Sault Ste. Marie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. This riding is centred on the city of Sault Ste. Marie. It includes the adjacent communities of Rankin Location 15D, Garden River 14 and Prince, and covers a portion of Unorganized North Algoma District north to the Montreal River (including the communities of Goulais Bay 15A and Obadjiwan 15E). Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be renamed Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma.

Riding history

The riding was created in 1966 from parts of Algoma West riding. For most of its history, the riding included only the city of Sault Ste. Marie and some immediately surrounding communities. It consisted initially of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and the Township of Prince. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie east of Allen's Side Road and south of the Second Line. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Sault Ste. Marie lying south of Third Line and the part of Rankin Location 15D lying within the city limits. In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the City of Sault Ste. Marie. In 2003, the geographic boundaries of this riding were expanded and defined as:

Current boundaries

In the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding was redefined, losing St. Joseph Island, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Laird, Tarbutt, Johnson, Plummer Additional, Bruce Mines and a portion of Unorganized North Algoma to Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing. It is now defined as:

Future boundaries

After the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution to take effect at the next election, this riding will be greatly expanded to include much of rural Algoma District, and be renamed Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma. It will consist of:

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census Ethnic groups: 81.0% White, 14.9% Indigenous, 1.5% South Asian Languages: 87.5% English, 3.2% Italian, 2.9% French Religions: 58.1% Christian (32.3% Catholic, 6.1% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 1.2% Presbyterian, 10.6% other), 39.2% none Median income: $40,800 (2020) Average income: $49,640 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Election results

Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma, 2023 representation order

Sault Ste. Marie, 2013 representation order

Sault Ste. Marie, 2003 representation order

Sault Ste. Marie, previous elections

• Changes for the Canadian Alliance are from the Reform votes in 1997.