North Vancouver—Capilano (federal electoral district)

For defunct electoral districts with similar names, see North Vancouver-Capilano, Vancouver North, and North Vancouver (provincial electoral district).

North Vancouver—Capilano (formerly North Vancouver) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

North Vancouver—Capilano

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jonathan Wilkinson Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	109,639
Electors (2015)	82,085
Area (km²)[1]	342
Pop. density (per km²)	320.6
Census division(s)	Greater Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	North Vancouver (part), North Vancouver, West Vancouver (part), Capilano, Mission

The riding was renamed in the 2022 federal electoral redistribution, and its boundaries were altered.^[2]

Geography

As of the 2022 electoral redistribution, the district includes the entirety of the City of North Vancouver, part of the District of North Vancouver and the easternmost part of West Vancouver, including Park Royal Shopping Centre, Sentinel Hill and all of Ambleside.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in North Vancouver (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[3]		2016[4]		2011[5]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	78,535	64.42%	78,165	68.64%	78,055	71.92%
Middle Eastern[b]	13,460	11.04%	9,545	8.38%	7,885	7.27%
East Asian[c]	11,820	9.69%	10,845	9.52%	9,515	8.77%
Southeast Asian[d]	6,035	4.95%	5,130	4.51%	5,125	4.72%
South Asian	4,220	3.46%	4,105	3.6%	3,035	2.8%
Indigenous	2,685	2.2%	2,580	2.27%	2,335	2.15%
Latin American	2,160	1.77%	1,410	1.24%	1,120	1.03%
African	800	0.66%	840	0.74%	525	0.48%
Other[e]	2,210	1.81%	1,255	1.1%	930	0.86%
Total responses	121,920	99.1%	113,870	98.72%	108,525	98.98%
Total population	123,025	100%	115,344	100%	109,639	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[6][7][8]

Languages: 69.8% English, 7.7% Persian, 2.2% Tagalog, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.9% Korean, 1.8% French, 1.6% Spanish, 1.6% German, 1.5% Cantonese
Religions (2011): 47.2% Christian (18.2% Catholic, 7.0% Anglican, 6.6% United Church, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.5% Presbyterian, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist 9.6% Other), 6.3% Muslim, 42.5% No religion
Median income (2010): $39,040
Average income (2010): $58,194

History

The riding was created in 1987 from portions of North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano electoral districts.

The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of North Vancouver should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.^[9] The redefined North Vancouver loses the eastern portion of its current territory to the new district of Burnaby North—Seymour, while its western boundary with West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country is adjusted to correspond to the boundaries between the District of North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the Capilano Indian Reserve. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[10]

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding was renamed to North Vancouver—Capilano. The distribution also incorporated all parts of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country south of the Trans-Canada Highway and east of 21 St, and removed the Lynn Valley and Lynnmour areas to Burnaby North—Seymour. The boundary change in West Vancouver was criticized by some, including Patrick Weiler, the Member of Parliament previously representing that area.^[11] The new boundaries came into effect in the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
North Vancouver Riding created from North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano
34th	1988–1993		Chuck Cook	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ted White	Reform
36th	1997–2000
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006		Don Bell	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Andrew Saxton	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019		Jonathan Wilkinson	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
North Vancouver—Capilano
45th	2025–present		Jonathan Wilkinson	Liberal

Upon its creation in 1988, North Vancouver—Capilano, the riding initially won by right-leaning candidates. It was first rperesented by Chuck Cook, of the Progressive Conservative Party. In the 1993 federal election, the riding was won by Ted White, then a member of the Reform Party. White was re-elected in the 1997 federal election and 2000 federal election, as a member of the Canadian Alliance. During the 37th Parliament, White joined the Conservative Party.

However in the 2004 federal election outgoing North Vancouver mayor Don Bell flipped the riding to the Liberal Party, narrowly defeating incumbent Ted White. Bell was re-elected in the 2006 federal election. In the 2008 federal election, North Vancouver businessman Andrew Saxton flipped the riding back to the Conservative Party.

In the 2015 federal election, Jonathan Wilkinson flipped the riding back to the Liberals, receiving 56.7% of the vote. Wilkinson won re-election in the 2019 federal election (42.9%), 2021 federal election (45.1%), and 2025 federal election

Election results

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

North Vancouver—Capilano

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	37,909	59.83	+15.14
	Conservative	Stephen Curran	21,339	33.68	+4.30
	New Democratic	Tammy Bentz	2,684	4.24	–14.81
	Green	Andrew Robinson	1,076	1.70	–2.57
	People's	Ehsan Arjmand	256	0.40	–2.17
	Independent	Oliver King	102	0.16	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			63,366	71.72
Eligible voters			88,358
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+5.42
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2021 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	24,447	44.69
	Conservative	16,071	29.38
	New Democratic	10,422	19.05
	Green	2,335	4.27
	People's	1,408	2.57
	Others	18	0.03

North Vancouver

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	26,756	45.1	+2.2	$95,112.00
	Conservative	Les Jickling	16,671	28.1	+1.2	$113,640.04
	New Democratic	Tammy Bentz	11,750	19.8	+3.4	$20,351.82
	Green	Archie Kaario	2,598	4.4	-8.1	$11,600.97
	People's	John Galloway	1,545	2.6	+1.3	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,320	99.4	–	$118,692.36
Total rejected ballots			383	0.6
Turnout			59,703	66.1
Eligible voters			90,326
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.5
Source: Elections Canada[15]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	26,979	42.87	-13.78	$98,189.08
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	16,908	26.87	-0.02	none listed
	New Democratic	Justine Bell	10,340	16.43	+8.64	$40,432.73
	Green	George Orr	7,868	12.50	+4.19	$39,810.86
	People's	Azmairnin Jadavji	835	1.33	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,930	99.45
Total rejected ballots			349	0.55	+0.21
Turnout			63,279	71.20	-4.57
Eligible voters			88,874
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.88
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	36,458	56.65	+26.94	$149,970.51
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	17,301	26.88	-20.67	$149,776.24
	Green	Claire Martin	5,350	8.31	+3.08	$135,108.48
	New Democratic	Carleen Thomas	5,015	7.79	-9.06	$21,413.99
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	136	0.21	–	$1,942.47
	Independent	Payam Azad	94	0.15	–	$22.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,354	99.66		$220,823.27
Total rejected ballots			218	0.34	–
Turnout			64,572	75.77	–
Eligible voters			85,219
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.80
Source: Elections Canada[18][19][20]

2011 federal election redistributed results[21]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,923	47.56
	Liberal	14,948	29.71
	New Democratic	8,480	16.86
	Green	2,632	5.23
	Others	322	0.64

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	28,996	48.62	+6.42
	Liberal	Taleeb Noormohamed	17,665	29.62	-7.69
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	9,617	16.13	+6.71
	Green	Greg Dowman	3,004	5.04	-5.75
	Independent	Nick Jones	350	0.59	–
Total valid votes			59,632	100.0
Total rejected ballots			153	0.26	-0.02
Turnout			59,785	67.77
Eligible voters			88,216
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.06

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	24,371	42.20	+5.43	$88,610
	Liberal	Don Bell	21,551	37.31	-5.03	$88,697
	Green	Jim Stephenson	6,168	10.79	+3.31	$17,464
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	5,417	9.42	-3.77	$6,664
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	166	0.29	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,673	100.0		$89,266
Total rejected ballots			162	0.28	+0.05
Turnout			57,835
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.23

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don Bell	25,357	42.34	+2.32	$78,858
	Conservative	Cindy Silver	22,021	36.77	+0.41	$82,866
	New Democratic	Sherry Shaghaghi	7,903	13.19	-2.67	$13,797
	Green	Jim Stephenson	4,483	7.48	+0.20	$15,613
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	112	0.18	+0.05
Total valid votes			59,876	100.0
Total rejected ballots			140	0.23	-0.05
Turnout			60,016	69.89	+1.73
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.96

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Don Bell	22,619	40.02	+7.26	$72,712
	Conservative	Ted White	20,548	36.36	-20.61	$60,651
	New Democratic	John Nelson	8,967	15.86	+10.93	$21,278
	Green	Peggy Stortz	4,114	7.28	–	$3,241
	Canadian Action	Andres Esteban Barker	181	0.32	-1.24	$400
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	77	0.13	-0.01
Total valid votes			56,506	100.0
Total rejected ballots			158	0.28	-0.01
Turnout			56,664	68.16	-0.64
	Liberal gain from Alliance		Swing		+13.94
Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Ted White	27,920	49.87	+1.01	$60,178
	Liberal	Bill Bell	18,343	32.76	-1.18	$50,482
	Progressive Conservative	Laurence Putnam	3,975	7.10	+2.16	$1,278
	New Democratic	Sam Schechter	2,760	4.93	-4.22	$2,769
	Marijuana	Tunya Audain	1,008	1.80	–	$23
	Canadian Action	Diana Jewell	877	1.56	+1.20	$547
	Independent	Dallas Collis	760	1.35	+0.70	$1,134
	Independent	Rusty Corben	253	0.45	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Michael Hill	80	0.14	–	$33
Total valid votes			55,976	100.0
Total rejected ballots			164	0.29	-0.01
Turnout			56,140	68.80	-3.03
	Alliance hold		Swing		+1.10
Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Ted White	27,075	48.86	+8.85	$63,443
	Liberal	Warren Kinsella	18,806	33.94	+2.87	$62,704
	New Democratic	Martin Stuible	5,075	9.15	+2.77	$11,938
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Prouse	2,740	4.94	-11.00	$14,159
	Green	Peggy Stortz	982	1.77	–	$173
	Independent	Dallas Lindley Collins	365	0.65	–
	Canadian Action	Wayne Mulherin	203	0.36	–	$1,359
	Natural Law	Ken Chawkin	162	0.29	-0.59
Total valid votes			55,408	100.0
Total rejected ballots			167	0.30
Turnout			55,575	71.83
	Reform hold		Swing		+2.99

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ted White	20,407	40.01	+31.09
	Liberal	Mobina Jaffer	15,951	31.27	+4.06
	Progressive Conservative	Will McMartin	7,900	15.49	-22.16
	New Democratic	Graeme Bowbrick	3,254	6.38	-17.48
	National	Dallas Collis	2,234	4.38	–
	Green	Arne B. Hansen	534	1.05	+0.11
	Natural Law	Bradford Cooke	447	0.88	–
	Independent	Clarke L. Ashley	144	0.28	–
	Libertarian	Anthony Jasich	116	0.23	–
	Commonwealth of Canada	Paul Fraleigh	22	0.04	–
Total valid votes			51,009	100.0
	Reform gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.52

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Cook	18,515	37.64
	Liberal	James Hatton	13,382	27.21
	New Democratic	Donna Stewart	11,735	23.86
	Reform	Ron Gamble	4,387	8.92
	Green	Glen Ash	462	0.94
	Rhinoceros	Richard "The Troll" Schaller	323	0.66
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	225	0.46
	Communist	Betty Griffin	78	0.16
	Independent	Brian Smith	49	0.10
	Independent	Barrie A. Hewer	30	0.06
Total valid votes			49,186	100.0
This riding was created from parts of North Vancouver—Burnaby and Capilano, both of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Chuck Cook was the incumbent from North Vancouver—Burnaby.

See also

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