Durham (federal electoral district)

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Durham
Ontario electoral district
Durham in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Jamil Jivani
Conservative
District created1903
District abolished2023
First contested1904
Last contested2024 by-election
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]150,235
Electors (2015)92,317
Area (km²)[2]953
Pop. density (per km²)157.6
Census division(s)Durham
Census subdivision(s)Clarington, Mississaugas of Scugog Island, Oshawa, Scugog

Durham (formerly known as Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and since 1988.

Its first iteration was created in 1903 from Durham East and Durham West ridings. It consisted of the county of Durham. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the Northumberland—Durham riding. It was recreated in 1987 from parts of the Durham—Northumberland and Ontario ridings.

The second incarnation of the riding initially consisted of the Town of Newcastle, the townships of Scugog and Uxbridge, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of Rossland Road, the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3 and part of the Town of Whitby lying north of Taunton Road.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington and part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North and east along King Street East.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa ridings. Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was defined to consist of the townships of Uxbridge and Scugog, the Municipality of Clarington and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island reserve. In 2004, Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was renamed to its current name of Durham. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution of 2012, the riding lost territory to Pickering—Uxbridge and Northumberland—Peterborough South and gained territory from Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa.

Following the report from the 2022 electoral redistribution, the riding will be redistributed into Bowmanville—Oshawa North (Clarington and Oshawa portions) and York—Durham (Scugog portion).

On August 24, 2020, then-Durham MP Erin O'Toole won the Conservative Party leadership election and was named Leader of the Official Opposition.

Demographics

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Durham in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2003 boundaries)

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Languages: 81.8% English, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% French, 1.4% Urdu
Religions: 52.1% Christian (21.7% Catholic, 7.0% United Church, 4.5% Anglican, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Presbyterian, 13.1% Other), 5.3% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 36.8% None
Median income: $45,600 (2020)

Average income: $57,600 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Durham (2011−2021)
Panethnic group 2021[4] 2016[5] 2011[6]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
European[a] 107,515 72.06% 109,155 84.28% 103,860 90.82%
South Asian 14,105 9.45% 5,055 3.9% 1,640 1.43%
African 10,405 6.97% 5,165 3.99% 2,830 2.47%
Indigenous 3,420 2.29% 3,045 2.35% 2,135 1.87%
East Asian[b] 3,385 2.27% 2,090 1.61% 1,070 0.94%
Southeast Asian[c] 3,025 2.03% 1,795 1.39% 1,160 1.01%
Middle Eastern[d] 2,875 1.93% 980 0.76% 450 0.39%
Latin American 1,330 0.89% 820 0.63% 565 0.49%
Other/multiracial[e] 3,125 2.09% 1,425 1.1% 660 0.58%
Total responses 149,195 99.31% 129,520 98.97% 114,360 99.1%
Total population 150,235 100% 130,872 100% 115,395 100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Geography

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The riding is a mix of suburban, exurban areas. It contains all of Scugog, and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, plus Oshawa north of Taunton Road and the western half of the Municipality of Clarington, which is home to over half the riding's population. Bowmanville is the riding's largest community. Most of the riding has supported the Conservatives in the 2019 and 2021 elections, with the strongest support coming from the riding's rural areas, especially in rural Scugog Township. The Liberals have been able to win much of the Oshawa part of the riding, outside of the city's rural northern section. The NDP have seen their strongest support in Oshawa and in Bowmanville.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Durham
Riding created from Durham East and Durham West
10th  1904–1908     Henry Alfred Ward Conservative
11th  1908–1911 Charles Jonas Thornton
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     Newton Rowell Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     Fred Wellington Bowen Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     Frank Rickard Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949     Charles Elwood Stephenson Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953     John James Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Percy Vivian Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Russell Honey Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Northumberland—Durham and Ontario
Durham
Riding re-created from Durham—Northumberland, Oshawa and Ontario
34th  1988–1993     K. Ross Stevenson Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Alex Shepherd Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge
38th  2004–2006     Bev Oda Conservative
Durham
39th  2006–2008     Bev Oda Conservative
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2012
 2012–2015 Erin O'Toole
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2023
 2024–present Jamil Jivani
Riding dissolved into Bowmanville—Oshawa North and York—Durham

Current member of Parliament

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This seat is held by Conservative Jamil Jivani since a 2024 by-election to succeed former Opposition leader Erin O'Toole.[7]

Election results

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Graph of election results in Durham (1987-2003), Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Durham (2004-present) (1987-present, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Durham, 2004–present

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Graph of election results in Durham (2004-present, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Canadian federal by-election, March 4, 2024: Durham
Resignation of Erin O'Toole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jamil Jivani 18,610 57.44 +11.04
Liberal Robert Rock 7,285 22.48 –7.44
New Democratic Chris Borgia 3,363 10.38 –7.14
People's Patricia Conlin 1,435 4.43 –1.07
Green Kevin MacKenzie 698 2.15
Independent Pranay Gunti 374 1.15
Centrist Khalid Qureshi 336 1.04
United Grant Abraham 238 0.73
Rhinoceros Adam Smith 62 0.19 –0.03
Total valid votes 32,401
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 32,401 27.87 –33.32
Eligible voters 116,259
Conservative hold Swing +9.24
Source: Elections Canada[8]
2021 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Erin O'Toole 31,423 46.39 +4.28 $112,775.26
Liberal Jonathan Giancroce 20,267 29.92 –2.33 $56,079.34
New Democratic Christopher Cameron 11,865 17.52 –0.73 $4,774.16
People's Patricia Conlin 3,725 5.50 +3.51 $8,162.85
Independent Sarah Gabrielle Baron 251 0.37 – $2,215.46
Rhinoceros Adam Smith 150 0.22 – none listed
Independent Kurdil-Telt Patch 49 0.07 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 67,730 99.33 – $135,835.56
Total rejected ballots 455 0.67 +0.01
Turnout 68,185 61.19 –6.80
Eligible voters 111,428
Conservative hold Swing +3.30
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2019 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Erin O'Toole 30,752 42.12 -3.01 $86,288.22
Liberal Jonathan Giancroce 23,547 32.25 -3.50 $50,364.45
New Democratic Sarah Whalen-Wright 13,323 18.25 +2.22 $3,348.10
Green Evan Price 3,950 5.41 +2.89 none listed
People's Brenda Virtue 1,442 1.97 – $2,377.06
Total valid votes/expense limit 73,014 99.35
Total rejected ballots 480 0.65 +0.29
Turnout 73,494 67.99 -0.49
Eligible voters 108,096
Conservative hold Swing +0.25
Source: Elections Canada[11][12][13]
2015 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Erin O'Toole 28,967 45.13 −10.04 $117,180.89
Liberal Corinna Traill 22,949 35.75 +20.22 $51,458.76
New Democratic Derek Spence 10,289 16.03 −7.72 $21,240.10
Green Stacey Leadbetter 1,616 2.52 −2.04 $109.90
Christian Heritage Andrew Moriarity 364 0.57 – $4,224.95
Total valid votes/expense limit 64,185 99.64   $236,417.96
Total rejected ballots 233 0.36 –
Turnout 64,418 68.48 –
Eligible voters 94,069
Conservative hold Swing -15.13
Source: Elections Canada[14][15][16]
2011 federal election redistributed results[17]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 27,900 55.17
  New Democratic 12,011 23.75
  Liberal 7,857 15.54
  Green 2,307 4.56
  Others 499 0.99


Canadian federal by-election, November 26, 2012: Durham
Resignation of Bev Oda
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Erin O'Toole 17,280 50.72 −3.82 $95,331
New Democratic Larry O'Connor 8,946 26.26 +5.16 $96,257
Liberal Grant Humes 5,887 17.28 −0.57 $91,946
Green Virginia Ervin 1,386 4.07 −1.32 $742
Christian Heritage Andrew Moriarity 437 1.28 +0.49 $4,379
Online Michael Nicula 132 0.39 – $1,080
Total valid votes 34,068 99.66
Total rejected ballots 115 0.34 -0.12
Turnout 34,183 35.72 -27.50
Eligible voters 95,710
Conservative hold Swing −4.49
Source: "November 26, 2012 By-elections". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
2011 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Bev Oda 31,737 54.55 +0.49 –
New Democratic Tammy Schoep 12,277 21.10 +10.72 –
Liberal Grant Humes 10,387 17.85 -5.18 –
Green Stephen Leahy 3,134 5.39 -6.05 –
Christian Heritage Andrew Moriarty 462 0.79 -0.30 –
Libertarian Blaize Barnicoat 187 0.32 – –
Total valid votes 58,184 99.54   –
Total rejected ballots 267 0.46 +0.12
Turnout 58,451 63.21 +2.74
Eligible voters 92,470 – –
Conservative hold Swing -5.11
2008 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Bev Oda 28,551 54.05 +7.04 $69,054
Liberal Bryan Ransom 12,167 23.03 -6.98 $34,901
Green Stephen Leahy 6,041 11.44 +6.79 $4,147
New Democratic Andrew McKeever (withdrawn)[18] 5,485 10.38 -6.88 $1,896
Christian Heritage Henry Zekveld 577 1.09 +0.03 $2,529
Total valid votes 52,821 99.67   $90,063
Total rejected ballots 177 0.33 +0.04
Turnout 52,998 60.48 -8.78
Conservative hold Swing +7.01
2006 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bev Oda 27,087 47.02 +6.27
Liberal Doug Moffatt 17,290 30.01 -8.26
New Democratic Bruce Rogers 9,946 17.26 +2.15
Green Virginia Ervin 2,676 4.64 +0.56
Christian Heritage Henry Zekveld 612 1.06 -0.73
Total valid votes 57,611
Total rejected ballots 168 0.29 -0.20
Turnout 57,779 69.26 +5.02
Conservative hold Swing +7.26

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004

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2004 Canadian federal election: Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bev Oda 20,813 40.74 -9.15
Liberal Timothy O. E. Lang 19,548 38.27 -5.88
New Democratic Bruce Rogers 7,721 15.11 +10.26
Green Virginia Ervin 2,085 4.08
Christian Heritage Durk Bruinsma 915 1.79
Total valid votes 51,082 99.51
Total rejected ballots 251 0.49
Turnout 51,333 64.24
Conservative notional hold Swing -1.64

^ Change based on redistributed results. Conservative change based on combined Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance results.

2000 federal election redistributed results[19]
Party Vote %
  Liberal 17,901 44.15
  Canadian Alliance 12,557 30.97
  Progressive Conservative 7,676 18.93
  New Democratic 2,085 4.08
  Others 915 1.79

Durham, 1987–2003

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Graph of election results in Durham (1988-2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2000 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Shepherd 20,602 45.20 +1.86
Alliance Gerry Skipwith 13,743 30.15 +1.68
Progressive Conservative Sam Cureatz 8,367 18.36 -1.26
New Democratic Ken Ranney 2,545 5.58 -1.50
Independent Durk Bruinsma 326 0.72 -0.77
Total valid votes 45,583 99.69
Total rejected ballots 144 0.31 -0.09
Turnout 45,727 56.64 -7.50
Liberal hold Swing +0.09
1997 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Shepherd 19,878 43.34 +6.58
Reform Ian Smyth 13,059 28.47 -1.98
Progressive Conservative Sam Cureatz 8,995 19.61 -4.92
New Democratic Colin Argyle 3,250 7.09 +2.93
Christian Heritage Durk Bruinsma 682 1.49 +0.33
Total valid votes 45,864 99.59
Total rejected ballots 188 0.41
Turnout 46,052 64.15
Liberal hold Swing +4.28
1993 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Shepherd 22,383 36.76 +7.63
Reform Ian Smyth 18,543 30.45
Progressive Conservative Ross Stevenson 14,940 24.54 -21.93
New Democratic Lucy Rybka-Becker 2,529 4.15 -15.80
National W.H. Harry Pope 1,169 1.92
Christian Heritage Durk T. Bruinsma 707 1.16 -2.06
Green Judy Hurvid 350 0.57 -0.04
Natural Law Micheal Paul Larmand 271 0.45
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +14.78
1988 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Ross Stevenson 24,065 46.47
Liberal Doug Moffatt 15,083 29.13
New Democratic Margaret Wilbur 10,334 19.95
Christian Heritage John Kuipers 1,666 3.22
Libertarian Rolf Posma 323 0.62
Green Harold Tausch 316 0.61

Durham, 1904–1968

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Graph of election results in Durham (1904-1968, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1965 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Russell Honey 8,017 42.49 -3.73
Progressive Conservative Garnet Rickard 6,725 35.64 -7.21
New Democratic John Anthony Cheyne Ketchum 3,948 20.93 +10.85
Social Credit Wilbur N. Grandall 177 0.94 +0.08
Liberal hold Swing +1.74
1963 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Russell Honey 8,720 46.22 +2.06
Progressive Conservative Garnet Rickard 8,084 42.85 +0.17
New Democratic Eileen Ethel Coutts 1,901 10.08 -2.21
Social Credit Wilbur N. Crandall 161 0.85 -0.02
1962 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Russell Honey 7,971 44.16 +8.63
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 7,704 42.68 -13.28
New Democratic Eileen Coutts 2,217 12.28 +3.77
Social Credit Kenneth C. Toms 158 0.88
1958 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 9,732 55.96 +11.47
Liberal Russell C. Honey 6,178 35.53 -5.92
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Dent 1,480 8.51 -3.13
1957 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 7,331 44.49 -0.48
Liberal John Mason James 6,829 41.45 -4.78
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Dent 1,918 11.64 +2.84
Social Credit Kenneth Toms 399 2.42
1953 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal John Mason James 6,684 46.22 -0.44
Progressive Conservative Charles Elwood Stephenson 6,504 44.98 +1.23
Co-operative Commonwealth Merdith Roy Armstrong 1,273 8.80 -0.78
1949 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal John Mason James 6,907 46.66 +1.89
Progressive Conservative Charles Elwood Stephenson 6,476 43.75 -4.57
Co-operative Commonwealth James David Kenny 1,419 9.59 +2.68
1945 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Charles Elwood Stephenson 6,479 48.32 +3.69
Liberal W. Frank Rickard 6,003 44.77 -10.60
Co-operative Commonwealth Wilfrd George Bowles 926 6.91
1940 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Wilbert Franklin Rickard 6,743 55.37 +7.37
National Government William Ross Strike 5,435 44.63 +0.05
1935 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Wilbert Frank Rickard 6,649 48.00 +4.66
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 6,176 44.58 -12.08
Reconstruction R. Rufus Choate Macknight 531 3.83
Co-operative Commonwealth Ralph Sharpe Staples 497 3.59
1930 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 6,827 56.67 +0.23
Liberal Montague John Holman 5,221 43.33
Source: lop.parl.ca
1926 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 6,508 56.43 +2.82
Liberal–Progressive Melville Howden Staples 5,024 43.57
1925 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 7,020 53.61 +12.71
Liberal Charles Vincent Massey 6,074 46.39 +5.48
1921 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Conservative Fred Wellington Bowen 5,106 40.90 -39.93
Progressive Thomas Albert Victor Reid 3,936 31.53
Liberal William Thomas Roche Preston 3,441 27.57 +8.40
1917 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Government (Unionist) Newton Rowell 5,923 80.84 +24.66
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) George William Jones 1,404 19.16 -24.66
1911 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Jonas Thornton 3,291 56.18 +1.12
Liberal Thomas Alexander Kelly 2,567 43.82 -1.12
1908 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Jonas Thornton 3,387 55.06 +3.92
Liberal David Burke Simpson 2,764 44.94 -3.92
1904 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Henry Alfred Ward 3,322 51.15
Liberal Allen B. Aylesworth 3,173 48.85

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 Census (Durham Electoral)". StatsCan. Stats Canada. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  2. ^ *"Durham (federal electoral district) (Code 35014) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Durham [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  7. ^ "'It's been an incredible run and I've been lucky to accomplish a lot': Durham MP Erin O'Toole says farewell to federal politics". July 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "March 4, 2024 By-election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  9. ^ "Official Voting Results — Durham". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  11. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  13. ^ https://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CC/DistrictReport?act=C76&selectedEvent=51&returnStatus=1&selectedReportType=8&reportOption=3&queryId=f1ca28e2b81f467a942cfeb263872130
  14. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Durham, 30 September 2015
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  17. ^ "Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections". Archived from the original on August 26, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  18. ^ Joanna Smith (September 25, 2008). "NDP candidate apologizes for U.S. war-resisters rant". thestar.com.
  19. ^ Election Prediction Project

Notes

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  1. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
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