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Scarborough—Agincourt

Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
Scarborough-Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries).png
Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Arnold Chan
Liberal
District created 1987
First contested 1988
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 104,499
Electors (2015) 68,748
Area (km²) 22
Pop. density (per km²) 4,750
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

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

The riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It is bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by the Toronto city limits (Steeles Avenue East), on the east by Midland Avenue, and on the south by Highway 401. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).

1987-1996

1996 to 2003 (remained the same)

2003 to 2015

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding; those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding, and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt (another demographic record).

Ethnic groups: 46.0% Chinese, 20.8% White, 15.1% South Asian, 5.3% Black, 3.8% Filipino, 1.9% West Asian, 1.6% Arab
Languages: 41.3% Chinese, 32.5% English, 5.1% Tamil, 2.3% Tagalog, 1.8% Armenian, 1.7% Arabic, 1.6% Greek, 1.6% Arabic, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Urdu, 1.2% Persian
Religions: 42.7% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.3% Anglican, 2.0% Baptist, 1.7% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.9% Other Christian), 7.9% Hindu, 6.5% Muslim, 5.6% Buddhist, 36.5% No religion
Median income (2010): $20,702
Average income (2010): $29,076


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