Markham--Thornhill

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 35057 · Ontario

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

111,085

2021 count

Median household income

$106,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age43.2

Average age42.6

Average household size3.4

Aged 0–1415.0%

Aged 15–6465.0%

Aged 65 and over20.1%

Aged 85 and over1.9%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$106,000

Average household income$130,600

Median individual income$32,800

Low income (LIM-AT)9.3%

Low income (LICO-AT)5.7%

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 rate48.7%

Unemployment rate15.5%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)57.6%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree20.1%

High school diploma or equivalent27.1%

Any postsecondary credential52.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher32.8%

Housing

Owner households84.9%

Renter households15.2%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter28.0%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter37.6%

Owners in core housing need11.9%

Renters in core housing need25.1%

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)$1,740

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,530

Median dwelling value$1,080,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house64.6%

Semi-detached house4.2%

Row house6.6%

Apartment in a duplex13.6%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys1.9%

Apartment, five storeys or more9.0%

Language

Knows English only82.2%

Knows French only0.0%

Knows both official languages4.6%

Knows neither official language13.2%

Mother tongue English30.6%

Mother tongue French0.3%

Mother tongue neither English nor French61.4%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants62.1%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20214.8%

Non-permanent residents2.9%

Indigenous identity0.1%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van87.1%

Public transit8.3%

Walking1.7%

Bicycle0.4%

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