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Pickering–Scarborough East
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| Established | June 28, 2004 |
| Disbanded | October 20, 2015 |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modified | RP August 02, 2015 12:28pm |
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This fast-growing Toronto area riding contains part of the former city of Scarborough and part of Pickering. It runs from Lake Ontario in the south to Finch Avenue and Finch Avenue East in the north, between Valley Farm Road, Highway 401 and Brock Road in the east and Meadowvale Road, Sheppard Avenue East, Morningside Avenue and Highland Creek in the west.
Manufacturing, retail trade and the financial services sector are among the major sources of employment. Average family income is $91,184 and unemployment is five per cent. According to the 2001 census, the immigrant population is 35 per cent, with a large East Indian community.
The Pickering-Scarborough East riding was created in 2004, from 44 per cent of Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge, 40 per cent of Scarborough East and a small area from Scarborough-Rouge River. Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge was created in 1986 from parts of the former Ontario riding and Durham riding.
Population: 106,722
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