Cardigan

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 11001 · Prince Edward Island

Current Member of Parliament

Liberal

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

39,230

2021 count

Median household income

$77,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age43.6

Average age42.5

Average household size2.4

Aged 0–1416.8%

Aged 15–6462.5%

Aged 65 and over20.7%

Aged 85 and over1.8%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$77,000

Average household income$91,700

Median individual income$39,600

Low income (LIM-AT)12.8%

Low income (LICO-AT)3.4%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate59.4%

Unemployment rate10.1%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)66.1%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree15.9%

High school diploma or equivalent27.1%

Any postsecondary credential57.0%

Bachelor's degree or higher22.3%

Housing

Owner households80.2%

Renter households19.4%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter8.9%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter25.9%

Owners in core housing need5.0%

Renters in core housing need14.6%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$795

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$950

Median dwelling value$276,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house79.1%

Semi-detached house4.0%

Row house2.2%

Apartment in a duplex0.8%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys8.9%

Apartment, five storeys or more0.3%

Language

Knows English only87.5%

Knows French only0.1%

Knows both official languages10.4%

Knows neither official language2.1%

Mother tongue English89.3%

Mother tongue French1.4%

Mother tongue neither English nor French8.2%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants6.6%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20212.4%

Non-permanent residents1.6%

Indigenous identity2.8%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van95.4%

Public transit0.6%

Walking2.2%

Bicycle0.2%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results