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| Established | 00, 0000 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
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| Last Modified | Monsieur December 24, 2005 10:12am |
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This southern Ontario riding, 60 kilometres east of Toronto, contains most of the city of Oshawa.
The southern boundary is the north shore of Lake Ontario. The northern boundary is Winchester Road East, between Townline Road North in the east and Simcoe Street North, Rossland Road West, Oshawa Creek, King Street West. The western boundary is the western city limit of Oshawa.
Oshawa is a centre of the Canadian automobile industry and the local economy is dominated by General Motors. It is one of Ontario's most industrial ridings, with 14 per cent of employment coming from manufacturing. Average family income is $63,855 and unemployment is 7.2 per cent.
Oshawa-Whitby riding was created in 1966 and renamed Oshawa in 1976. In the 1996 redistribution, 13 per cent of Durham was added. In 2004, the boundary of the riding was pushed north to include part of Durham.
Population: 113,662
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