Legislature House of Commons District created 2003 Last contested 2015 Province Ontario Elector 63,296 | MP John McKay
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Scarborough—Guildwood is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
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It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough Southwest and Scarborough Centre.
This riding lost territory to Scarborough—Rouge Park and Scarborough Southwest, and gained territory from Scarborough Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Geography
It is centred on the Guildwood neighbourhood. It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Lake Ontario north along Markham Road, west along Eglinton Avenue, north along Bellamy Road South, west along Lawrence Avenue, north along McCowan Road, east along Highway 401, south along Morningside Avenue back to Lake Ontario.
Presently, it contains the neighbourhoods of Guildwood, West Hill (west of Morningside Avenue), Morningside, Woburn, and Scarborough Village (east of Markham Road).
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 CensusEthnic groups: 33.3% White, 30.6% South Asian, 14.7% Black, 7.4% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 2.4% West Asian, 1.9% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian
Languages: 57.8% English, 7.5% Tamil, 5.7% Gujarati, 3.8% Tagalog, 3.1% Urdu, 2.2% Chinese, 1.9% Persian, 1.8% Bengali, 1.4% French, 1.3% Spanish
Religions: 54.0% Christian (24.3% Catholic, 3.9% Anglican, 3.1% Pentecostal, 3.0% United Church, 2.9% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 1.8% Presbyterian), 15.5% Hindu, 14.5% Muslim, 13.7% No religion
Median income (2005): $21,092
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons: