Toronto Centre-Rosedale

The biggest change affecting the riding is south of Bloor St. and west of Yonge St.

A sliver of the riding, as well as the Toronto islands was lost to Trinity-Spadina.

The riding essentially begins at the intersection of Avenue Rd. and the Canadian Pacific Railway; then it proceeds east along the railway to Yonge St.; then north along Yonge St. to Jackes Ave.; then east along Jackes Ave to the westerly limit of the Rosehill Reservoir; then north along the limit to Rosehill Ave.; then east along Rosehill Ave. and its production to the Don River Tributary situated east of Avoca Ave.; then generally northwest along the tributary to the southerly limit of Mount Pleasant Cemetery; then east along the limit to the former easterly limit of the City of Toronto, at the intersection of Bayview Ave. and Moore Ave.; then southeast along the former limit to the Canadian Pacific Railway; then northeast along the railway to Bayview Ave.; then generally south along Bayview Ave. to Pottery Rd.; then generally northeast along Pottery Rd. to the Don River; then south along the river to Keating Channel; then southwest along the channel and its production to the southerly production of Yonge St.; then north along the production and Yonge St. to College St.; then west along College St. to Queen’s Park; then north along Queen’s Park, Queen’s Park Cr. W., Queen’s Park and Avenue Rd.

As well there was a slight change at the north end of the riding, as a sliver of St. Paul’s was also added. Within that section are two institutions close to MP Carolyn Bennett’s heart.

"I truly love Frontier College and all the work they do and have been very proud of it and the YWCA that very friendly front room there has been the site of so many of our town hall meetings and roundtables and things," said the MP from St. Paul’s. "For me to lose the YWCA and Frontier College as institutions and understanding all of the good work that both of those organizations have done is something that you don’t expect when you think of actually the communities we represent, but it’s sort of part of the community.

"So I think change is hard."

One other change had been proposed, which was renaming the riding to Toronto Centre, but that was opposed by MP Bill Graham who represents the riding.

"According to Mr. Graham, while only 10 per cent of the constituents of Toronto Centre live in Rosedale, Rosedale comprises some 30 per cent of the riding’s geography," the report said. "Rosedale is an historic and integral component of the riding and represents a considerable part of the riding’s character and its diversity. It is an immediately identifiable signifier of that section of Toronto and an important part of Toronto’s downtown heritage. Mr. Graham notes that in the previous redistribution, he supported the change of name from "Rosedale" to ‘Toronto Centre-Rosedale’ as the name best describing this electoral district."

The population of the new riding is 114,581.