Parkdale—High Park (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, High Park—Humber Valley, Davenport and Spadina districts. As of the October 19, 2015, Canadian general election, the current Member of Parliament (MP) is Liberal member Arif Virani. According to the 2016 census, Parkdale—High Park has the lowest percentage of visible minorities (26.2%) among all City of Toronto ridings; it also has the highest percentage of people of Irish (20.0%), German (9.8%), and French (8.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto ridings.
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Coordinates: | 43.65°N 79.47°W / 43.65; -79.47 | ||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021) | 106,750 | ||
Electors (2015) | 76,952 | ||
Area (km²) | 16 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 6,671.9 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Taiaiko'n—Parkdale—High Park.[1]