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Cape Breton—Canso

Cape Breton—Canso

Nova Scotia electoral district
Cape Breton—Canso in relation to the other Nova Scotia federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mike Kelloway Liberal
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	71,380
Electors (2021)	60,559
Area (km²)[1]	9,308
Pop. density (per km²)	7.7
Census subdivision(s)	Cape Breton, Guysborough, Port Hawkesbury

Cape Breton—Canso is a federal electoral districtinNova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

From the 2016 census^[2]

Languages (mother tongue): 90.8% English, 6.5% French, 1.2% Mi'kmaq, 0.4% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1%Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic, 0.1% Tagalog^[3]

Average age: 46.4

Average household size: 2.3

The district includes eastern Guysborough County, and the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Chéticamp, St. Peters, Port Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km^{2[citation needed]}.

In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique. [1]

The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Bras d'Or was renamed『Bras d'Or—Cape Breton』in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.

Under the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained 9% of its new territory from Central Nova.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding will largely be replaced by Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish. It will gain the remainder of Antigonish County from Central Nova, and exchange territory with Sydney—Victoria, gaining Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and the rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and losing the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney ForkstoMorien, including the Glace Bay area.^[4]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graph of election results in Bras d'Or, Bras d'Or–Cape Breton, Cape Breton—Canso (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "Cape Breton—Canso (Code 12001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

• Riding history for Bras d'Or (1996–1998) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Bras d'Or—Cape Breton (1998–2003) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Cape Breton—Canso (2003– ) from the Library of Parliament