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| Established | 00, 0000 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modified | Monsieur December 27, 2005 09:00pm |
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This Toronto riding contains part of the former city of North York, including its highly developed Yonge Street strip and many affluent residential areas.
It runs from Highway 401 in the south to Steeles Avenue East in the north, between Victoria Park Ave, the hydro transmission line, Highway 404, Finch Avenue East and Leslie Street in the east, and the west branch of the Don River, Bathurst Street, the hydro transmission line and Yonge Street in the west.
According to the 2001 census, the immigrant population is more than 56 per cent with 27 per cent giving Chinese as their ethnic origin. There are large Jewish, Korean and Iranian communities. The average family income is $81,664 and unemployment is 6.8 per cent.
Willowdale riding was established in 1976 from 57 per cent of York Centre, 35 per cent York North and part of Eglinton. In 1996 there were substantial boundary revisions. In 2004, the southeast boundary moved east to Leslie Street and the northwest boundary has moved west to Yonge Street.
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