Courtenay—Alberni is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. It is around the latitudinal centre of Vancouver Island. It encompasses a portion of B.C. formerly included in the electoral districts of Nanaimo—Alberni and Vancouver Island North.
Courtenay—Alberni 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, polling for which took place in October 2015.
Demographics + Panethnic groups in Courtenay—Alberni (2011−2021)Panethnicgroup202120162011 European 104,325 96,505 95,360 Indigenous 11,625 10,475 8,585 East Asian 1,835 1,735 1,460 Southeast Asian 1,665 1,105 870 South Asian 1,320 1,110 615 African 570 520 330 Latin American 465 170 290 Middle Eastern 190 80 60 Other 410 275 260 Total responses 122,395 111,970 107,825 Total population 125,116 114,647 110,324
According to the 2011 Canadian census
Languages: 90.8% English, 2.2% French, 1.8% German Religions: 45.1% Christian (11.9% Catholic, 8.3% United Church, 7.7% Anglican, 2.5% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran, 1.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Pentecostal, 10.2% Other), 3.0% Other, 51.9% No religion Median income (2010): $26,754 Average income (2010): $34,319 Main industries: Retail trade (14.4% of labour force), Health care and social assistance (12.1%)
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 Party Vote % New Democratic 29,045 42.88 Conservative 21,205 31.30 Liberal 9,222 13.61 Green 4,776 7.05 People's 3,384 5.00 Others 108 0.16
2013 representation order
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 25,797 44.89 New Democratic 23,400 40.72 Green 3,935 6.85 Liberal 3,860 6.72 Others 480 0.84
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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