Scarborough—Rouge River was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 1999 and 2018.

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Scarborough—Rouge River

Ontario electoral district
Scarborough—Rouge River in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1999
District abolished	2018
First contested	1999
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Population (2011)	135,102
Electors (2011)	85,505
Area (km²)	51.17
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

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The riding covers the northeast part of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It stretches from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue in the north. In the east it ends at the border with Pickering and to just west of Midland in the west.

In 2018, the district was dissolved into Scarborough—Rouge Park and Scarborough North.

According to the 2011 Canadian census^[1][2]

• Ethnic groups: 32.8% South Asian, 30.8% Chinese, 10.7% Black, 8.7% White, 8.2% Filipino, 1.6% Southeast Asian
• Languages: 40.0% English, 27.1% Chinese, 13.2% Tamil, 4.2% Tagalog, 3.0% Urdu, 2.4% Gujarati, 1.4% Punjabi
• Religion: 39.2% Christian (19.1% Catholic, 2.7% Pentecostal, 2.4% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 1.1% Christian Orthodox, 12.1% Other Christian), 20.7% Hindu, 8.9% Muslim, 4.7% Buddhist, 1.2% Sikh, 25.0% No religion.
• Average household income: $74,241
• Median household income: $61,786
• Average individual income: $28,328
• Median individual income: $21,187

In 2001, 13.6% of the population was Hindu, the highest in Canada.^[3]

Scarborough—Rouge River consisted of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north and east by the city limits, on the west by Midland Avenue, and on the south by a line drawn from the east city limit west along Finch Avenue East, south along Meadowvale Road, west along Sheppard Avenue East, south along Morningside Avenue, west along Highway 401, north along Brimley Road, and west along Finch Avenue East to Midland Avenue.

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

The riding contained the neighbourhoods of Agincourt (part), Armadale, Malvern, Milliken (part) and Morningside Heights.

Wikinews has related news:

• Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with NDP candidate Sheila White, Scarborough-Rouge River

^ Change is from 2003 redistributed results.