Etobicoke Centre (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district). For the neighbourhood, see Islington-City Centre West.

Etobicoke Centre

Ontario electoral district

Etobicoke Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Yvan Baker
Liberal

District created

1976

First contested

1979

Last contested

2021

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2021)

118,483

Electors (2015)

86,412

Area (km²)

Pop. density (per km²)

3,038

Census division(s)

Toronto

Census subdivision(s)

Toronto

Etobicoke Centre (French: Etobicoke-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Eatonville (part), Islington-City Centre West (part), Richview, Humber Heights - Westmount, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Markland Wood, Princess Gardens, Thorncrest Village and Humber Valley Village in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.

History

The riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

On May 18, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court declared the 2011 federal election results for this district to be null and void. The judge ruled that 79 votes should not have been counted when the margin of victory in the riding was only 26 votes. On May 28, 2012, however, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ted Opitz, filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 25, 2012, the Supreme Court allowed Opitz's appeal and quashed the order for a by-election. In its decision, the Supreme Court restored 59 of the 79 tossed votes, essentially leaving Optiz with a 6 vote margin of victory.

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke North and gained territory from Etobicoke—Lakeshore during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

It has elected five members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Etobicoke Centre Riding created from Etobicoke and High Park—Humber Valley
31st	1979–1980	Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Allan Rock	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006	Borys Wrzesnewskyj
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015	Ted Opitz	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Yvan Baker
44th	2021–present	Yvan Baker

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 52.7% English, 4.2% Italian, 3.6% Ukrainian, 3.4% Spanish, 2.8% Portuguese, 2.6% Polish, 2.5% Serbian, 1.4% Russian, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.4% Albanian, 1.3% Korean, 1.1% Mandarin

Religions: 67.8% Christian (41.2% Catholic, 7.6% Christian Orthodox, 3.0% Anglican, 2.8% United Church, 1.4% Presbyterian, 11.8% other), 6.9% Muslim, 2.5% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 20.3% none

Median income: $44,400 (2020)

Average income: $69,200 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Etobicoke Centre (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European	79,235	67.6%	83,940	72.33%	84,535	74.61%
African	8,275	7.06%	6,825	5.88%	6,510	5.75%
South Asian	7,885	6.73%	6,905	5.95%	6,740	5.95%
East Asian	6,060	5.17%	6,195	5.34%	5,565	4.91%
Southeast Asian	4,815	4.11%	3,555	3.06%	3,020	2.67%
Latin American	4,630	3.95%	3,725	3.21%	2,915	2.57%
Middle Eastern	2,430	2.07%	2,200	1.9%	1,900	1.68%
Indigenous	760	0.65%	680	0.59%	470	0.41%
Other/multiracial	3,105	2.65%	2,045	1.76%	1,650	1.46%
Total responses	117,205	98.92%	116,055	98.33%	113,310	98.61%
Total population	118,483	100%	118,022	100%	114,910	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results

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

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	27,623	47.9	-4.0	$96,412.48
	Conservative	Geoff Turner	20,208	35.1	+0.6	$26,481.81
	New Democratic	Ashley Da Silva	5,809	10.1	+2.4	$0.00
	People's	Maurice Cormier	4,000	6.9	+5.8	$2,062.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,640	–	–	$118,661.19
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			63.56
Eligible voters			90,683
Source: Elections Canada

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	28,363	48.14
	Conservative	20,089	34.09
	New Democratic	6,340	10.76
	People's	3,881	6.59
	Green	186	0.32
	Others	63	0.11

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	32,800	51.9	-0.87	$98,039.05
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,804	34.5	-2.83	$100,790.81
	New Democratic	Heather Vickers-Wong	4,881	7.7	-0.21	$8,510.54
	Green	Cameron Semple	2,775	4.4	+3.01	none listed
	People's	Nicholas Serdiuk	664	1.1	-	none listed
	Libertarian	Mark Wrzesniewski	295	0.5	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,219	100.0
Total rejected ballots			624
Turnout			63,843	69.5
Eligible voters			91,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.98
Source: Elections Canada

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	32,612	52.77	+12.21	$183,159.14
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	23,070	37.33	-4.53	$123,382.55
	New Democratic	Tanya De Mello	4,886	7.91	-6.72	$86,715.88
	Green	Shawn Rizvi	856	1.39	-1.30	–
	Progressive Canadian	Rob Wolvin	378	0.61		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,802	100.00		$226,574.91
Total rejected ballots			303	0.49
Turnout			62,105	71.03
Eligible voters			87,440
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.37
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,306	41.86
	Liberal	21,616	40.56
	New Democratic	7,792	14.62
	Green	1,431	2.69
	Others	146	0.27

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,644	41.2%	+3.7%	–
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	21,618	41.2%	-7.7%	–
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Rivero	7,735	14.7%	+6.4%	–
	Green	Katarina Zoricic	1,377	2.6%	-2.8%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	149	0.3%		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,523	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			271	0.51	+0.02
Turnout			52,794	65.49	+3.8
Eligible voters			80,603

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	24,537	48.9	-3.5	$72,089
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,839	37.5	+4.3	$83,207
	New Democratic	Joseph Schwartz	4,164	8.3	-1.3
	Green	Marion Schaffer	2,688	5.4	+1.6	$352
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,228	100.0		$85,584
Total rejected ballots			247	0.49
Turnout			50,475	62.7

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	29,509	52.44	−5.84	$78,982
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,702	33.24	+4.85	$77,310
	New Democratic	Cynthia Cameron	5,426	9.64	−0.27	$1,391
	Green	John Vanderheyden	2,111	3.75	+0.54	$1,087
	Progressive Canadian	Norman Dundas	402	0.71	n/a	$18
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	117	0.21	-	none listed
Total valid votes			56,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Turnout			56,487	71.95	+4.67
Electors on the lists			78,511
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.35
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	30,441	58.28	+1.9	$76,192
	Conservative	Lida Preyma	14,829	28.39	-10.2	$72,841
	New Democratic	John Richmond	5,174	9.91	+5.3	$4,977
	Green	Margo Pearson	1,676	3.21	–	not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	112	0.21	-0.2	not listed
Total valid votes			52,232	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Turnout			52,481	67.28
Electors on the lists			78,007
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.05
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	26,083	56.4	+1.8
	Alliance	Michael G. Kraik	10,318	22.3	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Vaughan	7,566	16.4	-5.6
	New Democratic	Karen Dolan	2,124	4.6	-0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	181	0.4	0.0
Total valid votes			46,272	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	27,345	54.6	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alida Leistra	11,023	22.0	+2.5
	Reform	Jason Beyak	8,638	17.2	-4.9
	New Democratic	Matthew Bonk	2,661	5.3	+3.1
	Natural Law	Paul Gasztold	267	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	189	0.4	+0.3
Total valid votes			50,123	100.0

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	25,633	54.3	+13.9
	Reform	Charles McLeod	10,440	22.1
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Donley	9,203	19.5	-28.9
	New Democratic	Udayan Rege	1,037	2.2	-7.4
	National	Janice Tait	500	1.1
	Natural Law	Everett Murphy	200	0.4
	Abolitionist	Kelly Ann Leblanc	77	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	53	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Joseph Zmak	25	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			47,168	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	24,338	48.4	-8.4
	Liberal	Mary Schwass	20,342	40.5	+10.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	4,815	9.6	-3.2
	Libertarian	Janice E. Hazlett	373	0.7	+0.2
	Green	Isabel Van Humbeck	187	0.4
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	81	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	John J. Benz	70	0.1
	Independent	Jeanne Gatley	62	0.1
Total valid votes			50,268	100.0

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	34,026	56.8	+9.7
	Liberal	Jim Brown	17,853	29.8	-11.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	7,657	12.8	+2.0
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	339	0.6	0.0
Total valid votes			59,875	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	26,969	47.1	-4.2
	Liberal	Joe Cruden	23,715	41.4	+3.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,181	10.8	+0.6
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	308	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Boylan	88	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,261	100.0
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v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	31,498	51.3
	Liberal	Alastair Gillespie	23,141	37.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,237	10.2
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	272	0.4
	Communist	Nick Hrynchyshyn	112	0.2
	Independent	Helen Obadia	54	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	James H. Reid	38	0.1
Total valid votes			61,352	100.0

Toronto City Council Wards 3-4

Since 2000 Toronto City Council Wards 3 and 4 share the same name.

Ward 3
- Stephen Holyday 2014–present
- Peter Leon 2013-2014
- Doug Holyday 2000-2013
Ward 4
- John Campbell 2014–present
- Gloria Lindsay Luby 2000-2014

References

"Etobicoke Centre (federal electoral district) (Code 35022) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section
2011 Results from Elections Canada, Results certified by judicial recount
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

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

"Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
Statistics Canada: 2012
"Election result in Toronto riding thrown out by judge". CBC News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
"Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj". October 25, 2012.
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Etobicoke Centre [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
"Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Etobicoke Centre, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

v t e Federal ridings in Suburban Toronto
Liberal	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Willowdale York Centre
Independent	Don Valley North

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central
Ontario

Eastern
Ontario

S Durham
& York

SW Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby
S York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough-Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest
Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of
Brampton &
Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West
Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington
City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
Provincial ridings in Ontario

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Toronto City Council Wards 3-4

See also

References

Notes