Brampton East

Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.^[3]

Brampton East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021).^[4] Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.^[5]

Demographics

Religion in Brampton East (2021)^[6]

Sikh (40.4%)
Hindu (23.8%)
Christian (22.3%)
Muslim (7.40%)
Buddhist (0.80%)
Other (0.40%)
Irreligious (4.90%)

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[7]

Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian

Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None

Median income: $33,600 (2020)

Average income: $44,160 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Brampton East (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[8]		2016^[9]		2011^[10]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
South Asian	91,975	70.13%	80,035	65.88%	59,885	60.29%
African	13,345	10.18%	13,775	11.34%	12,415	12.5%
European^[a]	8,620	6.57%	11,210	9.23%	12,140	12.22%
Middle Eastern^[b]	3,900	2.97%	3,625	2.98%	2,835	2.85%
Southeast Asian^[c]	3,635	2.77%	3,620	2.98%	4,165	4.19%
Latin American	1,610	1.23%	2,220	1.83%	1,545	1.56%
East Asian^[d]	1,010	0.77%	1,290	1.06%	1,630	1.64%
Indigenous	45	0.03%	225	0.19%	160	0.16%
Other/multiracial^[e]	6,990	5.33%	5,495	4.52%	4,560	4.59%
Total responses	131,140	99.59%	121,485	99.58%	99,335	99.62%
Total population	131,677	100%	122,000	100%	99,712	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale
42nd	2015–2018	Raj Grewal	Liberal
42nd	2018–2019	Raj Grewal	Independent
43rd	2019–2021	Maninder Sidhu	Liberal
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

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

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	23,616	48.59	–4.60
	Conservative	Bob Dosanjh Singh	21,731	44.71	+16.15
	People's	Jeff Lal	2,305	4.74	+2.11
	New Democratic	Haramrit Singh	821	1.69	–13.93
	Centrist	Abdus S Kissana	132	0.27	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,605	98.78
Total rejected ballots			598	1.22
Turnout			49,203	66.74
Eligible voters			73,721
	Liberal hold		Swing		–10.38
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	22,120	53.5	+6.1	$97,152.25
	Conservative	Naval Bajaj	11,647	28.2	+4.3	$107,663.35
	New Democratic	Gail Bannister-Clarke	6,511	15.7	-10.6	$55,251.17
	People's	Manjeet Singh	1,073	2.6	+2.1	$4,670.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,351	–	–	$109,233.57
Total rejected ballots			436
Turnout			40,787	54.6
Eligible voters			76,588
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada^[13]

2021 federal election redistributed results^[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	20,193	53.19
	Conservative	10,841	28.56
	New Democratic	5,928	15.62
	People's	1,000	2.63

2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	24,050	47.4	-4.92	$92,279.91
	New Democratic	Saranjit Singh	13,368	26.3	+3.29	$94,035.50
	Conservative	Ramona Singh	12,125	23.9	+0.36	none listed
	Green	Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie	666	1.3	+0.17	$885.60
	People's	Gaurav Walia	244	0.5		$42.92
	Independent	Manpreet Othi	211	0.4		$9,387.07
	Canada's Fourth Front	Partap Dua	89	0.2		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,753	100.0
Total rejected ballots			510
Turnout			51,263	66.4
Eligible voters			77,195
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.11
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]

2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raj Grewal	23,652	52.32	+21.67	$149,172.33
	Conservative	Naval Bajaj	10,642	23.54	-5.94	$189,039.82
	New Democratic	Harbaljit Singh Kahlon	10,400	23.01	-14.64	–
	Green	Kyle Lacroix	512	1.13	-0.57	$144.64
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,206	100.00		$201,381.89
Total rejected ballots			304	0.67	–
Turnout			45,510	67.20	–
Eligible voters			67,721
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.15
Source: Elections Canada^[17]^[18]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[19]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	10,775	37.7
	Liberal	8,774	30.7
	Conservative	8,439	29.5
	Green	487	1.2
	Others	147	0.5

Notes

Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

References

Statistics Canada: 2017
Statistics Canada: 2017
Final Report – Ontario
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