Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
Geography
The riding, in the Quebec region of Capitale-Nationale, consists of the northeast part of Quebec City, including the borough of Charlesbourg and the eastern portion of La Haute-Saint-Charles.The neighbouring ridings are Québec, Louis-Saint-Laurent, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, and Beauport—Limoilou.
Demographics
Ethnic groups: 95.3% White, 2.9% Indigenous, 1.8% OtherLanguages: 96.8% French, 1.1% English, 2.1% other
Religions: 88.7% Christian, 0.8% Other, 10.5% none
Median income: $32,861
Average income: $36,940
History
Charlesbourg was created in 1976 from parts of Portneuf and Montmorency. It was renamed Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier in 2000 and abolished in 2003, at which point a new Charlesbourg riding was created. After the federal election in 2004, it was renamed Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles.The riding gained a small fraction of territory from Louis-Saint-Laurent from the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding gained territory from Louis-Saint-Laurent east of the following line: Boul. Val-Cartier to Rue de la Rivière-Nelson, Rivière Saint-Charles, the eastern limits of the Wendake Indian Reserve, Boul. Bastien, Boul. Pierre-Bertrand, lost the territory east of Ch. de Château-Bigot and Av. du Bourg-Royal and north of Boul. Louis-XIV to Montmorency—Charlevoix, and lost territory to Beauport—Limoilou south of a line that follows Rue de Chamonix, 10e Av. East, and Boul. Louix-XIV, and an additional territory south of a line that follows 41e Rue West, to Boul. Henri-Bourassa to Autoroute 40.