Oakville West
| Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 105,024 | ||
| Electors (2025) | 79,315 | ||
| Area (km²) | 68 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,544.5 | ||
| Census division(s) | Halton | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Oakville (part) | ||
Oakville West (French: Oakville-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution and based on the 2021 Canadian census. Its counterpart is Oakville East.
It contains all of the Town of Oakville west of Sixteen Mile Creek and includes parts previously in Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington. Sima Acan is the first and current MP for this riding, having been first elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2]
Geography
Consists of that part of the Town of Oakville lying southerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly limit of said town and Sixteen Mile Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Lake Ontario; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the southwesterly limit of said town.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 65.0% English, 4.9% Mandarin, 3.2% Arabic, 2.7% Spanish, 2.5% French, 1.9% Portuguese, 1.6% Urdu, 1.5% Serbo-Croatian, 1.5% Italian, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Russian, 1.0% Hindi, 1.0% Tagalog
Religions: 56.3% Christian (31.0% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 4.1% Anglican, 3.5% United Church, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.9% Other), 27.5% No religion, 8.4% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 1.6% Sikh
Median income: $47,600 (2020)
Average income: $77,400 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 64,430 | 61.7% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 11,915 | 11.41% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 9,955 | 9.53% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 5,670 | 5.43% | ||||||||||||
| African | 3,895 | 3.73% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[d] | 3,055 | 2.93% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 2,460 | 2.36% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 895 | 0.86% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 2,150 | 2.06% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 104,430 | 99.44% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 105,015 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville West Riding created from Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Sima Acan | Liberal | |
Electoral results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sima Acan | 31,383 | 52.94 | +5.45 | ||||
| Conservative | Tim Crowder | 26,402 | 44.54 | +6.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Diane Downey | 823 | 1.39 | –7.31 | ||||
| Green | Chris Kowalchuk | 360 | 0.61 | –1.11 | ||||
| People's | JD Meaney | 252 | 0.43 | –3.19 | ||||
| Independent | Martin Gegus | 61 | 0.10 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 59,281 | 73.64 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,503 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | –0.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 23,623 | 47.49 | |
| Conservative | 19,136 | 38.47 | |
| New Democratic | 4,330 | 8.70 | |
| People's | 1,800 | 3.62 | |
| Green | 854 | 1.72 | |
References
- ^ a b "Oakville West – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Staff, Metroland (2025-04-28). "Sima Acan wins Oakville West for Liberals". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville West [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.