Don Valley North

Don Valley North
Ontario electoral district
	Don Valley North in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Han Dong; Independent
;
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	113,663
Electors (2015)	71,081
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Don Valley North (French: Don Valley-Nord) 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.

Map of Don Valley North riding

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 Canada Census[1]

Ethnic groups: 29.2% Chinese, 25.1% White, 13.8% South Asian, 7.9% West Asian, 5.1% Black, 5.0% Filipino, 3.9% Korean, 2.5% Arab, 2.2% Latin American, 1.2% Southeast Asian

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)

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Don Valley North Riding created from Don Valley East and York—Scarborough
34th	1988–1993	Barbara Greene	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Sarkis Assadourian	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Don Valley East and Willowdale
Riding re-created from Willowdale and Don Valley East
42nd	2015–2019	Geng Tan	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021	Han Dong
44th	2021–2023
44th	2023–present		Independent

Election results

Graph of general election results in Don Valley North (since 2011 (rd), minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2015–present

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Han Dong	22,067	54.4	+4.0	$104,475.49
	Conservative	Sabrina Zuniga	12,098	29.8	-5.6	$50,101.63
	New Democratic	Bruce Griffin	4,304	10.6	+1.4	$6,816.76
	People's	Jay Sobel	1,301	3.2	+2.2	$0.00
	Green	Natalie Telfer	765	1.9	-2.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,535	100.0	–	$108,188.62
Total rejected ballots			355
Turnout			40,890	55.33
Eligible voters			73,904
Source: Elections Canada[2]

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Han Dong	23,495	50.4	-1.02	$101,636.63
	Conservative	Sarah Fischer	16,506	35.4	-2.42	$78,956.94
	New Democratic	Bruce Griffin	4,285	9.2	+0.67	$16,277.89
	Green	Daniel Giavedoni	1,803	3.9	+1.67	$1,834.80
	People's	Jay Sobel	482	1.0	-	$1,499.08
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,571	100.0
Total rejected ballots			314
Turnout			46,885	62.0
Eligible voters			75,566
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.70
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geng Tan	23,494	51.42	+14.13	$89,171.01
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	17,279	37.82	-2.47	$70,723.13
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	3,896	8.53	-12.20	$16,603.42
	Green	Caroline Brown	1,018	2.23	+0.91	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,687	100.00		$205,015.85
Total rejected ballots			259	0.56	–
Turnout			45,946	63.12	–
Eligible voters			72,787
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.30
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
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

Graph of general election results in Don Valley North (1987-1996, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	22,504	59.86	+17.93
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	7,238	19.25	–24.18
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,068	16.14
	New Democratic	David Lu	1,395	3.71	–8.11
	Natural Law	William J. Sparling	319	0.85
	Abolitionist	Lindsay George King	69	0.18
Total valid votes			37,593	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+21.06

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	17,551	43.43
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	16,947	41.94
	New Democratic	Anton Kuerti	4,777	11.82
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	577	1.43
	Libertarian	Earl Epsteine	560	1.39
Total valid votes			40,412	100.0

References

Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Don Valley North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
"Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley North, 30 September 2015
Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

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[1] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Don Valley North [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 6, 2023.

[2] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

[3] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.

[4] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

[5] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley North, 30 September 2015

[6] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[7] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections