Sydney—Victoria

Sydney—Victoria

Nova Scotia electoral district
Sydney–Victoria in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mark Eyking Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	73,328
Electors (2011)	61,448
Area (km²)[1]	4,324.89
Pop. density (per km²)	17
Census subdivisions	Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria

Sydney—Victoria is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 76,801. It has 61,448 eligible voters.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton—The Sydneys, Cape Breton—East Richmond and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso ridings.

Cape Breton—Canso is the only adjacent riding.

Demographics

From the 2006 census ^[2]

Ethnic groups:

• White: 93.4%
• First Nations: 5.4%
• Other: 1.2%

Languages:

• English: 93.3%
• Mi'kmaq: 3.8%
• French: 1.0%
• Other: 1.9%

Religions:

• Catholic: 64.3%
• Protestant: 30.5%
• No religious affiliation: 3.6%

Education:

• No certificate, diploma or degree: 31.3%
• High school certificate: 23.5%
• Apprenticeship or trade certificate or diploma: 14.3%
• Community college, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma: 14.2%
• University certificate or diploma: 16.7%

Median Age:

• 43.9

Median total income:

• $19,877

Average total income:

• $25,545

Median household income:

• $39,051

Average household income:

• $48,259

Median family income:

• $49,880

Average family income:

• $57,777

Unemployment:

• 17.3%

Geography

It consists of:

• The County of Victoria;
• the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
• the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

See also

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

References

• "(Code 12010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

Notes

External links

• Riding history for Sydney–Victoria (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament

v t e Federal ridings in Nova Scotia Conservative Central Nova Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley South Shore—St. Margaret's West Nova Liberal Cape Breton—Canso Halifax West Kings—Hants Sydney—Victoria New Democratic Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Halifax Sackville—Eastern Shore