Kitchener South—Hespeler () is a federal electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since the 2015 election.
History Kitchener South—Hespeler was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts as a result of a redistribution process conducted by Elections Canada from 2012 to 2013.
The riding did not undergo any boundary changes following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.
Geography
Following the 2011 Census and a Canadian Parliament decision to increase the number of federal electoral districts from 308 to 338, Elections Canada conducted a redistribution process that began with the establishment of Electoral Boundaries Commissions for each province in 2012. As a result of the work of the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the province of Ontario, which was concluded in July 2013, the Kitchener South—Hespeler district was created from parts of the Kitchener—Conestoga, Kitchener Centre, and Cambridge electoral districts.
The new Kitchener South—Hespeler electoral district includes: The portion of the City of Cambridge lying northerly of Ontario Highway 401 The portion of the City of Kitchener lying: Southerly of the Conestoga Parkway Easterly of Fischer-Hallman Road Westerly of Ontario Highway 8 between the Conestoga Parkway and Fairway Road Westerly of the border between the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener between Fairway Road and Ontario Highway 401
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 63.5% White, 13.3% South Asian, 5.9% Black, 3.2% Latin American, 2.6% Indigenous, 2.0% Southeast Asian, 2.0% Arab, 1.7% Chinese, 1.5% Filipino, 1.4% West Asian
Languages: 65.6% English, 3.4% Punjabi, 2.6% Spanish, 1.8% Arabic, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.3% Gujarati, 1.3% Urdu, 1.1% Serbian, 1.1% Romanian, 1.0% Polish, 1.0% French
Religions: 52.0% Christian (23.8% Catholic, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.2% United Church, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.8% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.7% Presbyterian, 12.2% Other), 7.8% Muslim, 4.7% Hindu, 4.1% Sikh, 1.0% Buddhist, 29.4% None
Median income: $42,800 (2020)
Average income: $53,600 (2020)
Members of Parliament
Electoral history
2011 federal election redistributed resultsPundits' Guide to Canadian Elections Party Vote % Conservative 20,304 51.19 New Democratic 10,219 25.76 Liberal 7,506 18.92 Green 1,587 4.00 Others 47 0.12
See also Kitchener South—Hespeler (provincial electoral district) List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
Notes
External links Website of the Parliament of Canada Kitchener South—Hespeler Conservative Electoral District Association Green Party of Canada - Kitchener South—Hespeler Kitchener South—Hespeler Federal Liberal Electoral District Association Kitchener South—Hespeler NDP Federal Electoral District Association