The riding is one of the most diverse in Canada, with less than one-fifth of the population being of European descent.[2][3] As of 2021, four pan-ethnic groups form greater than 10 percent of the riding; 38.1% East Asian, 18.7% European, 17.8% South Asian and 16% Southeast Asian.
Vancouver South is the centre of the city's South Asian community; the colourful Punjabi Market (Little India) and the close-knit community of religious Sikhs dominate the area.[4] The service sector, retail trade and manufacturing are the major sources of employment in Vancouver South. Nearly 30% of residents over the age of 25 years have obtained a university certificate or degree. The average family income is over $71,000. Unemployment is around 6.3%.[5]
The 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution concluded that the electoral boundaries of Vancouver South should be adjusted, and a modified electoral district of the same name will be contested in future elections.[11] The redefined Vancouver South loses a portion of its current territory west of Cambie Street to the new district of Vancouver Granville, and gains a small area in the northeast currently included in Vancouver Kingsway. These new boundaries were legally defined in the 2013 representation order, which came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[12]
Historical boundaries
1914 representation order
1933 representation order
1947 representation order
1952 representation order
1966 representation order
1976 representation order
1987 representation order
1996 representation order (as Vancouver South—Burnaby)
2003 representation order
2013 representation order
2023 representation order (as Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby)
Its current representing MP is Harjit Sajjan, who is Minister of International Development in the current federal Cabinet. He has been its MP since the 2015 federal election, when he beat the Conservative then-incumbent by more than 6,000 votes.
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Graph of election results in Vancouver South (since 2004, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)