 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ontario_2018_York_Centre.svg) York Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries) | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 1952 | ||
| First contested | 1953 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 108,307 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 63,682 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 37 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,927.2 | ||
| Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto | ||
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York Centre (French: York-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953.
As per the 2016 Census, 17.0% of York Centre residents are of Filipino ethnic origin and 16.0% belong to the Filipino visible minority, which are the highest such figures among all City of Toronto ridings. At the same time, the York Centre riding has the highest percentage of residents of Russian (9.5%) and Jewish (5.6%) ethnic origins (in the 2011 National Household Survey, 13.6% of York Centre residents had entered a Jewish ethnic origin). The riding has a large Jewish population, currently the fourth-largest in Canada at 14 percent behind Thornhill, Mount Royal and Eglinton—Lawrence.[3]
The riding was previously considered one of the safest Liberal Party seats in Canada; however, this changed as the Conservative Party gained ground in the 2000s, and its candidate Mark Adler won the seat in 2011. However, the Liberal Party regained the seat in 2015 with its candidate Michael Levitt. Levitt was re-elected in 2019, and resigned as of September 1, 2020, to become the CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.[4] A by-election to fill the vacancy took place on October 26, 2020, which was won by Liberal Ya'ara Saks.[5][6]
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ "Statistics Canada: Estimation of the Jewish Population". Elections Canada. 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
- ^ Lim, Jolson (August 4, 2020). "Toronto-area MP Michael Levitt to resign to head Jewish human rights organization". iPolitics. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ "Byelections called for Toronto Centre, York Centre on Oct. 26". CBC News. September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Federal Liberals hold onto Toronto Centre, York Centre in byelections | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved October 27, 2020.