Scarborough—Rouge Park is a federal electoral district in

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, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Scarborough—Rouge Park was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election that took place on October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of

Pickering—Scarborough East Pickering—Scarborough East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. The district was created in 2003 from 44.1% of Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge, 39.7% ...

(49%),

Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough—Rouge River was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. However, as of the Fall 2015 federal election, part of this riding has been com ...

(36%) and

Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Guildwood is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts of Scarborough East, Scarborough Southwest and S ...

(14%).

Geography

The riding consists of the eastern part of the

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district of

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. It contains the neighbourhoods of Morningside Heights,

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, Port Union,

West Rouge West Rouge is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-east corner of Toronto, within the former city of Scarborough. The community is roughly bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, the Rouge River and the Rouge Na ...

, Highland Creek, West Hill (east of Morningside Avenue) and Malvern (east of Neilson Road).

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 32.6% South Asian, 27.6% White, 15.9% Black, 8.7% Filipino, 4.5% Chinese, 1.6% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Indigenous, 1.5% Latino, 1.1% West Asian, 7.0% Other
Languages: 61.6% English, 8.3% Tamil, 3.4% Chinese, 2.1% Tagalog, 1.6% Urdu, 23.0% Other
Religions: 55.4% Christian, 18.6% Hindu, 9.4% Muslim, 1.3% Sikh, 1.4% Other, 13.9% None
Median income: $27,217 (2010)
Average income: $36,822 (2010)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scarborough-Rouge Park Ontario federal electoral districts Federal electoral districts of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto 2013 establishments in Ontario