Burnaby North—Seymour Explained

Province:British Columbia
Fed-Status:active
Fed-District-Number:59002
Fed-Created:2013
Fed-Election-First:2015
Fed-Election-Last:2021
Fed-Rep:Terry Beech
Fed-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:102486
Demo-Electors:77,301
Demo-Electors-Date:2019
Demo-Area:115
Demo-Cd:Metro Vancouver
Demo-Csd:Burnaby, North Vancouver (DM)

Burnaby North—Seymour (French: '''Burnaby-Nord—Seymour''') is a federal electoral district in British Columbia. It encompasses a portion of British Columbia previously included in the electoral districts of Burnaby—Douglas and North Vancouver.

Burnaby North—Seymour 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, scheduled for October 2015.

Demographics

Panethnic
group! colspan="2"
2021[3] 2016[4] 2011[5]
European52,72553,83555,425
East Asian31,31529,18028,210
South Asian5,3154,3903,670
Southeast Asian5,0454,4754,170
Middle Eastern3,7452,5252,070
Indigenous2,6952,5001,785
Latin American2,3201,6151,450
African1,5251,105890
Other2,7951,9201,610
Total responses107,485101,54599,280
Total population108,794102,486100,632

According to the 2016 Canadian census; 2013 representation[6] [7]

Languages: 58.2% English, 10.1% Cantonese, 7.7% Mandarin, 2.9% Italian, 2.6% Korean, 1.8% Persian, 1.7% Spanish, 1.4% Tagalog, 1.2% French
Religions (2011): 44.8% Christian (21.3% Catholic, 4.5% United Church, 4.0% Anglican, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.0% Presbyterian, 10.1% Other), 3.6% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 45.6% No religion
Median income (2015): $34,358
Average income (2015): $49,497
Main industries: Professional, scientific and technical services (11.2% of labour force); Retail trade (10.4%); Educational services (9.4%); Health care and social assistance (9.0%)

Geography

As of the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the district includes the portion of the City of Burnaby north of Highway 7, the portion of the District Municipality of North Vancouver east of the Seymour River and the southern section between west of the Seymour River and east of Lynn Creek and the Seymour Creek 2 and Burrard Inlet 3 Indian reserves.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
PartyVote%
 22,673 40.88
 14,732 26.56
 14,706 26.52
 1,878 3.39
 1,472 2.65

2013 representation order

2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
PartyVote%
 19,150 44.24
 15,219 35.16
 6,804 15.72
 1,679 3.88
 Others 437 1.01

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2022-10-26 . Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population . 2023-02-13 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  4. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2021-10-27 . Census Profile, 2016 Census . 2023-02-13 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  5. Web site: Government of Canada . Statistics Canada . 2015-11-27 . NHS Profile . 2023-02-13 . www12.statcan.gc.ca.
  6. Web site: 2011 Census Profile. February 8, 2012.
  7. Web site: Statistics Canada: 2011 National Household Survey Profile. May 8, 2013.
  8. Web site: Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders. 9 April 2024. Elections Canada.
  9. http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2131 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections