Oakville West

Oakville West

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of district boundaries
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2023
First contested	Next
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	105,024
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Oakville

Oakville West is a proposed federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and based on the 2021 Canadian census. Its counterpart is Oakville East.

It contains all of the Town of Oakville west of Sixteen Mile Creek. Takes in parts of Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington. Currently no MP represents this riding as the current MPs represent the 2013 federal redistribution ridings.^[1]

Geography

Consists of that part of the Town of Oakville lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly limit of said town and Sixteen Mile Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Lake Ontario; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the southwesterly limit of said town.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[2]

Languages: 65.0% English, 4.9% Mandarin, 3.2% Arabic, 2.7% Spanish, 2.5% French, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.6% Urdu, 1.5% Serbo-Croatian, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Russian, 1.0% Hindi, 1.0% Tagalog

Religions: 56.3% Christian (31.0% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.1% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.9% Other), 27.5% No religion, 8.4% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 1.6% Sikh

Median income: $47,600 (2020)

Average income: $77,400 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Oakville West (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	64,430	61.7%
South Asian	11,915	11.41%
East Asian[b]	9,955	9.53%
Middle Eastern[c]	5,670	5.43%
African	3,895	3.73%
Southeast Asian[d]	3,055	2.93%
Latin American	2,460	2.36%
Indigenous	895	0.86%
Other/multiracial[e]	2,150	2.06%
Total responses	104,430	99.44%
Total population	105,015	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Oakville West Riding created from Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington

Electoral results

2021 federal election redistributed results[3]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	23,623	47.49
	Conservative	19,136	38.47
	New Democratic	4,330	8.70
	People's	1,800	3.62
	Green	854	1.72

References

1. "Oakville West – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville West [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
3. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

Notes

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 "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" 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.