2025 Canadian electoral calendar

2025 elections in Canada

This is a list of elections in Canada that were held in 2025. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.

Overview of key electoral events

General elections

Date Jurisdiction Party before First minister before Party after First minister after Swing
February 27 Ontario Progressive Conservative
Doug Ford Progressive Conservative
Doug Ford -1.95%
-2 seats [a]
April 28 Federal Liberal
Mark Carney Liberal
Mark Carney 1.79%
-3½ seats
October 14 Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal
John Hogan Progressive Conservative
Tony Wakeham 5.19%
5½ seats
October 27 Nunavut Consensus government P.J. Akeeagok Consensus government John Main n/a
November 3 Yukon Liberal
Mike Pemberton Yukon Party
Currie Dixon 17.39%
6½ seats

By-elections

Date Juris Electoral District Party before Member before Party after Member after Swing
March 17 QC Terrebonne CAQ Pierre Fitzgibbon PQ Catherine Gentilcore 27.27%
March 18 MB Transcona NDP Nello Altomare NDP Shannon Corbett 6.75%
June 23 AB Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills UCP Nathan Cooper UCP Tara Sawyer -7.67%
June 23 AB Edmonton-Ellerslie NDP Rod Loyola NDP Gurtej Singh Brar -6.07%
June 23 AB Edmonton-Strathcona NDP Rachel Notley NDP Naheed Nenshi 3.13%
August 11 QC Arthabaska CAQ Eric Lefebvre PQ Alex Boissonneault 40.45%
August 12 PE Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park PC Natalie Jameson Liberal Carolyn Simpson 29.15%
August 12 PE Brackley-Hunter River PC Dennis King PC Kent Dollar -12.18%
August 18 Fed. Battle River—Crowfoot, AB Conservative Damien Kurek Conservative Pierre Poilievre -5.90%
August 26 MB Spruce Woods PC Grant Jackson PC Colleen Robbins -18.32%
October 6 NB Miramichi West PC Mike Dawson PC Kevin Russell -2.50%
December 8 PE Georgetown-Pownal PC Steven Myers PC Brendan Curran -26.36%
December 15 NU Aggu n/a None[b] n/a Edward Attagutaluk n/a

Leadership contests

   Contest held while party in government, contest winner to be first minister elect.

Date Jurisdiction Party Status in Legislature Previous permanent
leader (leadership)
New leader(s)
February 4[c] Federal Green 5th party, without status
Elizabeth May
(2006-19, since 2022)
Elizabeth May &
Jonathan Pedneault
March 9 Federal Liberal Minority government
Justin Trudeau
(2013-25)
Mark Carney
April 26 MB Progressive
Conservative
Official opposition
Heather Stefanson
(2021-24)
Obby Khan
May 3 NL Liberal Majority government
Andrew Furey
(2020-25)
John Hogan
June 7 PEI Green 3rd party, with status
Peter Bevan-Baker
(2012-23)
Matt MacFarlane
June 14 QC Liberal Official opposition
Dominique Anglade
(2020-22)
Pablo Rodriguez
June 19 YT Liberal Minority government
Ranj Pillai
(2023-25)
Mike Pemberton
September 24 BC Green 3rd party, with status
Sonia Furstenau
(2020-25)
Emily Lowan
October 4 PEI Liberal Official opposition
Sharon Cameron
(2022-23)
Robert Mitchell
October 25 MB Liberal 3rd party, without status
Dougald Lamont
(2017-23)
Willard Reaves
November 8[d] QC Québec
solidaire
3rd party, with status
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
(2017-25) [e]
Sol Zanetti[e]
  1. ^ Swing to Liberals who came in second in vote share, but third in seat count
  2. ^ Election resulted in a tie.
  3. ^ co-leadership ratification vote
  4. ^ Contest for male co-spokesperson only
  5. ^ a b as male co-spokesperson, serving with Ruba Ghazal elected in November 2024

January to March

April to May

June to July

August to September

October

November to December

See also

References

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