Abbotsford--South Langley

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 59001 · British Columbia

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Current Member of Parliament

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
116,385
2021 count
Median household income
$81,000
2020 total income

Age and households

Median age41.2
Average age42.4
Average household size2.6
Aged 0–1415.8%
Aged 15–6463.4%
Aged 65 and over20.8%
Aged 85 and over3.0%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$81,000
Average household income$102,000
Median individual income$37,600
Low income (LIM-AT)9.8%
Low income (LICO-AT)3.8%

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 rate57.9%
Unemployment rate8.1%
Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)63.1%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree19.4%
High school diploma or equivalent35.7%
Any postsecondary credential44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher16.3%

Housing

Owner households66.2%
Renter households33.8%
Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter19.8%
Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter34.6%
Owners in core housing need7.2%
Renters in core housing need23.3%

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)$1,320
Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,180
Median dwelling value$800,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house35.7%
Semi-detached house1.5%
Row house7.3%
Apartment in a duplex16.7%
Apartment, fewer than five storeys32.6%
Apartment, five storeys or more2.5%

Language

Knows English only90.9%
Knows French only0.0%
Knows both official languages4.1%
Knows neither official language4.9%
Mother tongue English66.6%
Mother tongue French0.8%
Mother tongue neither English nor French29.2%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants25.6%
Immigrants who arrived 2016–20213.7%
Non-permanent residents3.1%
Indigenous identity5.1%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van90.8%
Public transit2.8%
Walking4.1%
Bicycle0.6%

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