Brampton South (federal electoral district)

For the provincial riding, see Brampton South (provincial electoral district).

Brampton South (French: Brampton-Sud) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario.

Brampton South

Ontario electoral district
Brampton South in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sonia Sidhu Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)^[1]	121,188
Electors (2021)	76,003
Area (km²)^[2]	46.73
Pop. density (per km²)	2,593.4
Census division(s)	Peel
Census subdivision(s)	Brampton

Brampton South 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 October 2015.^[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Brampton West.^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[5]

Languages: 44.4% English, 18.8% Punjabi, 3.7% Urdu, 3.2% Gujarati, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% Spanish

Religions: 37.4% Christian (18.5% Catholic, 2.4% Pentecostal, 1.9% Anglican, 1.4% United Church, 13.2% Other), 21.9% Sikh, 17.1% Hindu, 9.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 12.6% None

Median income: $35,600 (2020)

Average income: $45,920 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Brampton South (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021^[6]		2016^[7]		2011^[8]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
South Asian	63,475	49.16%	49,950	41.51%	38,125	35.95%
European^[a]	31,825	24.65%	39,030	32.44%	41,965	39.57%
African	14,500	11.23%	13,775	11.45%	12,440	11.73%
Southeast Asian^[b]	6,620	5.13%	6,040	5.02%	5,590	5.27%
Middle Eastern^[c]	2,485	1.92%	1,985	1.65%	785	0.74%
East Asian^[d]	2,105	1.63%	2,135	1.77%	1,565	1.48%
Latin American	2,100	1.63%	2,110	1.75%	1,835	1.73%
Indigenous	720	0.56%	1,185	0.98%	985	0.93%
Other/multiracial^[e]	5,295	4.1%	4,110	3.42%	2,760	2.6%
Total responses	129,130	97.27%	120,320	99.28%	106,050	98.78%
Total population	132,752	100%	121,188	100%	107,364	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brampton South Riding created from Brampton West
42nd	2015–2019		Sonia Sidhu	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Brampton South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sonia Sidhu	21,120	50.98	+1.51	$97,785.16
	Conservative	Ramandeep Brar	12,596	30.40	+2.00	$75,417.63
	New Democratic	Tejinder Singh	5,894	14.23	-2.17	$13,391.87
	People's	Nicholas Craniotis	1,820	4.39	3.67	$2,380.47
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,439	–	–	$109,088.26
Total rejected ballots			503	1.20
Turnout			41,933	55.17	-7.59
Eligible voters			76,003
Source: Elections Canada^[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sonia Sidhu	24,085	49.47	-2.62	$92,936.55
	Conservative	Ramandeep Brar	13,828	28.40	-6.64	$98,182.77
	New Democratic	Mandeep Kaur	7,985	16.40	+5.75	$53,224.68
	Green	Karen Fraser	1,926	3.95	+1.73	none listed
	People's	Rajwinder Ghuman	354	0.72		none listed
	Christian Heritage	Wavey Mercer	285	0.58		none listed
	Canada's Fourth Front	Mitesh Joshi	152	0.31		$8,217.30
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	68	0.13		$20.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,863	100.0
Total rejected ballots			583
Turnout			49,266	62.76
Eligible voters			78,487
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.01
Source: Elections Canada^[10]^[11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sonia Sidhu	23,681	52.09	+16.70	$101,341.55
	Conservative	Kyle Seeback	15,929	35.04	-10.37	$105,913.36
	New Democratic	Amarjit Sangha	4,843	10.65	-5.77	$37,089.45
	Green	Shaun Hatton	1,011	2.22	-0.04	$144.64
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,464	100.00		$205,155.00
Total rejected ballots			270	0.59	–
Turnout			45,734	63.42	–
Eligible voters			72,111
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.53
Source: Elections Canada^[12]^[13]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	16,145	45.40
	Liberal	12,584	35.39
	New Democratic	5,838	16.42
	Green	805	2.26
	Others	186	0.52

Notes

1. Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
2. Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
3. Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
4. Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
5. Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

1. Statistics Canada: 2017
2. Statistics Canada: 2017
3. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
4. Final Report – Ontario
5. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton South [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
6. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
7. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
8. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
9. "September 20, 2021 General Election - Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
11. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
12. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton South, 30 September 2015
13. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
14. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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