Scarborough North (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding. For the provincial riding, see Scarborough North (provincial electoral district).

Scarborough North

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Coordinates:	43°47′53″N79°15′22″W / 43.798°N 79.256°W / 43.798; -79.256
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Shaun Chen Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	94,717
Electors (2015)	64,427
Area (km²) [2]	32
Pop. density (per km²)	2,959.9
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of Scarborough North riding

Scarborough North (French : Scarborough-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario.

Scarborough North 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 on 19 October 2015. ^[3] It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Scarborough—Rouge River (92%) and Scarborough—Agincourt (8%). ^[4]

Geography

The riding consists of the northern part of the Scarborough district of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Agincourt (east of Midland Avenue), Milliken (east of Midland Avenue), Morningside Heights (Brookside), and Malvern (west of Neilson Road).

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[5]

Ethnic groups: 42.2% Chinese, 26.8% South Asian, 8.2% Black, 7.5% White, 6.8% Filipino, 1.0% Southeast Asian, 1.0% Latin American
Languages: 30.0% English, 20.9% Cantonese, 12.3% Mandarin, 8.6% Tamil, 3.6% Tagalog, 2.4% Urdu, 2.2% Gujarati, 1.1% Punjabi
Religions: 33.0% Christian (16.1% Catholic, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Anglican, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Baptist, 11.7% Other), 14.7% Hindu, 9.2% Muslim, 4.5% Buddhist, 1.2% Sikh, 36.6% None
Median income: $30,400 (2020)
Average income: $38,560 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Scarborough North Riding created from Scarborough—Agincourt and Scarborough—Rouge River
42nd	2015–2019		Shaun Chen	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Scarborough—Agincourt since 2011 (redistributed). Parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted.

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shaun Chen	21,178	66.6	+13.0	$82,302.74
	Conservative	Fazal Shah	5,999	18.9	-11.4	$17,653.09
	New Democratic	Christina Love	3,514	11.0	-1.9	$26.24
	People's	David Moore	763	2.4	+1.5	$18.24
	Centrist	Sheraz Khan	361	1.1	N/A	$4,073.67
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,815	99.0	–	$103,970.89
Total rejected ballots			337	1.0
Turnout			32,152	50.6
Eligible voters			63,589
	Liberal hold		Swing		+12.2
Source: Elections Canada [6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shaun Chen	20,911	53.6	+5.36	$97,385.61
	Conservative	David Kong	11,838	30.3	+2.90	$29,125.27
	New Democratic	Yan Chen	5,039	12.9	-9.17	$32,079.36
	Green	Avery Velez	796	2.0	+0.52	$0.00
	People's	Jude Guerrier	370	0.9	-	$0.00
	United	Janet Robinson	83	0.2	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,037	100.0
Total rejected ballots			385
Turnout			39,422	59.7
Eligible voters			66,018
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.46
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shaun Chen	18,904	48.24	+19.37	$72,471.61
	Conservative	Ravinder Malhi	10,737	27.40	-5.98	$101,170.06
	New Democratic	Rathika Sitsabaiesan	8,648	22.07	-13.3	$135,280.61
	Green	Eleni MacDonald	579	1.48	-0.14	$668.91
	Independent	Raphael Rosch	164	0.42	–	$210.83
	Independent	Aasia Khatoon	156	0.40	–	$1,724.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,188	100.0		$199,432.15
Total rejected ballots			216	–	–
Turnout			39,404	60.87	–
Eligible voters			64,827
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.34
Source: Elections Canada [9] [10]

2011 federal election redistributed results [11]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	12,672	35.37
	Conservative	11,959	33.38
	Liberal	10,343	28.87
	Green	579	1.62
	Other	277	0.77

References

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Final Report – Ontario
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
6. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
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 Scarborough North, 30 September 2015
10. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
11. "Scarborough North, ON (2013 Rep. Order)". Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.