250px|thumb|right|Map of Parkdale-High Park

Parkdale—High Park was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada from 1976 to 2025. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada starting with the 1979 Canadian general election. The district was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, High Park—Humber Valley, Davenport and Spadina districts. The first Member of Parliament (MP) was Liberal Party member, Jesse Flis, and the final one was Arif Virani, also a Liberal member.

According to the 2016 census, Parkdale—High Park has the lowest percentage of visible minorities (26.2%) among all City of Toronto ridings; it also has the highest percentage of people of Irish (20.0%), German (9.8%), and French (8.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto ridings.

After the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process, the 2023 representation orders renamed the electoral district Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. Redistribution expanded the district, made up mostly of the old Parkdale—High Park, the southern portion of York South—Weston and a small portion of Spadina—Fort York in the southeast. The new electoral district came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north and east by a line drawn from the Humber River east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along Queen Street West, south along Dufferin Street, west along Dufferin Street, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.

History

Prior to the 2023 representation orders from the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process, the electoral district was named Parkdale—High Park. The electoral district was created in 1976 from parts of Parkdale, High Park—Humber Valley, Davenport and Spadina electoral districts.

Ethnic groups: 69.1% White, 6.0% Black, 5.1% South Asian, 3.9% Chinese, 2.7% Filipino, 2.7% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Indigenous

Languages: 65.8% English, 2.7% Polish, 2.4% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.8% Portuguese, 1.6% Tibetan, 1.5% Russian, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Serbian, 1.0% Cantonese

Religions: 43.1% Christian (24.1% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 6.7% Other), 3.5% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 2.0% Jewish, 1.9% Hindu, 45.3% None

Median income: $46,800 (2020)

Average income: $72,800 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

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

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| Liberal ||align=right| 24,400 ||align=right| 42.79

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| New Democratic ||align=right| 21,893 ||align=right| 38.40

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| Conservative ||align=right| 7,603 ||align=right| 13.33

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| People's ||align=right| 1,825 ||align=right| 3.20

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| Green ||align=right| 1,077 ||align=right| 1.89

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| Others ||align=right| 220 ||align=right| 0.39

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250px|right|thumb|Former Liberal leadership hopeful Gerard Kennedy challenged incumbent MP Peggy Nash in the 2008 federal election.

See also

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

Notes

Citations

References

  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
  • Parkdale-High Park Green Party
  • Parkdale-High Park NDP Riding Association