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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2004

District webpage
  
profile, map

Census division
  
Laval

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2015

Province
  
Québec

Elector
  
81,562

Laval—Les Îles

MP
  
Fayçal El-Khoury Liberal

Laval—Les Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

Contents

Map of Les %C3%8Eles-Laval, Laval, QC, Canada

Its population in 2001 was 100,137.

Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox, and 14.0% are of Greek ethnic origin, both the highest such percentages in Canada.

Geography

The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey in the City of Laval. The neighbouring ridings are Vimy, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census
  • Mother tongue: French (48%), English (10%), Greek (9%), Arabic (7%), Armenian (4%)
  • History

    The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.

    This riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

    This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

    References

    Laval—Les Îles Wikipedia