Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is made up mostly of the old Parkdale—High Park and the southern portion of York South—Weston. It was created during the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process. The 2023 representation orders renamed the electoral district to Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. The new electoral district came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election. Karim Bardeesy was elected as the riding's first member of Parliament during the 2025 federal election.
According to the 2016 census, Taiaiako'n–Parkdale—High Park has the lowest percentage of visible minorities (26.2%) among all City of Toronto electoral districts. It also has the highest percentage of people of Irish (20.0%), German (9.8%), and French (8.9%) ethnic origin of all City of Toronto electoral districts.
Geography It is located in the central-west part of Toronto on the lakefront. It has 106,559 residents. It is composed of the seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of Swansea; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the entirety of The Junction; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is Roncesvalles; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east.
It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north along a Toronto Hydro corridor north of St Clair Avenue, continuing eastward until it reaches a GO Transit rail line east of Keele St. The eastern boundary then follows the rail corridor southeast until it reaches Atlantic Avenue and King Street, following Atlantic to the Gardiner Expressway, which it follows westward until reaching the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.
History Prior to the 2023 representation orders from the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process, the electoral district was named Parkdale—High Park, with different borders. In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the cities of Toronto and York bounded on the west by the city limits of Toronto and York, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, south along Atlantic Avenue, west along the Gardiner Expressway, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.
In 2003, the old Parkdale—High Park was given its final boundaries as described above. This electoral district was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution. However, the 2023 representation orders did change the name by adding "Taiaiako'n" to the beginning of the name, and the boundaries had significant changes in the north, including much of traditional area of the old City of West Toronto that was part of the old High Park electoral district pre-1976. The name Taiaiako'n refers to the former Iroquoian village of Teiaiagon, which was situated in the district on the Humber River.
Demographics According to the 2021 Canadian census
Ethnic groups: 69.1% White, 6.0% Black, 5.1% South Asian, 3.9% Chinese, 2.7% Filipino, 2.7% Latin American, 1.9% Southeast Asian, 1.8% Indigenous
Languages: 65.8% English, 2.7% Polish, 2.4% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.8% Portuguese, 1.6% Tibetan, 1.5% Russian, 1.4% Ukrainian, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.0% Vietnamese, 1.0% Serbian, 1.0% Cantonese
Religions: 43.1% Christian (24.1% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.8% Anglican, 2.6% United Church, 6.7% Other), 3.5% Buddhist, 2.9% Muslim, 2.0% Jewish, 1.9% Hindu, 45.3% None
Median income: $46,800 (2020)
Average income: $72,800 (2020)
Electoral district associations
Canadian political parties are locally represented by Electoral district associations (EDA). Elections Canada officially recognizes the following Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park EDAs:
PartyAssociation namePresidentHQ address HQ city Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Conservative AssociationIrene StewartM6S 4Z6TorontoTaiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Green Party AssociationGerry J. RankinM6N 2H3TorontoTaiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Federal Liberal AssociationDerek J. RaymakerM6S 1J5TorontoTaiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Federal NDP Riding AssociationFrancis KungM6R 3B5Toronto
Members of Parliament
This electoral district has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2025
2021 2021 federal election redistributed results Party Vote % Liberal 24,400 42.79 New Democratic 21,893 38.40 Conservative 7,603 13.33 People's 1,825 3.20 Green 1,077 1.89 Others 220 0.39
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References Campaign expense data from Elections Canada