York South—Weston—Etobicoke (; formerly York South—Weston) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

In 2015, York South—Weston elected Canada's first MP of Somali descent, Ahmed Hussen.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed York South—Weston—Etobicoke.

Electoral district

Located in the west-end of Toronto, the riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park.

Languages: 49% English, 9.8% Portuguese, 7.2% Spanish, 4.8% Italian, 3.2% Tagalog, 3.1% Vietnamese, 2.1% Somali, 1% Yue<br />

Religions: 65.9% Christian (41.2% Catholic, 2.8% Pentecostal, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.7% Anglican, 1% Baptist), 18.5% No religion, 8.7% Muslim, 3% Buddhist, 2.6% Hindu<br />

Median income (2020): $34,400 <br />

Average income (2020): $43,360

Ethnicity groups: White: 41.2%, Black: 24%, Latin American: 9.1%, Filipino: 6.8%, South Asian: 5.7%, Southeast Asian 4.6%, Chinese: 1.9%

Ethnic origins: Portuguese 12.2%, Italian 11%, Filipino: 6.2%, Canadian 6%, Jamaican 5.1%, English 4.4%, African 4.2%, Vietnamese 4.2%, Irish 4%, Scottish 3.6%

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

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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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| Liberal ||align=right| 21,364 ||align=right| 55.58

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| Conservative ||align=right| 8,640 ||align=right| 22.48

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| New Democratic ||align=right| 5,800 ||align=right| 15.09

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| People's ||align=right| 1,897 ||align=right| 4.94

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| Green ||align=right| 734 ||align=right| 1.91

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| Others ||align=right| 3 ||align=right| 0.01

|}

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

Toronto Council Wards 11 and 12

Etobicoke North is also the name for two wards on Toronto City Council each represented by a city councillor:

  • (Ward 11) York South - Weston - current councillor Frances Nunziata
  • (Ward 12) York South - Weston - current councillor Frank Di Giorgio

The combined ward boundaries roughly corresponds to the federal electoral district.

See also

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

References

Notes

  • York South-Weston history from the Parliament of Canada website includes election results and evolving boundary descriptions.
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada