Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is a former federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025.

Edmonton—Wetaskiwin 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 19 October 2015. It was created out of the bulk of Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, as well as parts of Edmonton—Leduc, Wetaskiwin, and Vegreville—Wainwright.

According to the 2021 census, Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is the most populated riding in Canada, with almost 100,000 residents more than the national average of 109,444. Its population grew at a rate of 89.28% since the 2011 census (on which the 2013 representation order was based).

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was replaced by Leduc—Wetaskiwin.

Demographics According to the 2016 Canadian census

Languages: (2016) 76.2% English, 3.0% Tagalog, 2.8% Punjabi, 2.0% French, 1.6% Mandarin, 1.5% German, 1.1% Spanish, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.0% Urdu, 0.9% Gujarati, 0.9% Korean, 0.8% Hindi, 0.6% Arabic

+ Panethnic groups in Edmonton—Wetaskiwin (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 120,025 106,890 86,640 South Asian 30,570 15,440 5,395 Southeast Asian 16,080 9,205 4,345 Indigenous 11,170 8,395 6,135 East Asian 11,140 7,275 3,235 African 9,165 4,645 1,485 Middle Eastern 3,330 1,690 870 Latin American 3,160 1,860 755 Other/Multiracial 2,635 1,435 660 Total responses 207,290 156,830 109,530 Total population 209,431 158,749 110,644

Members of Parliament

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

Election results

2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote %   Conservative 31,194 75.57   New Democratic 5,891 14.27   Liberal 2,363 5.72   Green 1,690 4.09   Others 143 0.35

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

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