Don Valley North () is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997 and since 2015. Don Valley North covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the north, Highway 401 to the south, Bayview Avenue to the west, and Victoria Park Avenue to the east.
Former North York city council member Barbara Greene, a Progressive Conservative, was elected as its first Member of Parliament in the 1988 election. She was defeated by Liberal Sarkis Assadourian in the 1993 election.
This riding was originally created in 1987, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was created from parts of Don Valley East and York—Scarborough ridings. In 1996, the riding was abolished through redistribution, and divided between Don Valley East and Willowdale ridings. This riding was re-created from parts of Willowdale and Don Valley East during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
As per the 2016 Census, Don Valley North is one of the only three City of Toronto ridings where Chinese is both the most frequent ethnic origin (32.4% of the population) and most frequent ethnicity group (31.3%, while White/Europeans come second with 29.3% of the population).
Geography This riding is located in the northeastern part of the North York district in Toronto. It contains the neighbourhoods of Henry Farm, Bayview Village, Bayview Woods-Steeles, Hillcrest Village, Don Valley Village, and Pleasant View.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Languages: 31.2% English, 14.2% Mandarin, 8.6% Cantonese, 5.5% Persian, 3.2% Korean, 2.5% Tagalog, 2.2% Arabic, 2.0% Spanish, 1.4% Russian, 1.3% Hindi, 1.2% Romanian, 1.1% Tamil, 1.1% Armenian
Religions: 40.1% Christian (16.4% Catholic, 5.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Anglican, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.3% Baptist, 14.1% Other), 11.6% Muslim, 6.7% Hindu, 2.9% Jewish, 2.6% Buddhist, 34.2% None
Median income: $36,800 (2020)
Average income: $50,880 (2020)
+ Panethnic groups in Don Valley North (2011−2021)Panethnic group202120162011 East Asian 37,885 39,230 36,710 European 28,340 32,035 33,290 South Asian 15,560 11,115 9,850 Middle Eastern 11,745 11,050 8,415 Southeast Asian 7,040 6,115 5,185 African 5,720 4,735 4,750 Latin American 2,485 1,850 1,210 Indigenous 375 275 320 Other/multiracial 3,430 2,640 2,170 Total responses 112,590 109,060 101,905 Total population 113,663 110,076 103,073
Members of Parliament
The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2015–present
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 22,186 52.77 Conservative 13,681 32.54 New Democratic 4,173 9.92 People's 1,240 2.95 Green 761 1.81 Others 5 0.01
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 15,801 40.30 Liberal 14,625 37.30 New Democratic 8,129 20.73 Green 516 1.32 Others 142 0.36
1988–1993
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
References
External links Website of the Parliament of Canada