Scarborough Centre (federal electoral district)

thumb|250px|right|Map of Scarborough Centre

Scarborough Centre () is a former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 2025.

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough West and York—Scarborough ridings.

It consists of the part of the Scarborough district of the City of Toronto bounded:

on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
on the north by Highway 401,
on the east by McCowan Road, Lawrence Avenue East and Bellamy Road North, and
on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

Notable landmarks in Scarborough Centre include:

Scarborough Civic Centre, site of east Toronto district council meetings, and adjacent Albert Campbell Square
Scarborough Town Centre, a large shopping mall
Scarborough Centre Line 3 station
Scarborough General Hospital, General Division
Scarborough Historical Museum

It was last represented in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Salma Zahid in 2025.

Geography

The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Scarborough City Centre (west of McCowan Road), Bendale (west of McCowan and south of Lawrence), Eglinton East, Ionview (north of Eglinton Avenue), Golden Mile (north of Eglinton Avenue), Wexford, Maryvale, and Dorset Park.

History

Scarborough Centre was created in 1976. It consisted initially of the part of the Borough of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Ellesmere Road, on the east by Bellamy Road North, and on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1987, it was expanded to include the part of Scarborough lying bounded by Bellamy Road North, Lawrence Avenue East, Markham Road and Eglinton Avenue East.

In 1996, it was redefined such that it was bounded:

on the west by Victoria Park Avenue,
on the north by a line drawn from west to east along Ellesmere Road, north along the Canadian National Railway and west along Highway 401,
on the east by a line drawn from north to south along Highland Creek East, west along Ellesmere Road, south along Scarborough Golf Club Road, west along Lawrence Avenue East and south along Markham Road, and
on the south by Eglinton Avenue East.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

This riding lost territory to Scarborough-Guildwood, and gained territory from Scarborough Southwest during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 28.5% South Asian, 24.8% White, 13.1% Filipino, 9.9% Black, 8.0% Chinese, 3.4% Arab, 2.7% West Asian, 1.6% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian

Languages: 43.3% English, 6.6% Tamil, 6.3% Tagalog, 3.0% Mandarin, 3.0% Cantonese, 2.7% Bengali, 2.5% Arabic, 2.1% Greek, 2.1% Urdu, 1.8% Gujarati, 1.3% Spanish, 1.2% Hindi, 1.1% Dari

Religions: 48.0% Christian (23.7% Catholic, 5.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Anglican, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.3% United Church, 1.0% Baptist, 13.0% other), 17.4% Muslim, 13.9% Hindu, 1.6% Buddhist, 17.9% none

Median income: $34,000 (2020)

Average income: $41,560 (2020)

Former boundaries

Image:Scarborough Centre, 1976.png|1976 to 1987

Image:Scarborough Centre, 1988.png|1987 to 1996

Image:Scarborough Centre, 96.png|1996 to 2003

Image:Scarborough Centre.png|2003 to 2015

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Election results

{| 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" | %

| |  

| Conservative ||align=right| 12,841 ||align=right| 34.88

| |  

| Liberal ||align=right| 11,738 ||align=right| 31.89

| |  

| New Democratic ||align=right| 11,285 ||align=right| 30.66

| |  

| Green ||align=right| 946 ||align=right| 2.57

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

References

Riding history from the Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada