Mount Royal

Quebecelectoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Anthony Housefather Liberal
District created	1924
First contested	1925
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile,map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]	103,320
Electors (2019)	73,163
Area (km²)[2]	23
Pop. density (per km²)	4,492.2
Census division	Montreal
Census subdivision(s)	Montreal (part),Côte Saint-Luc,Mont Royal,Hampstead

Mount Royal (French:Mont-Royal,pronounced[mɔ̃ʁwajal]) is a federalelectoral district inQuebec,Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1925. Its population in 2006 was 98,888.

The riding is among the strongestLiberal ridings in the country.Réal Caouette, long-time leader of theSocial Credit Party in Quebec, once said that amailbox could win the Liberal nomination in Mount Royal and still win the election just because it was red (the traditional colour of the Liberal Party). The Liberals have held the riding continuously since 1940, and have only been seriously threatened three times since then—in 1958, 1984 and 2011, however theConservatives are stronger here than in other Montreal area ridings due toJewish-Canadian voters swinging right in the 21st century.

Its best-known MP is formerPrime MinisterPierre Trudeau, who represented the riding from 1965 to 1984. Its current MP,Anthony Housefather, was elected on 19 October 2015, garnering 50.3% of the vote,^[3] and was profiled as one of 10 rookie MPs to watch in the new parliament.^[4] Mr. Housefather has won, since then, three more races, tallying 56.4% of the vote in 2019,^[5] 57.7% in 2021,^[6] and 51.1% in 2025.^[7]

The riding has a large Jewish population, the second-largest in Canada at 21.3 percent behindThornhill.^[8]

The district includes the City ofCôte Saint-Luc, the Towns ofMount Royal andHampstead, the neighbourhood ofSnowdon and the western part of the neighbourhood ofCôte-des-Neiges in the city ofMontreal, Quebec.

According to the2011 Canadian census^[9]

Ethnic groups: 62.1% White, 10.8% Filipino, 6.3% Black, 5.5% South Asian, 3.4% Arab, 3.3% Southeast Asian, 2.9% Chinese, 2.1% Latino, 1.2% West Asian, 2.4% Other
Languages: 33.0% English, 23.8% French, 5.4% Tagalog, 4.2% Russian, 3.5% Arabic, 2.9% Spanish, 2.4% Chinese, 2.2% Romanian, 1.9% Tamil, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.7% Hebrew, 1.7% Yiddish, 1.6% Italian, 1.4% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.2% Persian, 10.1% Other
Religions: 44.4% Christian, 30.7% Jewish, 7.4% Muslim, 2.8% Hindu, 2.1% Buddhist, 0.3% Other, 12.3% None
Median income: $24,313 (2010)
Average income: $48,466 (2010)

According to the2016 Canadian census

• 2016 mother tongue languages (top twenty) : 31.5% English, 25.1% French, 5.8% Tagalog. 3.8% Arabic, 3.8% Russian, 2.8% Spanish, 2.2% Farsi, 2.1% Romanian, 1.8% Vietnamese, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.6% Italian, 1.6% Hebrew, 1.5% Tamil, 1.3% Bengali, 1.2% Greek, 1.1% Yiddish, 0.7% Hungarian, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.6% Portuguese, 0.5% Korean, 0.5% Polish, 0.5% Creole languages^[10]

The electoral district was created in 1924 mostly from Jacques-Cartier, Westmount—Saint-Henri andLaurier—Outremontridings, with small parts taken fromSt. Antoine andSt. Lawrence—St. George. The electoral district was actually abolished twice since 1924, in 1966 and in 1987; however, the district to replace it kept the same name and incumbent both times. Between the 1935 and 1949 elections, the riding did not contain any of the Town of Mount Royal, and was instead based inNotre-Dame-de-Grâce andMontreal West.

This riding remained largely intact during the2012 electoral redistribution, losing a small (uninhabited) territory toOutremont. The riding's English name was eliminated in the redistribution, but was reversed by the Riding Name Change Act, 2014.

Following the2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained the territory south of Boul. Décaire and west of Ch. Côte-Saint-Luc fromNotre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount.

• 
  2004 to 2011 election

This riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament:

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

• "Mount Royal (electoral district) (Code 24044) Census Profile".2011 census. Government of Canada -Statistics Canada. Retrieved7 March 2011.
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament:

• 1924-1966
• 1966-1987
• 1987-present

45°31′00″N73°38′30″W / 45.51667°N 73.64167°W /45.51667; -73.64167

• Côte Saint-Luc
• Mount Royal, Quebec
• Hampstead, Quebec
• Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
• Federal electoral districts of Montreal

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