Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district)

Scarborough—Agincourt
Ontario electoral district
	Scarborough—Agincourt in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jean Yip; Liberal
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District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	104,423
Electors (2015)	68,748
Area (km²)	22
Pop. density (per km²)	4,746.5
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

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.

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
1996 to 2003 (remained the same)
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:

Parliament	Years		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
41st	2014–2015	Arnold Chan
42nd	2015–2017	Arnold Chan
42nd	2017–2019	Jean Yip
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

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)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean Yip	20,712	56.54	+6.04	$85,348.74
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	10,630	29.02	-8.03	$60,415.97
	New Democratic	Larisa Julius	3,680	10.04	+1.34	$4,603.16
	People's	Eric Muraven	978	2.67	+1.42	$1,748.37
	Green	Arjun Balasingham	631	1.72	-0.79	$5,423.76
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,630	–	–	$106,493.49
Total rejected ballots			422	1.14	+0.01
Turnout			37,052	53.16	-5.65
Eligible voters			69,705
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.04
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	24,212	56.24
	Conservative	12,558	29.17
	New Democratic	4,340	10.08
	People's	1,203	2.79
	Green	742	1.72

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jean Yip	21,115	50.50	+1.09	$64,047.27
	Conservative	Sean Hu	15,492	37.05	-3.50	$90,791.36
	New Democratic	Larisa Julius	3,636	8.70	+3.63	$0.00
	Green	Randi Ramdeen	1,050	2.51	+1.14	$0.00
	People's	Anthony Internicola	521	1.25	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,814	98.87
Total rejected ballots			476	1.13	+0.49
Turnout			42,290	58.81	+31.99
Eligible voters			71,907
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.29
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

On November 5, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that a by-election would be held on December 11, 2017.^[14]

Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017: Scarborough—Agincourt Death of Arnold Chan
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Yip	9,088	49.41	-2.54
	Conservative	Dasong Zou	7,458	40.55	+2.42
	New Democratic	Brian Chang	931	5.06	-2.79
	Christian Heritage	Jude Coutinho	372	2.02	+1.22
	Green	Michael DiPasquale	252	1.37	-0.00
	Independent	Tom Zhu	148	0.80
	Independent	John "The Engineer" Turmel	145	0.79
Total valid votes/expense limit			18,394	99.37
Total rejected ballots			117	0.63	+0.04
Turnout			18,511	26.82	-32.59
Eligible voters			69,007
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.53

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Arnold Chan	21,587	51.95	+6.38	$70,985.90
	Conservative	Bin Chang	15,802	38.03	+3.88	$81,000.27
	New Democratic	Laura Thomas Patrick	3,263	7.85	-10.14	$3,832.40
	Green	Debra Scott	570	1.37	-0.92	–
	Christian Heritage	Jude Coutinho	334	0.80	–	$621.16
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,556	99.41		$203,566.74
Total rejected ballots			248	0.59	–
Turnout			41,804	59.42	–
Eligible voters			70,355
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.25
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[17]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	17,197	45.57
	Conservative	12,887	34.15
	New Democratic	6,788	17.99
	Green	866	2.29

v t e Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014: Scarborough—Agincourt Resignation of Jim Karygiannis
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Chan	12,868	59.38	+13.98
	Conservative	Trevor Ellis	6,344	29.27	−4.91
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Ying Long	1,838	8.48	−9.62
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	315	1.45	-
	Green	Shahbaz Mir	307	1.42	−0.90
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,672	99.44	–
Total rejected ballots			121	0.56	−0.09
Turnout			21,793	29.43	−26.60
Eligible voters			74,062
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.45
Source: Elections Canada^[18]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	18,498	45.39	−11.24	$59,289.81
	Conservative	Harry Tsai	13,930	34.18	+4.78	$78,678.16
	New Democratic	Nancy Patchell	7,376	18.10	+8.79	$2,771.86
	Green	Pauline Thompson	946	2.32	−2.32	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,750	100.00	$84,591.02	$140,739.83
Total rejected ballots			266	0.65	+0.05
Turnout			41,016	56.91	+2.75
Eligible voters			72,069
	Liberal hold		Swing		−8.01

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	22,795	56.63	−5.96	$62,348.27
	Conservative	Benson Lau	11,836	29.41	+5.58	$82,246.11
	New Democratic	Simon Dougherty	3,748	9.31	−1.77	$1,915.89
	Green	Adrian Molder	1,870	4.65	+2.15	$1,575.30
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,249	99.44	$82,589.11	$148,085.57
Total rejected ballots			228	0.56	+0.19
Turnout			40,477	54.16	−7.58
Eligible voters			74,734
	Liberal hold		Swing		−5.77

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	28,065	62.59	−1.5	$55,681
	Conservative	Bill Redwood	10,684	23.82	+2.8	$61,542
	New Democratic	David Robertson	4,969	11.08	+0.9	$6,968
	Green	Casey Maple	1,120	2.49	+0.3	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,838	100.00	$124,191
Total rejected ballots			168	0.4	−0.1
Turnout			45,006	61.74	+5.3
Eligible voters			72,895	$76,434

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,400	64.1	−6.0	$61,321
	Conservative	Andrew Faust	8,649	21.0	−3.0¹	$71,263
	New Democratic	D'Arcy Palmer	4,182	10.2	+6.3	$4,124
	Progressive Canadian	Tony J. Karadimas	1,048	2.5	Ø	$10,513
	Green	Wayne Yeechong	919	2.2	Ø	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,198	100.0	$147,222
Total rejected ballots			224	0.5
Turnout			41,422	56.4
Eligible voters			73,391
¹: Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals in 2000.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	26,986	70.1	+5.0	$62,964
	Alliance	Andrew Faust	5,100	13.4	+2.6¹	$19,772
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Elliott	4,030	10.6	−7.2	$9,953
	New Democratic	Michael Laxer	1,499	3.9	−2.4	$2,785
	Canadian Action	Wayne Cook	341	0.9	Ø	$10,116
	Marxist–Leninist	Sarah Thompson	112	0.3	Ø	$8
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,068	100.0	$105,599
¹: Canadian Alliance change is based on Reform Party totals in 1997.

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	25,995	65.1	+5.3	$47,944
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Perkins	7,115	17.8	−3.4	$41,232
	Reform	Edward Lee	4,291	10.8	−3.8	$0.00
	New Democratic	Doug Hum	2,512	6.3	+4.0	$15,398
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,913	100.0	$104,574

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	24,739	59.8	+15.5
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Eng	8,775	21.2	−21.2
	Reform	Cyril Gibb	6,036	14.6	Ø
	New Democratic	Joe José Perez	944	2.3	−9.3
	National	Bruce Nord	270	0.7	Ø
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	247	0.6	−0.4
	Natural Law	Bill Morrison	194	0.5	Ø
	Abolitionist	Michael Green	95	0.2	Ø
	Independent	Sp. Thakore	89	0.2	Ø
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,389	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jim Karygiannis	19,459	44.3
	Progressive Conservative	W. Paul McCrossan	18,601	42.4
	New Democratic	Susie Vallance	5,082	11.6
	Independent	Anne C. McBride	442	1.0
	Libertarian	B.D.G. Antrobus	328	0.7
Total valid votes			43,912

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:

#128 - Agincourt South-Malvern West
#129 - Agincourt North
#130 - Milliken

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

References

"Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district) (Code 35080) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Riding history from Library of Parliament
2011 results from Elections Canada
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
^ "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. November 20, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough--Agincourt [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
^ "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ Wherry, Aaron (September 14, 2017). "Liberal MP Arnold Chan dies after battle with cancer". CBC News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
^ "Prime Minister of Canada announces by-elections". Prime Minister's Office. November 5, 2017.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
^ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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[statcan21-1] "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[stat2011-2] Statistics Canada: 2011

[3] "Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved November 23, 2012.

[4] "Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996". 2.statcan.ca. November 20, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[5] "First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. October 24, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

[6] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Scarborough--Agincourt [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[7] "Federal byelections set for June 30". CBC News. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[8] Wherry, Aaron (September 14, 2017). "Liberal MP Arnold Chan dies after battle with cancer". CBC News. Retrieved September 14, 2017.

[9] "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[10] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

[11] "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

[12] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[13] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

[14] "Prime Minister of Canada announces by-elections". Prime Minister's Office. November 5, 2017.

[15] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Scarborough—Agincourt, 30 September 2015

[16] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[17] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[18] "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.

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