Humber River—Black Creek (federal electoral district)

Humber River—Black Creek is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904 and since 1917. Prior to the 2015 election, the riding was known as York West. The former name reflects the riding is in the former Township of York which is within the City of Toronto.

Humber River—Black Creek
Ontario electoral district
Humber River-Black Creek in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2013 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Judy Sgro
Liberal
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)111,593
Electors (2021)66,067
Area (km²)30.61
Pop. density (per km²)3,645.6
Census division(s)Toronto
Census subdivision(s)Toronto

As per the 2016 Census, Humber River—Black Creek is the City of Toronto riding with the highest percentage of people belonging to the Latin American (9.5%) and Southeast Asian (8.9%) communities. It is also the City of Toronto riding with the highest percentage of people of Jamaican (8.5%) and Vietnamese (8.0%) ethnic origins. At the same time, it is one of only two (2) City of Toronto ridings (besides Etobicoke Centre), where Italian is the largest ethnic community (12.8%).

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