$0.00
Centrist Nadeem Rana930.2$674.40
Total valid votes/expense limit47,433$116,250.12
Total rejected ballots502
Turnout47,93554.88-5.24
Eligible voters87,347
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.23
Source: Elections Canada [13]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Jag Sahota 26,53352.49+12.74$102,315.20
Liberal Nirmala Naidoo14,32728.34-17.54$62,601.08
New Democratic Gurinder Singh Gill7,54014.92+6.90none listed
Green Signe Knutson8001.58-0.30$0.00
People's Harry Dhillon6031.19$8,416.69
Christian Heritage Joseph Alexander4830.96none listed
Canada's Fourth FrontHarpreet Singh Dawar1360.27none listed
Marxist–Leninist Daniel Blanchard1300.26+0.06$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit50,55299.03
Total rejected ballots4970.97+0.29
Turnout51,04960.12-0.61
Eligible voters84,915
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.14
Source: Elections Canada [14] [15]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Darshan Kang 20,66445.88+17.24$125,611.09
Conservative Devinder Shory 17,88539.75-16.50$155,284.22
New Democratic Sahajvir Singh3,6058.01-2.03$91,462.67
Progressive Canadian Najeeb Butt9572.13$5,050.00
Green Ed Reddy8461.88-2.75$682.50
Democratic Advancement Stephen Garvey7861.75$31,134.16
Independent Joseph Young1820.40$1,614.02
Marxist–Leninist Daniel Blanchard880.20–0.24
Total valid votes/expense limit44,99399.32 $206,487.35
Total rejected ballots3100.68
Turnout45,30360.72
Eligible voters74,604
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +16.87
Source: Elections Canada [16] [17]
2011 federal election redistributed results [18]
PartyVote%
  Conservative 16,57356.25
  Liberal 8,43828.64
  New Democratic 2,95910.04
  Green 1,3644.63
  Marxist–Leninist 1290.44

See also

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.

References

  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. Report – Alberta
  5. "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.
  6. "Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile". May 8, 2013.
  7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  9. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  10. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  11. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  12. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  13. "Election night results". Elections Canada . Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  14. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  15. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  16. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. February 29, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  17. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  18. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections