Etobicoke—Lakeshore (federal electoral district)
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Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
For the defunct district, see Lakeshore (provincial electoral district). For the provincial and municipal electoral divisions, see Etobicoke—Lakeshore (provincial electoral district) and Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore.
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Ontario electoral district | |||
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 141,751 | ||
Electors (2015) | 90,167 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 53 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,674.5 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
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It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.
This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.[3]