Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)

Niagara Falls is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.

It consists of the city of Niagara Falls and the towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake.

History
The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Erie—Lincoln and Welland ridings. It consisted initially of the townships of Stamford, Willoughby and Bertie, the city of Niagara Falls, and the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach in the county of Welland. In 1966, the towns of Fort Erie, Chippawa and Crystal Beach and the township of Stamford were excluded from the riding.

In 1976, the riding was redefined to consist of the City of Niagara Falls and the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In 1996, the riding was expanded to include the part of the City of Thorold lying east of the Welland Canal. In 2004 the western boundary of the riding was moved east from the Welland Canal to the Thorold town line, while the southern boundary was extended south to Lake Erie. This change excluded the town of Thorold and included all of the town of Fort Erie.

This riding was left unchanged during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Demographics

 * According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 79.2% White, 4.6% South Asian, 3.9% Indigenous, 2.6% Black, 2.2% Chinese, 2.3% Filipino, 1.6% Latin American

Languages: 77.7% English, 2.6% Italian, 1.6% French, 1.4% Spanish, 1.1% Tagalog, 1.1% German, 1.0% Mandarin

Religions: 60.9% Christian (30.6% Catholic, 5.8% Anglican, 4.0% United Church, 2.0% Presbyterian, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist, 1.0% Pentecostal, 1.0% Anabaptist, 11.9% Other), 2.9% Muslim, 1.5% Hindu, 32.2% None.

Median income: $36,800 (2020)

Average income: $47,720 (2020)

Federal riding associations
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.