Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,^[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.^[2]

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Whitby

Ontario electoral district
Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lorne Coe Progressive Conservative
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	128,380
Electors (2018)	96,879
Area (km²)	149
Pop. density (per km²)	861.6
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Whitby

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The riding was created for the 2018 general provincial election and consists of the Town of Whitby. The previous district included sections of Oshawa and Ajax.

2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census

• Population: 134,875 (estimate; actual census population from 2016 was 128,377)^[3]
• Languages: 91.7% English only, 7.6% Bilingual French-English, 0.5% neither English nor French
• Average individual income: $58,383
• Median individual income: $41,419
• Average household income: $126,596
• Median household income: $101,373
• Denizens with Canadian citizenship: 130,327 (96.6%)
• Denizens with citizenship other than Canadian: 4,547 (3.3%)
• Immigrated between 2000-2005: 2,817
• Immigrated between 2006-2011: 2,338
• Immigrated after 2012: 2,386
• Born in province of residence: 95,247
• Born outside province of residence: 10,829