Oakville West

Oakville West

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sima Acan Liberal
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	105,024
Electors (2025)	79,315
Area (km²)	68
Pop. density (per km²)	1,544.5
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Oakville (part)

Oakville West (French : Oakville-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and based on the 2021 Canadian census. Its counterpart is Oakville East.

It contains all of the Town of Oakville west of Sixteen Mile Creek and includes parts previously in Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington. Sima Acan is the first and current MP for this riding, having been first elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election. ^[2]

Geography

Consists of that part of the Town of Oakville lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly limit of said town and Sixteen Mile Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Lake Ontario; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the southwesterly limit of said town. ^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[3]

Languages: 65.0% English, 4.9% Mandarin, 3.2% Arabic, 2.7% Spanish, 2.5% French, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.6% Urdu, 1.5% Serbo-Croatian, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Russian, 1.0% Hindi, 1.0% Tagalog

Religions: 56.3% Christian (31.0% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.1% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.9% Other), 27.5% No religion, 8.4% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 1.6% Sikh

Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $77,400 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Oakville West (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European [a]	64,430	61.7%
South Asian	11,915	11.41%
East Asian [b]	9,955	9.53%
Middle Eastern [c]	5,670	5.43%
African	3,895	3.73%
Southeast Asian [d]	3,055	2.93%
Latin American	2,460	2.36%
Indigenous	895	0.86%
Other/multiracial [e]	2,150	2.06%
Total responses	104,430	99.44%
Total population	105,015	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
Oakville West Riding created from Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington
45th	2025–present		Sima Acan	Liberal

Electoral results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sima Acan	31,383	52.94	+5.45
	Conservative	Tim Crowder	26,402	44.54	+6.07
	New Democratic	Diane Downey	823	1.39	–7.31
	Green	Chris Kowalchuk	360	0.61	–1.11
	People's	JD Meaney	252	0.43	–3.19
	Independent	Martin Gegus	61	0.10	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			59,281	73.64
Eligible voters			80,503
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–0.31
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]

2021 federal election redistributed results [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	23,623	47.49
	Conservative	19,136	38.47
	New Democratic	4,330	8.70
	People's	1,800	3.62
	Green	854	1.72

References

1. "Oakville West – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. Staff, Metroland (2025-04-28). "Sima Acan wins Oakville West for Liberals". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville West [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
4. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
5. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
6. "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 "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" 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 "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.