Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district)

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Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Victoria Park Avenue to the west, and Midland Avenue to the east.

LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jean Yip
Liberal
District created1987
First contested1988
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Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
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Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jean Yip
Liberal
District created1987
First contested1988
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]104,423
Electors (2015)68,748
Area (km²)[2]22
Pop. density (per km²)4,746.5
Census divisionToronto
Census subdivisionToronto (part)
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Geography

The riding covers the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Steeles, L'Amoreaux, Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Agincourt (west of Midland Avenue) and Milliken (west of Midland Avenue).

Former boundaries

  • 1987 to 1996
    1987 to 1996
  • 1996 to 2003 (remained the same)
    1996 to 2003 (remained the same)
  • 2003 to 2015
    2003 to 2015

Demographics

Immigrants make up 67.8% of the population of Scarborough—Agincourt, the highest such percentage for any Canadian federal riding;[3] those from Asia and the Middle East alone, constitute a majority of the population (53.0%), which is also the highest figure for any federal riding,[4] and, in particular, immigrants from the People's Republic of China are almost a quarter (24.7%) of the riding's population, another Canadian high. Chinese, not otherwise specified (i.e. Cantonese, Mandarin, etc.) is the home language for 12.0% of the people in Scarborough—Agincourt (another demographic record).[5]

According to the 2021 Canadian census[6]

Ethnic groups: 42.9% Chinese, 17.2% White, 15.0% South Asian, 7.2% Black, 6.3% Filipino, 2.1% Arab, 1.9% West Asian, 1.3% Southeast Asian, 1.1% Latin American
Languages: 30.2% English, 17.1% Cantonese, 17.0% Mandarin, 3.6% Tamil, 3.1% Tagalog, 2.6% Armenian, 2.0% Arabic, 1.3% Greek, 1.3% Urdu
Religions: 41.2% Christian (16.8% Catholic, 5.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.6% Anglican, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 15.3% Other), 7.8% Hindu, 7.6% Muslim, 4.7% Buddhist, 37.5% none
Median income: $31,400 (2020)
Average income: $41,560 (2020)

History

The federal riding was created in 1987 from York—Scarborough. It consisted in initially of the part of the City of Scarborough bounded on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, on the east by the Canadian National Railway line situated immediately west of Midland Avenue, and on the south by Ellesmere Road.

In 2003, it was given the boundaries as described above.

A by-election was held on June 30, 2014 as a result of the resignation of Member of Parliament Jim Karygiannis to run for City Councillor in the 2014 Toronto municipal election.[7]

Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the riding lost the part of the riding east of Midland Avenue to the new riding of Scarborough North.

Following the death of Member of Parliament Arnold Chan on September 14, 2017, his widow, Jean Yip, won the seat.[8]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

More information Parliament, Years ...
Parliament Years Member Party
Scarborough—Agincourt
Riding created from York—Scarborough
34th  1988–1993     Jim Karygiannis Liberal
35th  1993–1997
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2014
 2014–2015 Arnold Chan
42nd  2015–2017
 2017–2019 Jean Yip
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025
45th  2025–present
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Election results

Graph of election results in Scarborough—Agincourt (since 1988, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
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2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJean Yip27,55254.31–1.93
ConservativeAris Movsessian21,73242.84+13.67
New DemocraticDan Lovell1,4492.85–7.17
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,733
Total rejected ballots 466
Turnout 51,19960.79
Eligible voters 84,229
Liberal notional hold Swing –7.80
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
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More information 2021 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party Vote %
  Liberal24,21256.24
  Conservative12,55829.17
  New Democratic4,34010.08
  People's1,2032.79
  Green7421.72
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2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJean Yip20,71256.54+6.04$85,348.74
ConservativeMark Johnson10,63029.02-8.03$60,415.97
New DemocraticLarisa Julius3,68010.04+1.34$4,603.16
People'sEric Muraven9782.67+1.42$1,748.37
GreenArjun Balasingham6311.72-0.79$5,423.76
Total valid votes/expense limit 36,630––$106,493.49
Total rejected ballots 4221.14+0.01
Turnout 37,05253.16-5.65
Eligible voters 69,705
Liberal hold Swing +7.04
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]
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2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJean Yip21,11550.50+1.09$64,047.27
ConservativeSean Hu15,49237.05-3.50$90,791.36
New DemocraticLarisa Julius3,6368.70+3.63$0.00
GreenRandi Ramdeen1,0502.51+1.14$0.00
People'sAnthony Internicola5211.25-none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,81498.87
Total rejected ballots 4761.13+0.49
Turnout 42,29058.81+31.99
Eligible voters 71,907
Liberal hold Swing +2.29
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
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On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.[16]

More information Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017 Death of Arnold Chan, Party ...
Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017
Death of Arnold Chan
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJean Yip9,08849.41-2.54
ConservativeDasong Zou7,45840.55+2.42
New DemocraticBrian Chang9315.06-2.79
Christian HeritageJude Coutinho3722.02+1.22
GreenMichael DiPasquale2521.37-0.00
IndependentTom Zhu1480.80
IndependentJohn "The Engineer" Turmel1450.79
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,39499.37
Total rejected ballots 1170.63+0.04
Turnout 18,51126.82-32.59
Eligible voters 69,007
Liberal hold Swing -2.53
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2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalArnold Chan21,58751.95+6.38$70,985.90
ConservativeBin Chang15,80238.03+3.88$81,000.27
New DemocraticLaura Thomas Patrick3,2637.85-10.14$3,832.40
GreenDebra Scott5701.37-0.92–
Christian HeritageJude Coutinho3340.80–$621.16
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,55699.41 $203,566.74
Total rejected ballots 2480.59–
Turnout 41,80459.42–
Eligible voters 70,355
Liberal hold Swing +1.25
Source: Elections Canada[17][18]
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More information 2011 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
2011 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party Vote %
  Liberal17,19745.57
  Conservative12,88734.15
  New Democratic6,78817.99
  Green8662.29
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Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014
Resignation of Jim Karygiannis
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalArnold Chan12,86859.38+13.98
ConservativeTrevor Ellis6,34429.27−4.91
New DemocraticElizabeth Ying Long1,8388.48−9.62
IndependentKevin Clarke3151.45-
GreenShahbaz Mir3071.42−0.90
Total valid votes/expense limit 21,67299.44–  
Total rejected ballots 1210.56−0.09
Turnout 21,79329.43−26.60
Eligible voters 74,062
Liberal hold Swing +9.45
Source: Elections Canada[20]
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2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis18,49845.39−11.24$59,289.81
ConservativeHarry Tsai13,93034.18+4.78$78,678.16
New DemocraticNancy Patchell7,37618.10+8.79$2,771.86
GreenPauline Thompson9462.32−2.32$0
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,750100.00$84,591.02$140,739.83
Total rejected ballots 2660.65+0.05
Turnout 41,01656.91+2.75
Eligible voters 72,069
Liberal hold Swing −8.01
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2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis22,79556.63−5.96$62,348.27
ConservativeBenson Lau11,83629.41+5.58$82,246.11
New DemocraticSimon Dougherty3,7489.31−1.77$1,915.89
GreenAdrian Molder1,8704.65+2.15$1,575.30
Total valid votes/expense limit 40,24999.44$82,589.11$148,085.57
Total rejected ballots 2280.56+0.19
Turnout 40,47754.16−7.58
Eligible voters 74,734
Liberal hold Swing −5.77
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2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis28,06562.59−1.5$55,681
ConservativeBill Redwood10,68423.82+2.8$61,542
New DemocraticDavid Robertson4,96911.08+0.9$6,968
GreenCasey Maple1,1202.49+0.3$0
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,838100.00$124,191
Total rejected ballots 1680.4−0.1
Turnout 45,00661.74+5.3
Eligible voters 72,895$76,434
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2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis26,40064.1−6.0$61,321
ConservativeAndrew Faust8,64921.0−3.01$71,263
New DemocraticD'Arcy Palmer4,18210.2+6.3$4,124
Progressive CanadianTony J. Karadimas1,0482.5Ø$10,513
GreenWayne Yeechong9192.2Ø$0
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,198100.0$147,222
Total rejected ballots 2240.5
Turnout 41,42256.4
Eligible voters 73,391
1: Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000.
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2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis26,98670.1+5.0$62,964
AllianceAndrew Faust5,10013.4+2.61$19,772
Progressive ConservativeBruce Elliott4,03010.6−7.2$9,953
New DemocraticMichael Laxer1,4993.9−2.4$2,785
Canadian ActionWayne Cook3410.9Ø$10,116
Marxist–LeninistSarah Thompson1120.3Ø$8
Total valid votes/expense limit 38,068100.0$105,599
1: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.
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1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalJim Karygiannis25,99565.1+5.3$47,944
Progressive ConservativeRick Perkins7,11517.8−3.4$41,232
ReformEdward Lee4,29110.8−3.8$0.00
New DemocraticDoug Hum2,5126.3+4.0$15,398
Total valid votes/expense limit 39,913100.0$104,574
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1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalJim Karygiannis24,73959.8+15.5
Progressive ConservativeBen Eng8,77521.2−21.2
ReformCyril Gibb6,03614.6Ø
New DemocraticJoe José Perez9442.3−9.3
NationalBruce Nord2700.7Ø
IndependentAnne C. McBride2470.6−0.4
Natural LawBill Morrison1940.5Ø
AbolitionistMichael Green950.2Ø
IndependentSp. Thakore890.2Ø
Total valid votes/expense limit 41,389100.0
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1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalJim Karygiannis19,45944.3
Progressive ConservativeW. Paul McCrossan18,60142.4
New DemocraticSusie Vallance5,08211.6
IndependentAnne C. McBride4421.0
LibertarianB.D.G. Antrobus3280.7
Total valid votes 43,912
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Neighbourhoods

Three neighbourhoods fall completely within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

The west ends of three neighbourhoods also fall within the borders of Scarborough—Agincourt:

In addition, there are other neighbourhoods such as Wishing Well, Lynngate and Bridlewood.

Community and resident associations

  • ACSA: Agincourt Community Services Association
  • Bridlewood
  • Leacock Community Association
  • Lynngate Residents' Association & Neighbourhood Watch
  • Neighbourhood Watch
  • SAS Scarborough Association of Seniors
  • The Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 40 Residents' Association

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References

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