Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk (formerly Timmins—James Bay) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 83,104. Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was renamed.
The district includes the extreme eastern part of the District of Kenora, all of the District of Cochrane except for the central western part, and a small part south of Timmins, and all of the District of Timiskaming except for the extreme southeastern part.
Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk is the 11th largest riding in Canada and second largest in Ontario after Kenora.
Geography Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk consists of parts of the Territorial Districts of Kenora, Cochrane, and Timiskaming. In Kenora, it includes land east of a line running from the northeast corner of Thunder Bay (Albany River) north to Hudson Bay. In Cochrane, it excludes an area defined by a complex boundary involving numerous townships along various limits. In Timiskaming, the area is bounded by a line running from the northeast corner of the Township of Harris, west along the northern limits of several townships, and south along the western boundaries of other townships to the district’s southern limit.
History Originally Timmins—James Bay, it was created in 1996 from parts of Cochrane—Superior and Timiskaming—Cochrane ridings.
It consisted initially of: the part of the Territorial District of Cochrane lying west and north of a line drawn from the southeast corner of the City of Timmins north and west along the east and north limits of the city north along the east boundaries of the Townships of Prosser, Lucas, Beck and Ottaway, west and north along the south and west boundary of the Township of Clute, north along the east boundary of the Township of Colquhoun, and east along the south boundaries of the Townships of Marven, Thorning, Potter, Sangster, Bragg, Newman, Tomlinson, Hurtubise and St. Laurent, the part of the Territorial District of Kenora lying east of a line drawn north from the most northerly northeast corner of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay to Hudson Bay.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.
This riding gained a fraction of territory from Nipissing—Timiskaming during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
2022 changes In the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding gains the Highway 11 corridor and the Chapleau area from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. Loses Marten Falls 65 and the area south of the Albany River and generally west of the Kenogami River to Thunder Bay—Superior North. Loses the southeastern quarter of Timiskaming District (James eastward and Chamberlain southward) to Nipissing—Timiskaming.
Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 74.7% White, 22.0% Indigenous, 1.3% South Asian
Languages: 63.1% English, 25.8% French, 1.7% Cree
Religions: 63.8% Christian (44.4% Catholic, 4.5% Anglican, 3.3% United Church, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Anabaptist, 7.9% Other), 33.6% None
Median income: $41,600 (2020)
Average income: $52,250 (2020)
Election results
2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % New Democratic 14,582 35.79 Liberal 10,682 26.22 Conservative 10,257 25.18 People's 4,999 12.27 Green 162 0.40 Others 58 0.14
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 16,833 49.95 Conservative 10,743 31.88 Liberal 5,387 15.98 Green 740 2.20
Note: Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Notes
External links 2011 results from Elections Canada Campaign expense data from Elections Canada