Calgary Forest Lawn was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was defined in the 2013 representation order.

[3] The 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution transferred the northern neighbourhoods of Coral Springs, Monterey Park, Rundle and Prineridge to the new riding of Calgary McKnight.

While the remaining portion was transferred to the newly created riding of Calgary East.

Languages: 59.1% English, 5.2% Vietnamese, 4.7% Chinese, 4.7% Tagalog, 4.6% Punjabi, 3.8% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 1.5% Urdu, 1.4% French, 12.4% Other Religions: 49.6% Christian, 11.6% Muslim, 6.0% Buddhist, 4.7% Sikh, 2.2% Hindu, 0.7% Other, 25.2% None Median income: $27,331 (2010) Average income: $33,458 (2010) This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: The seat became vacant on August 2, 2019 with the death of Deepak Obhrai.

[9][10] Since the vacancy occurred less than nine months before the fixed-date general election of October 21, 2019, no by-election was held.