Sydney—Glace Bay
For the electoral district for Sidney, British Columbia look at Saanich-Gulf Islands. Other electoral districts named Victoria,
 Nova Scotia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sydney—Glace Bay from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP | |||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 72,361 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 59,757 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 4,313 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 16.8 | ||
| Census division(s) | Cape Breton | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Cape Breton, Membertou 28B | ||
Sydney—Glace Bay is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that will be represented in the House of Commons of Canada starting in 2025. It was created in 2023 following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution process. It was created from parts of Sydney—Victoria and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso electoral districts and mostly represents the old Industrial Cape Breton area. Its first Member of Parliament (MP) should be elected in the 45th Canadian general election in April 2025.
Geography
[edit]The district's boundaries consists of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, mostly. Here's the description from Elections Canada
Consists of that part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality described as follows: commencing at a point in the Cabot Strait on the northerly limit of said regional municipality at approximate latitude 46°10'41"N and longitude 59°45'09"W; thence generally southwesterly and westerly along said strait and Morien Bay (passing through the channel at Phalens Bar) to the mouth of Black Brook Morien; thence generally westerly along said brook to Morrison Brook; thence generally westerly along said brook to an unnamed road at latitude 46°06'20"N and longitude 59°55'47"W; thence westerly in a straight line to a point in John Allen Lake at latitude 46°07'01"N and longitude 59°58'42"W; thence westerly in a straight line to the intersection of Broughton Road and an unnamed road at latitude 46°07'06"N and longitude 59°59'42"W; thence generally westerly along said unnamed road and Cowbay Road to a power transmission line at latitude 46°07'29"N and longitude 60°07'19"W; thence generally southwesterly along said transmission line to a transmission line at latitude 46°03'27"N and longitude 60°11'57"W; thence southerly and westerly along said transmission line to a transmission line at latitude 46°02'59"N and longitude 60°12'22"W; thence southwesterly along said transmission line to a transmission line at latitude 45°59'41"N and longitude 60°16'29"W; thence generally northwesterly along said transmission line to Portage Brook; thence generally northeasterly along said brook to Blacketts Lake; thence generally northeasterly along said lake and the Sydney River to Highway 125 (Peacekeepers Way); thence northwesterly and northerly along said highway to a point at latitude 46°11'16"N and longitude 60°18'13"W; thence northwesterly in a straight line to a point on an unnamed road at approximate latitude 46°11'32"N and longitude 60°18'36"W; thence northwesterly along said unnamed road and Ross Road to Johnstons Brook; thence northeasterly and generally northwesterly along said brook to Mirror Cove; thence northerly and northeasterly along said cove and St. Andrews Channel to the Little Bras d'Or Channel; thence generally northerly along said channel to its mouth in the Cabot Strait; thence northerly in a straight line to a point on the northerly limit of said regional municipality at latitude 46°20'12"N and longitude 60°16'16"W; thence generally easterly along the northerly limit of said regional municipality to the point of commencement.[2]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 79,294 | — |
| 2006 | 76,801 | −3.1% |
| 2011 | 73,328 | −4.5% |
| 2016 | 72,148 | −1.6% |
- According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Ethnic groups: 83.9% European, 10.5% Indigenous, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Black
Religion: 74.2% Christian (50.5% Catholic, 6.7% United Church, 5.7% Anglican, 3% Presbyterian), 22.5% No religion stated.
Median income (2020): $33,600
Average income (2020): $40,920
- According to the 2016 Canadian census
- Languages: (2016) 93.3% English, 4.1% Mi’kmaq, 0.9% French, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% German, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic[4]
History
[edit]Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Sydney—Glace Bay was created. It exchanged territory with Cape Breton—Canso, losing Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The new district gained the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Port Morien, including the Glace Bay area.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]This new electoral district is waiting to elect its first Member of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney—Glace | ||||
| 45th | 2025–? | |||
Election results
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 2025 general election will be held on April 28. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Nikki Boisvert | |||||||
| People's | Jeffrey Evely | |||||||
| Canadian Future | Chris Gallant | |||||||
| Liberal | Mike Kelloway | |||||||
| New Democratic | Kimberly Losier | |||||||
| Conservative | Anna Manley | |||||||
| Libertarian | Michael Pittman | |||||||
| Independent | Joe Ward | |||||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,539 | 41.93 | |
| Conservative | 14,294 | 34.17 | |
| New Democratic | 8,265 | 19.76 | |
| People's | 1,367 | 3.27 | |
| Green | 267 | 0.64 | |
| Others | 95 | 0.23 | |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 2011
- ^ EC Staff (2023). "Sydney—Glace Bay Boundaries description". Maps and Boundary Descriptions – 2023 Representation Orders. Ottawa: Elections Canada. Archived from the original on April 21, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Sydney--Victoria [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Nova Scotia". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ "Mother Tongue (269), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2013 Representation Order), 2016 Census - 100% Data". August 2, 2017.
- ^ EC Staff (April 26, 2023). "New Federal Electoral Map for Nova Scotia". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution 2022. Ottawa: Elections Canada. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
External links
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