Laval—Les Îles (; ) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 2004.
Its population in 2021 was 111,785. Of the population, 17.9% are Christian Orthodox, and 11.5% are of Greek ethnic or cultural origin, both the highest such percentages in Canada.
Since 2015 its member of Parliament (MP) has been Fayçal El-Khoury of the Liberal Party.
Geography The district includes the neighbourhoods of Îles-Laval, Laval-Ouest, Laval-sur-le-Lac, Sainte-Dorothée, the western part of the neighbourhood of Fabreville and the western part of Chomedey in the city of Laval.
The neighbouring ridings are Vimy, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Mother tongue (single responses: 91.9%): French (41%), English (11.1%), Arabic (9.1%), Greek (7.7%), Armenian (4.3%)
History The electoral district was created in 2003 from parts of Laval West riding.
This riding lost territory to Vimy and Marc-Aurèle-Fortin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following MPs:
Election results
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % New Democratic 21,069 47.20 Liberal 9,208 20.63 Conservative 7,333 16.43 Bloc Québécois 5,755 12.89 Green 794 1.78 Others 483 1.08
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
Campaign expense data from Elections Canada 2011 Results from Elections Canada Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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