York West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904 and since 1917.
Its population was 110,384 in 2001. The district includes the northwest corner of the former city of North York, including the extreme western part of Downsview.
It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, southeast along Black Creek, west along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, west along Highway 401, and northwest along the Humber River to the northern city limit.
The riding is represented by Judy Sgro in the Canadian House of Commons. It is considered to be one of the safest seats in Canada for the Liberals.
Read more about York West: History, Members of Parliament, Former Boundaries
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