Brampton East


Brampton East is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.
Brampton East 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.
Brampton East is the only federal electoral district with a South Asian majority. Brampton East also has the highest percentages of Sikhs and the highest percentages of Hindus of any riding in Canada. Brampton East also has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 60.3% South Asian, 12.5% Black, 12.1% White, 2.2% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Filipino, 1.6% Latino, 1.5% Arab, 1.4% Chinese, 1.4% West Asian, 5.0% Other

Languages: 38.6% English, 33.2% Punjabi, 3.9% Tamil, 3.4% Gujarati, 2.7% Hindi, 2.4% Urdu, 2.2% Italian, 1.4% Spanish, 1.1% Tagalog, 11.1% Other

Religions: 33.8% Sikh, 32.8% Christian, 19.5% Hindu, 7.7% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 0.3% Other, 4.6% None

Median income: $25,261

Average income: $34,081

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results