Cape Breton—Canso

Cape Breton—Canso

Nova Scotia electoral district
Cape Breton—Canso in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Rodger Cuzner Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	68,435
Electors (2011)	57,753
Area (km²)[1]	8,225.84
Pop. density (per km²)	8.3
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton, Guysborough, Port Hawkesbury

Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 75,221. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

Demographics

From the 2006 census ^[2]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 96.7%
• First Nations: 2.1%
• Other: 1.2%

Languages:

• English: 89.7%
• French: 7.5%
• Mi'kmaq: 0.8%
• Other: 2.0%

Religions:

• Catholic: 67.0%
• Protestant: 28.7%
• No religious affiliation: 3.7%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 32.1%
• High school certificate: 22.0%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 14.5%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 16.4%
• University certificate or diploma: 14.8%

Median Age:

• 45.5

Median total income:

• $20,392

Average total income:

• $26,406

Median household income:

• $42,853

Average household income:

• $51,812

Median family income:

• $52,692

Average family income:

• $60,211

Unemployment:

• 15.8%

Geography

The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Cheticamp, St. Peters, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km².

Political geography

In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique.

History

The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Cape Breton–Canso

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

Bras d'Or–Cape Breton

Bras d'Or

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 12001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

Notes

External links

• Riding history for Bras d'Or (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Bras d'Or—Cape Breton (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cape Breton—Canso (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament

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