Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.

This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.

Demographics

:According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 56.5% English, 3.6% Polish, 3.0% Spanish, 2.5% Ukrainian, 2.5% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 1.9% Italian, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% French, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.3% Tibetan, 1.3% Korean, 1.2% Serbian, 1.0% Arabic, 1.0% Cantonese<br />

Religions: 55.2% Christian (32.1% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 3.1% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.0% Other), 4.8% Muslim, 3.8% Hindu, 2.9% Buddhist, 31.2% None <br />

Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $71,100 (2020)

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"

|+ Panethnic groups in Etobicoke—Lakeshore (2011−2021)

! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group

! colspan="2" |2021

! colspan="2" |2016

! colspan="2" |2011

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!

!

!

!

!

!

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| European

| 89,835

|

| 90,915

|

| 86,280

|

|-

| South Asian

| 10,850

|

| 7,050

|

| 5,115

|

|-

| East Asian

| 8,705

|

| 7,520

|

| 5,870

|

|-

| African

| 8,020

|

| 6,325

|

| 4,860

|

|-

| Southeast Asian

| 6,575

|

| 5,570

|

| 5,150

|

|-

| Latin American

| 4,590

|

| 3,060

|

| 2,475

|

|-

| Middle Eastern

| 3,660

|

| 2,075

|

| 1,630

|

|-

| Indigenous

| 1,415

|

| 1,250

|

| 930

|

|-

| Other/multiracial

| 6,285

|

| 3,755

|

| 2,010

|

|-

! Total responses

! 139,915

!

! 127,520

!

! 114,310

!

|- class="sortbottom"

! Total population

! 141,751

!

! 129,081

!

! 115,437

!

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| colspan="15" |

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Geography

Consisting of parts of the City of Toronto

History

The riding was created in 1966 as "Lakeshore" from part of York—Humber, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities', Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of Etobicoke. In 1971, it was renamed "Toronto—Lakeshore". In 1976, it was abolished, and replaced by "Etobicoke—Lakeshore".

The riding was represented by federal Liberal Party and official Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative Bernard Trottier. Trottier lost to James Maloney of the Liberals in 2015, and Maloney still holds the seat. It was previously represented by Jean Augustine. Provincially, it was represented by Peter Milczyn from 2014 to 2018, and is now represented by Christine Hogarth. On Toronto City Council, the riding is represented by Amber Morley.

In the 1988 federal election, there was no Liberal candidate on the ballot because two days after nominations were due, the Liberal candidate, Emmanuel Feuerwerker, withdrew citing heart problems after the news media reported that Mr. Feuerwerker's campaign literature claimed university degrees that he did not, in fact, possess.

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

<gallery widths=180>

Image:Lakeshore, riding.png|1966 to 1976

Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1976.png|1976 to 1987

Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1987.png|1987 to 1996

Image:Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 1996.png|1996 to 2004

Image:Etobicoke Lakeshore.png|2004 to 2015

</gallery>

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

{| class="wikitable"

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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results

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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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| | &nbsp;

| Liberal ||align=right| 26,199 ||align=right| 47.14

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| | &nbsp;

| Conservative ||align=right| 18,047 ||align=right| 32.47

|-

| | &nbsp;

| New Democratic ||align=right| 7,498 ||align=right| 13.49

|-

| | &nbsp;

| People's ||align=right| 2,445 ||align=right| 4.40

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Green ||align=right| 1,177 ||align=right| 2.12

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Others ||align=right| 216 ||align=right| 0.39

|}

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results

|-

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Conservative ||align=right| 20,484 ||align=right| 40.23

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Liberal ||align=right| 17,867 ||align=right| 35.09

|-

| | &nbsp;

| New Democratic ||align=right| 10,336 ||align=right| 20.30

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Green ||align=right| 2,046 ||align=right| 4.02

|-

| | &nbsp;

| Marxist-Leninist ||align=right| 182 ||align=right| 0.36

|}

Toronto—Lakeshore

Lakeshore

See also

  • List of Canadian electoral districts
  • Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

  • Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:
  • Lakeshore
  • Toronto—Lakeshore
  • Etobicoke—Lakeshore
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes