Etobicoke Centre (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district). For the neighbourhood, see Islington-City Centre West.

Etobicoke Centre (French: Etobicoke-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

Etobicoke Centre

Ontario electoral district
From the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Yvan Baker Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	118,483
Electors (2015)	86,412
Area (km²)[2]	39
Pop. density (per km²)	3,038
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto (part)

Geography

The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Eatonville (part), Islington-City Centre West (part), Richview, Humber Heights - Westmount, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Markland Wood, Princess Gardens, Thorncrest Village and Humber Valley Village in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.

History

The riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.

On May 18, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court declared the 2011 federal election results for this district to be null and void.^[3] The judge ruled that 79 votes should not have been counted when the margin of victory in the riding was only 26 votes. On May 28, 2012, however, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ted Opitz, filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 25, 2012, the Supreme Court allowed Opitz's appeal and quashed the order for a by-election. In its decision, the Supreme Court restored 59 of the 79 tossed votes, essentially leaving Optiz with a 6 vote margin of victory.^[4]

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke North and gained territory from Etobicoke—Lakeshore during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

It has elected five members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Etobicoke Centre Riding created from Etobicoke and High Park—Humber Valley
31st	1979–1980		Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Allan Rock	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006		Borys Wrzesnewskyj
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Ted Opitz	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019		Borys Wrzesnewskyj	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Yvan Baker
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Languages: 52.7% English, 4.2% Italian, 3.6% Ukrainian, 3.4% Spanish, 2.8% Portuguese, 2.6% Polish, 2.5% Serbian, 1.4% Russian, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.4% Albanian, 1.3% Korean, 1.1% Mandarin

Religions: 67.8% Christian (41.2% Catholic, 7.6% Christian Orthodox, 3.0% Anglican, 2.8% United Church, 1.4% Presbyterian, 11.8% other), 6.9% Muslim, 2.5% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 20.3% none

Median income: $44,400 (2020)

Average income: $69,200 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Etobicoke Centre (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[6]		2016[7]		2011[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	79,235	67.6%	83,940	72.33%	84,535	74.61%
African	8,275	7.06%	6,825	5.88%	6,510	5.75%
South Asian	7,885	6.73%	6,905	5.95%	6,740	5.95%
East Asian[b]	6,060	5.17%	6,195	5.34%	5,565	4.91%
Southeast Asian[c]	4,815	4.11%	3,555	3.06%	3,020	2.67%
Latin American	4,630	3.95%	3,725	3.21%	2,915	2.57%
Middle Eastern[d]	2,430	2.07%	2,200	1.9%	1,900	1.68%
Indigenous	760	0.65%	680	0.59%	470	0.41%
Other/multiracial[e]	3,105	2.65%	2,045	1.76%	1,650	1.46%
Total responses	117,205	98.92%	116,055	98.33%	113,310	98.61%
Total population	118,483	100%	118,022	100%	114,910	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results

Graph of election results in Etobicoke Centre (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	36,676	53.91	+5.77
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	29,743	43.72	+9.63
	New Democratic	Ji Won Jung	1,610	2.37	–8.39
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			68,029	69.36
Eligible voters			98,074
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–1.93
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2021 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	28,363	48.14
	Conservative	20,089	34.09
	New Democratic	6,340	10.76
	People's	3,881	6.59
	Green	186	0.32
	Others	63	0.11

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	27,623	47.9	-4.0	$96,412.48
	Conservative	Geoff Turner	20,208	35.1	+0.6	$26,481.81
	New Democratic	Ashley Da Silva	5,809	10.1	+2.4	$0.00
	People's	Maurice Cormier	4,000	6.9	+5.8	$2,062.10
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,640	–	–	$118,661.19
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			63.56
Eligible voters			90,683
Source: Elections Canada[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Yvan Baker	32,800	51.9	-0.87	$98,039.05
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,804	34.5	-2.83	$100,790.81
	New Democratic	Heather Vickers-Wong	4,881	7.7	-0.21	$8,510.54
	Green	Cameron Semple	2,775	4.4	+3.01	none listed
	People's	Nicholas Serdiuk	664	1.1	-	none listed
	Libertarian	Mark Wrzesniewski	295	0.5	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			63,219	100.0
Total rejected ballots			624
Turnout			63,843	69.5
Eligible voters			91,889
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.98
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	32,612	52.77	+12.21	$183,159.14
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	23,070	37.33	-4.53	$123,382.55
	New Democratic	Tanya De Mello	4,886	7.91	-6.72	$86,715.88
	Green	Shawn Rizvi	856	1.39	-1.30	–
	Progressive Canadian	Rob Wolvin	378	0.61		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			61,802	100.00		$226,574.91
Total rejected ballots			303	0.49
Turnout			62,105	71.03
Eligible voters			87,440
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.37
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

2011 federal election redistributed results[17]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,306	41.86
	Liberal	21,616	40.56
	New Democratic	7,792	14.62
	Green	1,431	2.69
	Others	146	0.27

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ted Opitz	21,644	41.2%	+3.7%	–
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	21,618	41.2%	-7.7%	–
	New Democratic	Ana Maria Rivero	7,735	14.7%	+6.4%	–
	Green	Katarina Zoricic	1,377	2.6%	-2.8%	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	149	0.3%		–
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,523	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			271	0.51	+0.02
Turnout			52,794	65.49	+3.8
Eligible voters			80,603

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	24,537	48.9	-3.5	$72,089
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,839	37.5	+4.3	$83,207
	New Democratic	Joseph Schwartz	4,164	8.3	-1.3
	Green	Marion Schaffer	2,688	5.4	+1.6	$352
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,228	100.0		$85,584
Total rejected ballots			247	0.49
Turnout			50,475	62.7

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	29,509	52.44	−5.84	$78,982
	Conservative	Axel Kuhn	18,702	33.24	+4.85	$77,310
	New Democratic	Cynthia Cameron	5,426	9.64	−0.27	$1,391
	Green	John Vanderheyden	2,111	3.75	+0.54	$1,087
	Progressive Canadian	Norman Dundas	402	0.71	n/a	$18
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	117	0.21	-	none listed
Total valid votes			56,267	100.00
Total rejected ballots			220
Turnout			56,487	71.95	+4.67
Electors on the lists			78,511
	Liberal hold		Swing		-5.35
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Borys Wrzesnewskyj	30,441	58.28	+1.9	$76,192
	Conservative	Lida Preyma	14,829	28.39	-10.2	$72,841
	New Democratic	John Richmond	5,174	9.91	+5.3	$4,977
	Green	Margo Pearson	1,676	3.21	–	not listed
	Marxist–Leninist	France Tremblay	112	0.21	-0.2	not listed
Total valid votes			52,232	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Turnout			52,481	67.28
Electors on the lists			78,007
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.05
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	26,083	56.4	+1.8
	Alliance	Michael G. Kraik	10,318	22.3	+5.1
	Progressive Conservative	Ross Vaughan	7,566	16.4	-5.6
	New Democratic	Karen Dolan	2,124	4.6	-0.7
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	181	0.4	0.0
Total valid votes			46,272	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	27,345	54.6	+0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Alida Leistra	11,023	22.0	+2.5
	Reform	Jason Beyak	8,638	17.2	-4.9
	New Democratic	Matthew Bonk	2,661	5.3	+3.1
	Natural Law	Paul Gasztold	267	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	189	0.4	+0.3
Total valid votes			50,123	100.0

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Rock	25,633	54.3	+13.9
	Reform	Charles McLeod	10,440	22.1
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Donley	9,203	19.5	-28.9
	New Democratic	Udayan Rege	1,037	2.2	-7.4
	National	Janice Tait	500	1.1
	Natural Law	Everett Murphy	200	0.4
	Abolitionist	Kelly Ann Leblanc	77	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	53	0.1
	Commonwealth of Canada	Joseph Zmak	25	0.1	-0.1
Total valid votes			47,168	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	24,338	48.4	-8.4
	Liberal	Mary Schwass	20,342	40.5	+10.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	4,815	9.6	-3.2
	Libertarian	Janice E. Hazlett	373	0.7	+0.2
	Green	Isabel Van Humbeck	187	0.4
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	81	0.2
	Commonwealth of Canada	John J. Benz	70	0.1
	Independent	Jeanne Gatley	62	0.1
Total valid votes			50,268	100.0

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	34,026	56.8	+9.7
	Liberal	Jim Brown	17,853	29.8	-11.6
	New Democratic	Phil Jones	7,657	12.8	+2.0
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	339	0.6	0.0
Total valid votes			59,875	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	26,969	47.1	-4.2
	Liberal	Joe Cruden	23,715	41.4	+3.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,181	10.8	+0.6
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	308	0.5	+0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Anne Boylan	88	0.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			57,261	100.0
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v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Wilson	31,498	51.3
	Liberal	Alastair Gillespie	23,141	37.7
	New Democratic	Dan Shipley	6,237	10.2
	Libertarian	Norman R. Andersen	272	0.4
	Communist	Nick Hrynchyshyn	112	0.2
	Independent	Helen Obadia	54	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	James H. Reid	38	0.1
Total valid votes			61,352	100.0

Toronto City Council Wards 3-4

Since 2000 Toronto City Council Wards 3 and 4 share the same name.

• Ward 3
  • Stephen Holyday 2014–present
  • Peter Leon 2013-2014
  • Doug Holyday 2000-2013
• Ward 4
  • John Campbell 2014–present
  • Gloria Lindsay Luby 2000-2014

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada