Scarborough—Agincourt

Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Jim Karygiannis
Liberal
District created 1987
First contested 1988
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 111,867
Electors (2011) 74,374
Area (km²) 25
Pop. density (per km²) 4,474.7
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

It covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by Brimley Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401, excluding the area that is east of Midland Avenue and north of Finch Avenue East.

On Toronto City Council, much of the northern half of the area is represented by Mike Del Grande; the south by Norm Kelly; the east by Chin Lee.

Contents

Former boundaries

Demographics

Population

Total (2006): 111,867
Growth (2001-2006): +1,197 (+1.1%)
Electors:

Federal (2006): 72,895 (65.2%)
Provincial (2007): 73,876 (66%)

Gender* (2001):

Male: 52,525 (47.5%)
Female: 58,145 (52.5%)

Identifiable Groups** (2001):

Visible Minority: 76,195 (69.3%)
Chinese: 41,135 (37.4%)
South Asian: 14,680 (13.3%)
Black: 7,450 (6.8%)
Filipino: 3,470 (3.2%)
West Asian: 1,830 (1.7%)
Arab: 1,775 (1.6%)
Other Visible Minority: 1,560 (1.4%)
Multiple Visible Minorities: 1,385 (1.3%)
Latin American: 825 (0.8%)
Southeast Asian: 800 (0.7%)
Korean: 670 (0.6%)
Japanese: 625 (0.6%)
Aboriginal: 185 (0.2%)
Immigrant: 70,315 (63.9%)
Non-Permanent Residents: 1,780 (1.6%)

Language

Mother Tongue** (2001):

English: 39,880 (36.3%)
French: 775 (0.7%)
Non-Official Languages: 66,755 (60.7%)
Multiple Responses: 2,590 (2.4%)

Knowledge of Official Languages** (2001):

English only: 92,290 (83.9%)
Neither English nor French: 10,855 (9.9%)
English and French: 6,755 (6.1%)
French only: 105 (0.001%)

Home Language** (2001):

English: 42,110 (38.3%)
Non-official languages: 34,760 (31.6%)
English and non-official language: 31,875 (29%)
English and French: 625 (0.6%)
English, French and non-official language: 430 (0.4%)
French: 110 (0.1%)
French and non-official language: 85 (0.1%)

Education

Education*** (2001):

Less than High School: 29,385 (32.6%)
High School: 22,950 (25%)
Trade School: 5,205 (5.7%)
College: 11,775 (12.8%)
University: 22,530 (24.5%)

Income and work

Labour Force*** (2001):

Participation: 55,510 (60.4%)
Employed: 50,840 (55.4%)
Unemployed: 4,670 (8.4%)

Average Income*** (2001):

Individual: $26,473
Household: $62,836
Family: $60,742

Median Income (2007):

Household: $51,762

Families and dwellings

Persons per Family (2001): 3.1

Occupied Private Dwellings (2001):

Total: 35,615
Owned: 23,670 (66.5%)
Rented: 11,945 (33.5%)
Average Value: $226,053

Religion

Religion** (2001):

Christian: 58,125 (52.8%)
Catholic: 24,660 (22.4%)
Protestant: 19,670 (17.9%)
Christian Orthodox: 7,365 (6.7%)
Christian n.i.e.****: 6,430 (5.8%)
No Religious Affiliation: 31,220 (28.4%)
Hindu: 7,300 (6.6%)
Muslim: 6,740 (6.1%)
Buddhist: 5,515 (5%)
Eastern Religions: 380 (0.3%)
Sikh: 360 (0.3%)
Jewish: 330 (0.3%)
Other Religions: 30 (0.03%)

* Based on a total population of 110,670
** Based on a projected population of 109,995 (20% sample data projected from the total population)
*** Based on a projected population of 91,840 (20% sample data projected from the population 15 years and over)
**** Includes mostly answers of 'Christian,' not otherwise stated.

Sources: Statistics Canada (2001, 2006); Elections Canada (2006); Elections Ontario (2007)

History

The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the Canadian National Railway line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament Years Member Party
York—Scarborough prior to 1987
34th 1988–1993     Jim Karygiannis Liberal
35th 1993–1997
36th 1997–2000
37th 2000–2004
38th 2004–2006
39th 2006–2008
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 18,498 45.39 -11.24
     Conservative Harry Tsai 13,930 34.18 +4.78
     New Democrat Nancy Patchell 7,376 18.10 +8.79
     Green Pauline Thompson 946 2.32 -2.32
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,750 100.00
Total rejected ballots 266 0.65 +0.05
Turnout 41,016 56.91 +2.75
Eligible voters 72,069
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 22,795 56.63 -5.96 $62,348
     Conservative Benson Lau 11,836 29.40 +5.58 $82,246
     New Democrat Simon Dougherty 3,748 9.31 -1.77 $1,916
     Green Adrian Molder 1,870 4.64 +2.15 $1,575
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,249 100.00 $148,086
Total rejected ballots 228 0.6 +0.2
Turnout 40,477 54.16 -6.9
Eligible voters 73,928
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 28,065 62.59 -1.5 $55,681
     Conservative Bill Redwood 10,684 23.82 +2.8 $61,542
     New Democrat David Robertson 4,969 11.08 +0.9 $6,968
     Green Casey Maple 1,120 2.49 +0.3 $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 44,838 100.00 $124,191
Total rejected ballots 168 0.4 -0.1
Turnout 45,006 61.74 +5.3
Eligible voters 72,895 $76,434
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 26,400 64.1 -6.0 $61,321
     Conservative Andrew Faust 8,649 21.0 -3.0* $71,263
     New Democrat D'Arcy Palmer 4,182 10.2 +6.3 $4,124
Progressive Canadian Tony J. Karadimas 1,048 2.5 Ø $10,513
     Green Wayne Yeechong 919 2.2 Ø $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,198 100.0 $147,222
Total rejected ballots 224 0.5
Turnout 41,422 56.4
Eligible voters 73,391
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 26,986 70.1 +5.0 $62,964
     Canadian Alliance Andrew Faust 5,100 13.4 +2.6* $19,772
     Progressive Conservative Bruce Elliott 4,030 10.6 -7.2 $9,953
     New Democrat Michael Laxer 1,499 3.9 -2.4 $2,785
     Canadian Action Wayne Cook 341 0.9 Ø $10,116
     Marxist–Leninist Sarah Thompson 112 0.3 Ø $8
Total valid votes/Expense limit 38,068 100.0 $105,599
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 25,995 65.1 +5.3 $47,944
     Progressive Conservative Rick Perkins 7,115 17.8 -3.4 $41,232
     Reform Edward Lee 4,291 10.8 -3.8 $0.00
     New Democrat Doug Hum 2,512 6.3 +4.0 $15,398
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,913 100.0 $104,574
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 24,739 59.8 +15.5 $
     Progressive Conservative Ben Eng 8,775 21.2 -21.2 $
     Reform Cyril Gibb 6,036 14.6 Ø $
     New Democrat Joe José Perez 944 2.3 -9.3 $
     National Bruce Nord 270 0.7 Ø $
     Independent Anne C. McBride 247 0.6 -0.4 $
     Natural Law Bill Morrison 194 0.5 Ø $
     Abolitionist Michael Green 95 0.2 Ø $
     Independent Sp. Thakore 89 0.2 Ø $
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,389 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Jim Karygiannis 19,459 44.3 Ø $
     Progressive Conservative W. Paul McCrossan 18,601 42.4 Ø $
     New Democrat Susie Vallance 5,082 11.6 Ø $
     Independent Anne C. McBride 442 1.0 Ø $
     Libertarian B.D.G. Antrobus 328 0.7 Ø $
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,912

Municipal electoral districts & neighbourhoods

Scarborough—Agincourt covers three wards and six neighbourhoods.

Wards

Three wards fall completely or partially within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt.

Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

Two more neighbourhoods fall within the southern borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

In addition to these there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewwod, etc.

City Councillors

Ward 39

  1. Sherene Shaw (1988-2003)
  2. Mike Del Grande (2003-present)

Ward 40

  1. Norm Kelly (1994-present)

Ward 41

  1. Bas Balkissoon (1997-2005)
  2. Paul Ainslie (appointed in 2006)
  3. Chin Lee (2006-present)

Community and Resident Associations

  1. Bridlewood
  2. Leacock Community Association
  3. Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
  4. Neighbourhood Watch
  5. SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
  6. The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association

See also

Sources