Markham—Stouffville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham.; ; see also Statistics Canada, National Household Survey Profile: Markham-Stouffville (2011).

Markham—Stouffville was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election. Helena Jaczek has represented the riding since the 2019 federal election.

Geography

The territory of the riding (map) consists of the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville and part of the City of Markham The riding's population is estimated at 109,780..

Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 36.0% White, 27.7% Chinese, 19.0% South Asian, 3.7% Black, 3.6% Filipino, 1.1% Arab, 1.1% West Asian

Languages: 51.2% English, 12.7% Cantonese, 7.1% Mandarin, 4.9% Tamil, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Urdu, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.0% Gujarati

Religions: 47.0% Christian (22.3% Catholic, 4.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2.2% United Church, 1.3% Baptist, 1.1% Presbyterian, 13.2% Other), 10.2% Hindu, 6.9% Muslim, 2.4% Buddhist, 1.0% Sikh, 31.5% None

Median income: $43,200 (2020)

Average income: $59,800 (2020)

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

PartyAssociation nameCEOHQ cityConservative Party of CanadaMarkham—Stouffville Conservative AssociationJeyaprakash N. KirthirajWhitchurch-StouffvilleGreen Party of CanadaMarkham—Stouffville Green Party AssociationMary-Louise A. ProsenMarkhamLiberal Party of CanadaMarkham—Stouffville Federal Liberal AssociationCatherine E. HarrisMarkhamNew Democratic PartyMarkham—Stouffville Federal NDP Riding AssociationJessica PointonOttawa

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote %   Liberal 25,391 51.55   Conservative 17,118 34.75   New Democratic 4,329 8.79   People's 1,448 2.94   Green 972 1.97

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   Conservative 23,820 50.49   Liberal 13,662 28.96   New Democratic 8,010 16.98   Green 1,284 2.72   Others 406 0.86Total 47,182 100.00

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

References