Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East (French: Scarborough-Centre–Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada.[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
 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 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 111,377 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 76,345 | ||
| Census division | Toronto | ||
| Census subdivision | Toronto (part) | ||
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Geography
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding is created out of a merger of Scarborough Centre and Don Valley East.[1]
- Loses all of Don Valley East west of the Don River to Don Valley North and Don Valley West
- Loses Eglinton East, Bendale South and Bendale-Glen Andrew neighbourhoods of Scarborough Centre to Scarborough—Woburn
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 52.7% English, 5.1% Tagalog, 3.8% Arabic, 3.6% Tamil, 2.9% Mandarin, 2.6% Greek, 2.5% Farsi, 2.4% Cantonese, 2.1% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.8% Urdu, 1.7% Bengali, 1.1% Gujarati
Religions: 51.2% Christian (23.2% Catholic, 7.8% Christian Orthodox, 2.2% Anglican, 1.8% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Presbyterian, 12.7% Other), 20.8% No religion, 16.3% Muslim, 8.7% Hindu, 1.5% Buddhist
Median income: $35,200 (2020)
Average income: $45,440 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 36,725 | 33.3% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 21,480 | 19.48% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 13,100 | 11.88% | ||||||||||||
| African | 11,155 | 10.12% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[c] | 9,705 | 8.8% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[d] | 9,230 | 8.37% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 2,590 | 2.35% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 855 | 0.78% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 5,425 | 4.92% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 110,270 | 99.01% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 111,375 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East Riding created from Don Valley East and Scarborough Centre |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Salma Zahid | Liberal | |
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Salma Zahid | 27,539 | 57.21 | +0.89 | ||||
| Conservative | Belent Mathew | 18,353 | 38.13 | +12.81 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alyson Koa | 1,583 | 3.29 | –10.46 | ||||
| People's | Peter Koubakis | 660 | 1.37 | –2.89 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 48,135 | 61.93 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,727 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | –5.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 23,381 | 56.32 | |
| Conservative | 10,513 | 25.32 | |
| New Democratic | 5,707 | 13.75 | |
| People's | 1,768 | 4.26 | |
| Others | 149 | 0.36 | |
