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Brampton East (federal electoral district)

Brampton East (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada


Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.[3]

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Brampton East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021).[4] Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.[5]

Demographics

Religion in Brampton East (2021)[6]

  Sikh (40.4%)
  Hindu (23.8%)
  Christian (22.3%)
  Muslim (7.4%)
  Buddhist (0.8%)
  Other (0.4%)
  Irreligious (4.9%)
According to the 2021 Canadian census[7]

Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian

Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None

Median income: $33,600 (2020)

Average income: $44,160 (2020)

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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Election results

Graph of election results in Brampton East (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
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Notes

  1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  3. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

  1. Final Report – Ontario
  2. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (December 15, 2022). "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. "Federal Election 2015: Brampton East riding results". Global News. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Brampton East, Ontario Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (December 15, 2022). "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  9. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  10. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

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