Oakville West
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 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 105,024 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 79,315 | ||
| Area (km²) | 68 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,544.5 | ||
| Census division | Halton | ||
| Census subdivision | Oakville (part) | ||
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Oakville West (French: Oakville-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and based on the 2021 Canadian census. Its counterpart is Oakville East.
It contains all of the Town of Oakville west of Sixteen Mile Creek and includes parts previously in Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington. Sima Acan is the first and current MP for this riding, having been first elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2]
Consists of that part of the Town of Oakville south of Sixteen Mile Creek; then generally west along said creek to Lake Ontario; then southwest in a straight line to the southwest limit of said town.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 65.0% English, 4.9% Mandarin, 3.2% Arabic, 2.7% Spanish, 2.5% French, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.6% Urdu, 1.5% Serbo-Croatian, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Russian, 1.0% Hindi, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions: 56.3% Christian (31.0% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.1% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.9% Other), 27.5% No religion, 8.4% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 1.6% Sikh
Median income: $47,600 (2020)
Average income: $77,400 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 64,430 | 61.7% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 11,915 | 11.41% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 9,955 | 9.53% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 5,670 | 5.43% | ||||||||||||
| African | 3,895 | 3.73% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[d] | 3,055 | 2.93% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 2,460 | 2.36% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 895 | 0.86% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 2,150 | 2.06% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 104,430 | 99.44% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 105,015 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville West Riding created from Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Sima Acan | Liberal | |
