Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish

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Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish (formerly Cape Breton—Canso) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2011 was 75,247. It is the successor to Bras d'Or (later known as Bras d'Or—Cape Breton), which was represented in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2004.

Demographics

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Languages (mother tongue): 90.8% English, 6.5% French, 1.2% Mi'kmaq, 0.4% German, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1%Mandarin, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Scottish Gaelic, 0.1% Tagalog<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Average age: 46.4

Average household size: 2.3

Geography

The district includes all of Antigonish County, eastern Guysborough County, the western, southern and eastern coasts of Cape Breton Island, as well as the towns of Port Hawkesbury and Mulgrave. Communities include Glace Bay, Louisbourg, Inverness, Chéticamp, St. Peters, Guysborough, Dominion and Canso. The area is 9,438 km²Template:Cn.

Political geography

In 2008, the Liberals won most of their support on Cape Breton Island, whereas the mainland portion of the riding voted Conservative with a few Liberal and NDP pockets The Conservatives and the NDP both won a small handful of polls on the island, and the Greens won a poll containing Judique. [1]

History

The riding of Bras d'Or was created in 1996 from parts of Cape Breton Highlands—Canso and Cape Breton—East Richmond ridings.

Bras d'Or was renamed "Bras d'Or—Cape Breton" in 1998. It was abolished in 2003. Most of its territory (except for the community of Sydney River) was incorporated into a new riding called "Cape Breton—Canso", and it also added a portion of Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough on the mainland.

Under the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding gained 9% of its new territory from Central Nova.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was largely replaced by Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish. It gained the remainder of Antigonish County from Central Nova, and exchanged territory with Sydney—Victoria, gaining Victoria, the remainder of Inverness and the rural western part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, and lost the urban part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality from Sydney Forks to Morien, including the Glace Bay area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These changes came into effect upon the calling of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

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Election results

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