University—Rosedale (federal electoral district)

For the provincial and municipal electoral divisions, see University—Rosedale (provincial electoral district) and Ward 11 University—Rosedale.

University—Rosedale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.

University—Rosedale

Ontario electoral district
University-Rosedale in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Coordinates:	43.668707°N 79.394130°W / 43.668707; -79.394130
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Chrystia Freeland Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)	106,216
Electors (2015)	71,945
Area (km²)	14
Pop. density (per km²)	7,586.9
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

Map of University-Rosedale riding

History

University—Rosedale was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015. The riding was created out of the northern parts of the electoral districts of Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre.

Geography

The riding includes the entire campus of the University of Toronto, plus the Toronto neighbourhoods of Rosedale, Little Italy, the Annex and Yorkville, among others, plus the northwestern portion of Downtown Toronto.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 61.2% White, 14.4% Chinese, 6.1% South Asian, 3.5% Black, 2.2% Latin American, 2.1% Korean, 1.6% Arab, 1.6% West Asian, 1.4% Filipino, 1.3% Indigenous, 1.3% Southeast Asian

Languages: 60.4% English, 6.3% Mandarin, 3.7% Cantonese, 2.8% Portuguese, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% French, 1.6% Italian, 1.5% Korean, 1.2% Arabic, 1.1% Russian, 1.1% Persian

Religions: 34.8% Christian (18.0% Catholic, 4.0% Anglican, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% United Church, 1.1% Presbyterian, 7.3% other), 6.9% Jewish, 4.4% Muslim, 2.1% Buddhist, 2.1% Hindu, 48.3% none

Median income: $47,200 (2020)

Average income: $103,900 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
University—Rosedale Riding created from Trinity—Spadina and Toronto Centre
42nd	2015–2019		Chrystia Freeland	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in University—Rosedale (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	21,716	47.50	-4.20	$85,780.47
	New Democratic	Nicole Robicheau	11,384	24.90	+3.00	$32,287.56
	Conservative	Steven Taylor	9,307	20.36	+4.06	$97,838.32
	Green	Tim Grant	1,909	4.18	-4.32	$23,475.69
	People's	David Kent	1,155	2.53	+1.63	$5,169.67
	Communist	Drew Garvie	243	0.53	+0.33	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,714	–	–	$109,583.59
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			45,714	58.83
Eligible voters			77,708
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	29,652	51.7	+1.90	$83,556.09
	New Democratic	Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda	12,573	21.9	−6.60	$28,390.50
	Conservative	Helen-Claire Tingling	9,342	16.3	−1.03	$38,588.65
	Green	Tim Grant	4,861	8.5	+5.57	$33,386.65
	People's	Aran Lockwood	510	0.9	–	none listed
	Animal Protection	Liz White	159	0.3	+0.08	none listed
	Communist	Drew Garvie	143	0.2	−0.02	none listed
	Stop Climate Change	Karin Brothers	124	0.2	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutschinski	27	0.0	−0.10	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,391	100.0
Total rejected ballots			281
Turnout			57,672	71.6
Eligible voters			80,567
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.25
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	27,849	49.80	+19.23	$185,406.36
	New Democratic	Jennifer Hollett	15,988	28.59	−15.24	$142,562.73
	Conservative	Karim Jivraj	9,790	17.51	−2.62	$83,600.78
	Green	Nick Wright	1,641	2.93	−1.73	$19,152.70
	Libertarian	Jesse Waslowski	233	0.42	–	$393.64
	Animal Alliance	Simon Luisi	126	0.22	–	$153.10
	Communist	Drew Garvie	125	0.22	–	–
	Bridge	David Berlin	122	0.21	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	51	0.10	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,925	100.0		$206,261.82
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			71,945
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+17.24
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	20,451	43.83
	Liberal	14,265	30.57
	Conservative	9,392	20.13
	Green	2,175	4.66
	Others	379	0.81

External links

• University—Rosedale boundary map & description (Elections.ca)