Whitby is a federal electoral district (riding) in Ontario consisting of the entire town of Whitby, Ontario. The boundaries for Whitby were created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and were legally defined in the 2013 representation order. The riding came into existence upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015. It was created out of the district of Whitby—Oshawa. It is a key Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will lose all of its territory north of Highway 407 to the new riding of Pickering—Brooklin. This change will come into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 62.2% White, 12.0% South Asian, 9.1% Black, 3.6% Chinese, 2.6% Filipino, 2.4% Indigenous, 1.6% West Asian, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 75.5% English, 1.7% Urdu, 1.6% Tamil, 1.5% Mandarin, 1.3% French, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 54.3% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 4.9% Anglican, 4.2% United Church, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.1% Baptist, 12.4% Other), 6.7% Muslim, 5.4% Hindu, 31.6% None
Median income: $48,000 (2020)
Average income: $63,000 (2020)
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2023 representation order
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 23,284 45.09 Conservative 17,804 34.48 New Democratic 7,443 14.41 People's 2,273 4.40 Green 833 1.61
2013 representation order
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 31,034 58.81 New Democratic 11,297 21.41 Liberal 7,644 14.49 Green 2,628 4.98 Libertarian 168 0.32
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References