Etobicoke—Lakeshore (federal electoral district)

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.

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.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 56.5% English, 3.6% Polish, 3.0% Spanish, 2.5% Ukrainian, 2.5% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 1.9% Italian, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.4% French, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.3% Tibetan, 1.3% Korean, 1.2% Serbian, 1.0% Arabic, 1.0% Cantonese
Religions: 55.2% Christian (32.1% Catholic, 5.3% Christian Orthodox, 3.1% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.0% Other), 4.8% Muslim, 3.8% Hindu, 2.9% Buddhist, 31.2% None
Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $71,100 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Etobicoke—Lakeshore (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	89,835		90,915		86,280
South Asian	10,850		7,050		5,115
East AsianTemplate:Efn	8,705		7,520		5,870
African	8,020		6,325		4,860
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	6,575		5,570		5,150
Latin American	4,590		3,060		2,475
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	3,660		2,075		1,630
Indigenous	1,415		1,250		930
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn	6,285		3,755		2,010
Total responses	139,915		127,520		114,310
Total population	141,751		129,081		115,437
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Dundas Street West; thence southwesterly along said street to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly along said railway to Mimico Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Kipling Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Burnhamthorpe Road; thence westerly along said road to Highway 427; thence southerly along said highway to Dundas Street West; thence westerly along said street to the westerly limit of said city; thence generally southerly and northeasterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said city to the southeasterly production of the Humber River; thence generally northwesterly along said production and the Humber River to the point of commencement.

History

The riding was created in 1966 as "Lakeshore" from part of York—Humber, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities', Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of Etobicoke. In 1971, it was renamed "Toronto—Lakeshore". In 1976, it was abolished, and replaced by "Etobicoke—Lakeshore".

The riding was represented by federal Liberal Party and official Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative Bernard Trottier. Trottier lost to James Maloney of the Liberals in 2015, and Maloney still holds the seat. It was previously represented by Jean Augustine. Provincially, it was represented by Peter Milczyn from 2014 to 2018, and is now represented by Christine Hogarth. On Toronto City Council, the riding is represented by Amber Morley.

In the 1988 federal election, there was no Liberal candidate on the ballot because two days after nominations were due, the Liberal candidate, Emmanuel Feuerwerker, withdrew citing heart problems after the news media reported that Mr. Feuerwerker's campaign literature claimed university degrees that he did not, in fact, possess.

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

• 1966 to 1976
  1966 to 1976
• 1976 to 1987
  1976 to 1987
• 1987 to 1996
  1987 to 1996
• 1996 to 2004
  1996 to 2004
• 2004 to 2015
  2004 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

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

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

2021 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	26,199	47.14
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	18,047	32.47
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	7,498	13.49
Template:Canadian party colour |	People's	2,445	4.40
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	1,177	2.12
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	216	0.39

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	20,484	40.23
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	17,867	35.09
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	10,336	20.30
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	2,046	4.02
Template:Canadian party colour |	Marxist-Leninist	182	0.36

See also

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

References

• Template:SCref
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:
  • Lakeshore Template:Webarchive
  • Toronto—Lakeshore
  • Etobicoke—Lakeshore Template:Webarchive
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada