Sydney—Glace Bay
For the electoral district for Sidney, British Columbia look at Saanich-Gulf Islands. Other electoral districts named Victoria,
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sydney—Glace Bay from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP | |||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 72,361 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 59,757 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 4,313 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 16.8 | ||
| Census division(s) | Cape Breton, Inverness, Victoria | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton, Eskasoni 3, Inverness Subd. A, Membertou 28B, Victoria, Subd. A, Victoria, Subd. B, Wagmatcook 1 | ||
Sydney—Glace Bay is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that will be represented in the House of Commons of Canada starting in 2025. It was created in 2023 following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process. It was created from parts of Sydney—Victoria and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso electoral districts and mostly represents the old Industrial Cape Breton area. Its first Member of Parliament (MP) should be elected
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 79,294 | — |
| 2006 | 76,801 | −3.1% |
| 2011 | 73,328 | −4.5% |
| 2016 | 72,148 | −1.6% |
- According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]
Ethnic groups: 83.9% European, 10.5% Indigenous, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Religion: 74.2% Christian (50.5% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 5.7% Anglican, 3% Presbyterian), 22.5% No religion stated.
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $40,920
- According to the 2016 Canadian census
- Languages: (2016) 93.3% English, 4.1% Mi’kmaq, 0.9% French, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic[3]
Geography
[edit]It consists of:
- The County of Victoria;
- the northern part of the County of Inverness, i.e., the part lying north of the southern boundary of Cape Breton Highlands National Park; and
- the northwestern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, i.e., the part lying northwest of a line drawn northeast from Bras d'Or Lake to the northeast extremity of East Bay, due north to Portage Brook, northeast along Portage Brook, Blacketts Lake, the Sydney River, Highway 125, Trunk 4 (Grand Lake Road), Northwest Brook, the western shoreline of Grand Lake, the DEVCO Railway, and its northern branch (running towards the Community of Dominion) to its second intersection with Northwest Brook (north of Grand Lake), and then north and northeast along that brook, Lingan Bay and Indian Bay to the Atlantic Ocean.
History
[edit]The riding maintained its boundaries as per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Sydney—Glace Bay. It will exchange territory with Cape Breton—Canso, losing Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and gain the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area).[4]
Members of Parliament
[edit]This new electoral district is waiting to elect its first members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney—Glace | ||||
| 45th | 2025–? | |||
Election results
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Sydney—Glace Bay
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| The 2025 general election will be held on April 28. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Nikki Boisvert | |||||||
| People's | Jeffrey Evely | |||||||
| Canadian Future | Chris Gallant | |||||||
| Liberal | Mike Kelloway | |||||||
| New Democratic | Kimberly Losier | |||||||
| Conservative | Anna Manley | |||||||
| Libertarian | Michael Pittman | |||||||
| Independent | Joe Ward | |||||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,539 | 41.93 | |
| Conservative | 14,294 | 34.17 | |
| New Democratic | 8,265 | 19.76 | |
| People's | 1,367 | 3.27 | |
| Green | 267 | 0.64 | |
| Others | 95 | 0.23 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Sydney—Glace Bay (Code 12010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sydney--Victoria [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Nova Scotia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
- ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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