Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake (formerly Niagara Falls) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
It consists of the city of Niagara Falls and the towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie.
Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed to its current name.
History
The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Erie—Lincoln and Welland ridings. It consisted initially of the townships of Stamford, Willoughby and Bertie, the city of Niagara Falls, and the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach in the county of Welland. In 1966, the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach and the township of Stamford were excluded from the riding.
In 1976, the riding was redefined to consist of the City of Niagara Falls and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 1996, the riding was expanded to include the part of the City of Thorold lying east of the Welland Canal. In 2004 the western boundary of the riding was moved east from the Welland Canal to the Thorold town line, while the southern boundary was extended south to Lake Erie. This change excluded the town of Thorold and included all of the town of Fort Erie.
This riding was left unchanged during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 79.2% White, 4.6% South Asian, 3.9% Indigenous, 2.6% Black, 2.2% Chinese, 2.3% Filipino, 1.6% Latin American Languages: 77.7% English, 2.6% Italian, 1.6% French, 1.4% Spanish, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.1% German, 1.0% Mandarin Religions: 60.9% Christian (30.6% Catholic, 5.8% Anglican, 4.0% United Church, 2.0% Presbyterian, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 1.0% Anabaptist, 11.9% Other), 2.9% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 32.2% None. Median income: $36,800 (2020) Average income: $47,720 (2020)
Federal riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
Party Association name CEO HQ cityConservative Party of CanadaNiagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake Conservative AssociationVictor G. FerraiuoloNiagara FallsGreen Party of CanadaNiagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake Green Party AssociationKaren Lynn FraserNiagara FallsLiberal Party of CanadaNiagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake Federal Liberal AssociationCindy Lee I'AnsonNiagara-on-the-LakeNew Democratic PartyNiagara Falls Federal NDP Riding AssociationOwen RielNiagara Falls
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Conservative 20,173 37.42 Liberal 18,972 35.19 New Democratic 9,625 17.85 People's 4,088 7.58 Green 1,050 1.95
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Notes
External links Riding history from the Library of Parliament 2011 results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada Niagara Falls Liberal Website