Calgary Skyview
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Calgary Skyview is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 110,189 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 84,116 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 123 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 895.8 | ||
| Census division | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivision | Calgary (part) | ||
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Calgary Skyview 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, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Calgary Northeast.[4]
In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, southern parts of the riding will break off into the new Calgary McKnight district.[5]
Geography
The district consists of the Northeasternmost corner of the city of Calgary. It includes the communities surrounding the Calgary International Airport, although the airport itself has been redistributed into the district of Calgary McKnight.
Demographics
- According to the 2011 Canadian census[6]
Languages: 50.0% English, 16.7% Punjabi, 6.5% Urdu, 4.4% Tagalog, 3.7% Chinese, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Arabic, 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.4% Hindi, 1.2% Persian, 1.2% French, 1.0% Bengali, 8.0% Other
Religions: 42.4% Christian, 16.3% Sikh, 14.3% Muslim, 4.5% Hindu, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.5% Other, 19.8% None
Median income: $30,961 (2010)
Average income: $37,064 (2010)
| Panethnic group |
2021[7] | 2016[8] | 2011[9] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 65,630 | 41.38% | 50,290 | 37.22% | 34,385 | 31.38% | ||||||||
| European[a] | 33,480 | 21.11% | 37,870 | 28.03% | 41,315 | 37.7% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 21,395 | 13.49% | 16,055 | 11.88% | 11,605 | 10.59% | ||||||||
| African | 13,075 | 8.24% | 9,705 | 7.18% | 5,655 | 5.16% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 7,620 | 4.8% | 6,315 | 4.67% | 4,335 | 3.96% | ||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 6,085 | 3.84% | 5,665 | 4.19% | 5,020 | 4.58% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 3,945 | 2.49% | 3,365 | 2.49% | 2,770 | 2.53% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 3,695 | 2.33% | 3,330 | 2.46% | 2,940 | 2.68% | ||||||||
| Other/Multiracial[e] | 3,685 | 2.32% | 2,515 | 1.86% | 1,545 | 1.41% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 158,605 | 99.35% | 135,110 | 99.54% | 109,575 | 99.44% | ||||||||
| Total population | 159,642 | 100% | 135,730 | 100% | 110,189 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary Skyview Riding created from Calgary Northeast |
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| 42nd | 2015–2017 | Darshan Kang | Liberal | |
| 2017–2019 | Independent | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Jag Sahota | Conservative | |
| 44th | 2021–2025 | George Chahal | Liberal | |
| 45th | 2025–present | Amanpreet Gill | Conservative | |
Election results
2023 representation order
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Amanpreet Gill | 27,106 | 55.51 | +10.55 | ||||
| Liberal | Hafeez Malik | 18,334 | 37.55 | +4.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rajesh Angral | 1,311 | 2.68 | –13.85 | ||||
| Independent | Minesh Patel | 966 | 1.98 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Scott Calverley | 609 | 1.25 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Jag Anand | 504 | 1.03 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 48,860 | 60.18 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 81,185 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +3.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[12] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 16,151 | 44.96 | |
| Liberal | 11,899 | 33.12 | |
| New Democratic | 5,938 | 16.53 | |
| People's | 1,344 | 3.74 | |
| Green | 328 | 0.91 | |
| Others | 262 | 0.73 | |
2013 representation order
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | George Chahal | 20,092 | 42.4 | +14.06 | $107,596.46 | |||
| Conservative | Jag Sahota | 17,111 | 36.1 | -16.39 | $82,418.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurinder Singh Gill | 7,690 | 16.2 | +1.28 | $14,336.31 | |||
| People's | Harry Dhillon | 1,720 | 3.6 | +2.41 | $3,904.85 | |||
| Green | Janna So | 432 | 0.9 | -0.68 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Lee Aquart | 184 | 0.4 | – | $4,123.83 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 111 | 0.2 | -0.06 | $0.00 | |||
| Centrist | Nadeem Rana | 93 | 0.2 | – | $674.40 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,433 | – | – | $116,250.12 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 502 | |||||||
| Turnout | 47,935 | 54.88 | -5.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,347 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jag Sahota | 26,533 | 52.49 | +12.74 | $102,315.20 | |||
| Liberal | Nirmala Naidoo | 14,327 | 28.34 | -17.54 | $62,601.08 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurinder Singh Gill | 7,540 | 14.92 | +6.90 | none listed | |||
| Green | Signe Knutson | 800 | 1.58 | -0.30 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Harry Dhillon | 603 | 1.19 | $8,416.69 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Joseph Alexander | 483 | 0.96 | none listed | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Harpreet Singh Dawar | 136 | 0.27 | none listed | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 130 | 0.26 | +0.06 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,552 | 99.03 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 497 | 0.97 | +0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,049 | 60.12 | -0.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,915 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darshan Kang | 20,664 | 45.88 | +17.24 | $125,611.09 | |||
| Conservative | Devinder Shory | 17,885 | 39.75 | -16.50 | $155,284.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Sahajvir Singh | 3,605 | 8.01 | -2.03 | $91,462.67 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Najeeb Butt | 957 | 2.13 | – | $5,050.00 | |||
| Green | Ed Reddy | 846 | 1.88 | -2.75 | $682.50 | |||
| Democratic Advancement | Stephen Garvey | 786 | 1.75 | – | $31,134.16 | |||
| Independent | Joseph Young | 182 | 0.40 | – | $1,614.02 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 88 | 0.20 | –0.24 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,993 | 99.32 | $206,487.35 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 310 | 0.68 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,303 | 60.72 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,604 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[16][17] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[18] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 16,573 | 56.25 | |
| Liberal | 8,438 | 28.64 | |
| New Democratic | 2,959 | 10.04 | |
| Green | 1,364 | 4.63 | |
| Marxist–Leninist | 129 | 0.44 | |
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- 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 "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" 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.
