Etobicoke North, ON — 2015 Federal Election Results Map
Etobicoke North — 2015 Election Results
📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Etobicoke North was contested in the 2015 election.
🏆 Kirsty Duncan, the Liberal candidate, won the riding with 26,251 votes (62.4% of the vote).
🥈 The runner-up was Toyin Dada (Conservative) with 9,673 votes (23.0%), defeated by a margin of 16,578 votes.
📊 Other notable candidates: Faisal Hassan (NDP-New Democratic Party, 12%).
Riding information
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Occupying the northwestern corner of Toronto, Etobicoke North covers the neighbourhoods of Rexdale, Thistletown, Humberwood, Kingsview Village, The Elms, and Willowridge. Bounded by the Humber River to the east, Steeles Avenue to the north, and Highway 427 to the west, the riding is one of the most culturally diverse constituencies in Canada, with large communities of South Asian, Caribbean, and African heritage. The area developed rapidly in the postwar period as farmland gave way to suburban housing tracts.
Candidates
Kirsty Duncan (Liberal) — A medical geographer and associate professor at the University of Toronto, Duncan was known internationally for leading a 1998 research expedition to Svalbard, Norway, to investigate the origins of the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. First elected to Parliament in 2008, she was seeking her third term in a riding the Liberals had held since 1988.
Toyin Dada (Conservative) — Dada served as the executive director of a non-profit organization and ran as the Conservative challenger in the riding.
Faisal Hassan (NDP) — Hassan was the NDP candidate in Etobicoke North, campaigning across the riding's diverse communities on issues of social equity and employment.
Akhtar Ayub (Green Party) — Ayub represented the Green Party in the riding, offering an environmental policy alternative in a constituency where bread-and-butter economic issues typically dominated the conversation.
About the Riding
Etobicoke North's identity is inseparable from Rexdale, the sprawling postwar subdivision developed by Rex Heslop beginning in the early 1950s that evolved from a predominantly English and Scottish community into one of Toronto's most multicultural neighbourhoods. The riding encompasses both the Woodbine Racetrack complex and the Humber College campus, two of the area's largest employers. Residents faced persistent concerns about youth employment, affordable housing, and public transit access — particularly connections to the Bloor-Danforth subway line. The nearby Pearson International Airport shaped the local economy, with many residents employed in the aviation, logistics, and hospitality sectors. With the Liberals having held the seat without interruption since 1988, the 2015 contest was expected to be a comfortable hold for the incumbent.
