Brampton East () is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.

Brampton East 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.

Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021). Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian

Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None

Median income: $33,600 (2020)

Average income: $44,160 (2020)

+ Panethnic groups in Brampton East (2011−2021)Panethnic group202120162011 South Asian 91,975 80,035 59,885 African 13,345 13,775 12,415 European 8,620 11,210 12,140 Middle Eastern 3,900 3,625 2,835 Southeast Asian 3,635 3,620 4,165 Latin American 1,610 2,220 1,545 East Asian 1,010 1,290 1,630 Indigenous 45 225 160 Other/multiracial 6,990 5,495 4,560 Total responses 131,140 121,485 99,335 Total population 131,677 122,000 99,712

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   Liberal 20,193 53.19   Conservative 10,841 28.56   New Democratic 5,928 15.62   People's 1,000 2.63

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   New Democratic 10,775 37.7   Liberal 8,774 30.7   Conservative 8,439 29.5   Green 487 1.2   Others 147 0.5

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

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