Don Valley North (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Don Valley North (provincial electoral district).

Don Valley North

Ontario electoral district
Don Valley North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Han Dong Independent
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,663
Electors (2015)	71,081
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Don Valley North riding

Don Valley North (French : Don Valley-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. Don Valley North covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Bayview Avenue to the west, and Victoria Park Avenue to the east.

Former North York city council member Barbara Greene, a Progressive Conservative, was elected as its first Member of Parliament in the 1988 election. She was defeated by Liberal Sarkis Assadourian in the 1993 election.

This riding was originally created in 1987, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was created from parts of Don Valley East and York—Scarborough ridings. In 1996, the riding was abolished through redistribution, and divided between Don Valley East and Willowdale ridings. This riding was re-created from parts of Willowdale and Don Valley East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

As per the 2016 Census, Don Valley North is one of the only three City of Toronto ridings where Chinese is both the most frequent ethnic origin (32.4% of the population) and most frequent ethnicity group (31.3%, while White/Europeans come second with 29.3% of the population).

Geography

This riding is located in the northeastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Henry Farm, Bayview Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Hillcrest Village, Don Valley Village, and Pleasant View.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[1]

Languages: 31.2% English, 14.2% Mandarin, 8.6% Cantonese, 5.5% Persian, 3.2% Korean, 2.5% Tagalog, 2.2% Arabic, 2.0% Spanish, 1.4% Russian, 1.3% Hindi, 1.2% Romanian, 1.1% Tamil, 1.1% Armenian

Religions: 40.1% Christian (16.4% Catholic, 5.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Anglican, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.3% Baptist, 14.1% Other), 11.6% Muslim, 6.7% Hindu, 2.9% Jewish, 2.6% Buddhist, 34.2% None

Median income: $36,800 (2020)

Average income: $50,880 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Don Valley North (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [2]		2016 [3]		2011 [4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian [a]	37,885	33.65%	39,230	35.97%	36,710	36.02%
European [b]	28,340	25.17%	32,035	29.37%	33,290	32.67%
South Asian	15,560	13.82%	11,115	10.19%	9,850	9.67%
Middle Eastern [c]	11,745	10.43%	11,050	10.13%	8,415	8.26%
Southeast Asian [d]	7,040	6.25%	6,115	5.61%	5,185	5.09%
African	5,720	5.08%	4,735	4.34%	4,750	4.66%
Latin American	2,485	2.21%	1,850	1.7%	1,210	1.19%
Indigenous	375	0.33%	275	0.25%	320	0.31%
Other/multiracial [e]	3,430	3.05%	2,640	2.42%	2,170	2.13%
Total responses	112,590	99.06%	109,060	99.08%	101,905	98.87%
Total population	113,663	100%	110,076	100%	103,073	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Don Valley North Riding created from Don Valley East and York—Scarborough
34th	1988–1993		Barbara Greene	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Sarkis Assadourian	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Don Valley East and Willowdale
Riding re-created from Willowdale and Don Valley East
42nd	2015–2019		Geng Tan	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Han Dong
44th	2021–2023
	2023–present			Independent

Election results

Graph of general election results in Don Valley North (since 2011 (rd), minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2015–present

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Han Dong	22,067	54.4	+4.0	$104,475.49
	Conservative	Sabrina Zuniga	12,098	29.8	-5.6	$50,101.63
	New Democratic	Bruce Griffin	4,304	10.6	+1.4	$6,816.76
	People's	Jay Sobel	1,301	3.2	+2.2	$0.00
	Green	Natalie Telfer	765	1.9	-2.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,535	100.0	–	$108,188.62
Total rejected ballots			355
Turnout			40,890	55.33
Eligible voters			73,904
Source: Elections Canada [5]

2021 federal election redistributed results [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	22,186	52.77
	Conservative	13,681	32.54
	New Democratic	4,173	9.92
	People's	1,240	2.95
	Green	761	1.81
	Others	5	0.01

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Han Dong	23,495	50.4	-1.02	$101,636.63
	Conservative	Sarah Fischer	16,506	35.4	-2.42	$78,956.94
	New Democratic	Bruce Griffin	4,285	9.2	+0.67	$16,277.89
	Green	Daniel Giavedoni	1,803	3.9	+1.67	$1,834.80
	People's	Jay Sobel	482	1.0	-	$1,499.08
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,571	100.0
Total rejected ballots			314
Turnout			46,885	62.0
Eligible voters			75,566
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.70
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geng Tan	23,494	51.42	+14.13	$89,171.01
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	17,279	37.82	-2.47	$70,723.13
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	3,896	8.53	-12.20	$16,603.42
	Green	Caroline Brown	1,018	2.23	+0.91	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,687	100.00		$205,015.85
Total rejected ballots			259	0.56	–
Turnout			45,946	63.12	–
Eligible voters			72,787
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.30
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2011 federal election redistributed results [11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,801	40.30
	Liberal	14,625	37.30
	New Democratic	8,129	20.73
	Green	516	1.32
	Others	142	0.36

1988–1993

Graph of general election results in Don Valley North (1987-1996, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	22,504	59.86	+17.93
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	7,238	19.25	–24.18
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,068	16.14
	New Democratic	David Lu	1,395	3.71	–8.11
	Natural Law	William J. Sparling	319	0.85
	Abolitionist	Lindsay George King	69	0.18
Total valid votes			37,593	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.06

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	17,551	43.43
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	16,947	41.94
	New Democratic	Anton Kuerti	4,777	11.82
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	577	1.43
	Libertarian	Earl Epsteine	560	1.39
Total valid votes			40,412	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

Notes

1. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
2. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" 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. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Don Valley North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
3. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved June 7, 2022.
6. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada . Retrieved April 9, 2024.
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
9. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley North, 30 September 2015
10. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
11. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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