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Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park

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Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is made up mostly of the old Parkdale—High Park and the southern portion of York South—Weston. It was created during the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process. The 2023 representation orders renamed the electoral district to Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. The new electoral district came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2] Karim Bardeesy was elected as the riding's first member of Parliament during the 2025 federal election.

Coordinates:43.65°N 79.47°W / 43.65; -79.47
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created2023
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Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park
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Coordinates:43.65°N 79.47°W / 43.65; -79.47
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Karim Bardeesy
Liberal
District created2023
First contested2025
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)117,873
Electors (2025)89,802
Area (km²)17
Pop. density (per km²)6,933.7
Census divisionToronto[1]
Census subdivisionToronto (part)
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According to the 2016 census, Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park has the lowest percentage of visible minorities (26.2%) among all City of Toronto electoral districts. It also has the highest percentage of people of Irish (20.0%), German (9.8%), and French (8.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto electoral districts.

Geography

It is located in the central-west part of Toronto on the lakefront. It has 106,559 residents. It is composed of the seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of Swansea; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the entirety of The Junction; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is Roncesvalles; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east.[3]

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north along a Toronto Hydro corridor north of St Clair Avenue, continuing eastward until it reaches a GO Transit rail line east of Keele St. The eastern boundary then follows the rail corridor southeast until it reaches Atlantic Avenue and King Street, following Atlantic to the Gardiner Expressway, which it follows westward until reaching the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.[4]

History

Prior to the 2023 representation orders from the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process, the electoral district was named Parkdale—High Park, with different borders.[2] In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the cities of Toronto and York bounded on the west by the city limits of Toronto and York, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, south along Atlantic Avenue, west along the Gardiner Expressway, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.[5]

In 2003, the old Parkdale—High Park was given its final boundaries as described above. This electoral district was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. However, the 2023 representation orders did change the name by adding "Taiaiako'n" to the beginning of the name, and the boundaries had significant changes in the north, including much of traditional area of the old City of West Toronto that was part of the old High Park electoral district pre-1976.[2] The name Taiaiako'n refers to the former Iroquoian village of Teiaiagon, which was situated in the district on the Humber River.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[6]

Ethnic groups: 69.1% White, 6.0% Black, 5.1% South Asian, 3.9% Chinese, 2.7% Filipino, 2.7% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Indigenous

Languages: 65.8% English, 2.7% Polish, 2.4% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.8% Portuguese, 1.6% Tibetan, 1.5% Russian, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Serbian, 1.0% Cantonese

Religions: 43.1% Christian (24.1% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 6.7% Other), 3.5% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 2.0% Jewish, 1.9% Hindu, 45.3% None

Median income: $46,800 (2020)

Average income: $72,800 (2020)

Electoral district associations

Canadian political parties are locally represented by Electoral district associations (EDA). Elections Canada officially recognizes the following Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park EDAs:[7]

Party Association name President HQ address HQ city
Conservative Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Conservative Association Irene Stewart M6S 4Z6 Toronto
Green Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Green Party Association Gerry J. Rankin M6N 2H3 Toronto
Liberal Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Federal Liberal Association Derek J. Raymaker M6S 1J5 Toronto
New Democratic Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Federal NDP Riding Association Francis Kung M6R 3B5 Toronto

Members of Parliament

This electoral district has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Parliament Years Member Party
Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park
Riding created from Parkdale–High Park and York South—Weston
45th  2025–present     Karim Bardeesy Liberal
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Election results

2025

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2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKarim Bardeesy36,43955.80+13.01
New DemocraticBhutila Karpoche15,00322.97–15.43
ConservativeWladyslaw Lizon12,66219.40+6.07
GreenAnna Gorka7001.1–0.84
Animal ProtectionEdward Fraser1840.28N/A
CommunistRimmy Riarh1370.21N/A
MarijuanaTerry Parker960.15N/A
Marxist–LeninistLorne Gershuny920.14N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit 65,313
Total rejected ballots 299
Turnout 65,61271.30
Eligible voters 92,011
Liberal notional hold Swing +14.22
Source: Elections Canada[8]
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2021

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2021 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Liberal24,40042.79
  New Democratic21,89338.40
  Conservative7,60313.33
  People's1,8253.20
  Green1,0771.89
  Others2200.39
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