 Ontario electoral district | |||
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Thornhill_2015.svg) Thornhill in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 115,292 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 85,739 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 62.90 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,832.9 | ||
| Census division(s) | York | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Markham, Vaughan | ||
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Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It covers its namesake Thornhill neighbourhood, which is split between the Cities of Vaughan and Markham. The Vaughan portion also includes parts of the city east of Highway 400 and south of Rutherford Road, including the largely industrial district of Concord and Vaughan's planned downtown; Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. The part in the City of Markham is restricted its portion of Thornhill itself (but does not include it all) west of Bayview Avenue.[clarification needed] The riding was created in 1996 and the east end of the riding was split off into other ridings in 2012.
The riding was initially safe for the Liberals, and they won large majorities of the vote in its first two elections. In 2004, the large Jewish population started shifting toward the Conservative Party, and the Conservatives won the riding in 2008. After being targeted by the Conservatives as part of their strategy to win a majority in 2011, the riding became a Conservative stronghold.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Thornhill". Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2018.