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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2015

Population (2011)
  
109,235

Elector
  
83,550

MP
  
Deb Schulte Liberal

District webpage
  
profile, map

Electors (2015)
  
83,550

Province
  
Ontario

District created
  
Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012

Census divisions
  
Regional Municipality of York, King, Vaughan

King—Vaughan is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada.

Contents

King—Vaughan was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election. It was created out of parts of the ridings of Oak Ridges—Markham and Vaughan.

Geography

The riding consists of:

  • that part of the Township of King lying southerly of Highway No. 9 and Davis Drive West; and
  • that part of the City of Vaughan lying northerly and easterly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of said city with Major Mackenzie Drive; thence easterly along said drive to Huntington Road; thence southerly along said road to Major Mackenzie Drive; thence generally easterly along said drive to Humber Bridge Trail; thence easterly along said trail and its easterly production to Old Major Mackenzie Drive; thence easterly and southeasterly along said drive to Major Mackenzie Drive; thence northeasterly and easterly along said drive to Highway No. 400; thence southerly along said highway to Rutherford Road; thence easterly along said road to the easterly limit of said city.

    • Demographics

    According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

    Ethnic groups: 66.7% White, 10.9% South Asian, 4.0% Chinese, 3.5% Black, 2.9% Southeast Asian, 2.7% Filipino, 2.7% Latin American, 2.4% West Asian
    Languages: 54.3% English, 12.3% Italian, 4.2% Russian, 3.3% Chinese, 2.9% Urdu, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Portuguese, 1.7% Farsi, 1.5% Tamil, 1.4% Vietnamese, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.2% Punjabi, 1.0% Arabic
    Religions: 68.6% Christian (49.0% Catholic, 4.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% United Church, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.7% Anglican, 1.3% Presbyterian, 7.6% Other), 6.9% Muslim, 4.8% Hindu, 4.5% Jewish, 2.5% Buddhist, 1.1% Sikh, 11.3% No religion
    Median income (2010): $34,451
    Average income (2010): $50,519

    Members of Parliament

    This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

    References

    King—Vaughan Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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