 Ontario electoral district | |||
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| Coordinates: | 43°45′11″N 79°16′23″W / 43.753°N 79.273°W | ||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1976 | ||
| District abolished | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 1979 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 113,104 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 70,145 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 30 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 3,770.1 | ||
| Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto | ||
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Scarborough Centre (French: Scarborough-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
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 has been represented in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Salma Zahid since 2015.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011