Elections Canada Results 2025: Full Breakdown and Maps

Canada went to the polls on April 28, 2025, and delivered something many analysts hadn’t predicted: a Liberal win in the popular vote alongside another minority government. With 19.8 million ballots cast and turnout at its highest since 1993, the results rewrote parts of the usual political script. Here’s what the numbers actually show.

Election Date: April 28, 2025 · Winning Party: Liberal Party · Government Type: Minority · Parliament: 45th · Official Results Source: Elections Canada

The table below consolidates official election statistics from Elections Canada and verified sources, providing a quick reference for key metrics.

Who won the popular vote in 2025 Canada?

The Liberals won the popular vote for the first time since 2015, posting their highest vote share since 1980 and the highest for any single party since 1984. Over 85% of all votes went to Liberal or Conservative candidates — the most concentrated popular vote since 1958.

Popular vote breakdown by party

According to verified results, the Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre secured 41.98% of the popular vote with 8,113,484 individual ballots. The Liberal Party captured the overall popular vote lead despite holding fewer seats overall. The NDP received just over 6% of the popular vote — its worst result in history.

Comparison to seat wins

The parliamentary arithmetic tells a different story from the raw vote totals. The Conservatives won 144 seats in the House of Commons, becoming the largest opposition party. Of 343 total seats, 59 changed hands — mostly shifting between Liberals and Conservatives. The Bloc Québécois took 22 seats while the NDP dropped to just 7 seats, losing official party status for the first time since 1993.

The implication: vote share alone does not determine government formation in Canada’s riding-based system, making the popular vote win largely symbolic for the Liberals in terms of actual power.

Did the Conservatives win the popular vote in 2025?

No — the Conservatives did not win the popular vote in 2025. While the party finished second nationally in vote share, the Liberal Party captured the overall popular vote lead for the first time in a decade.

Vote shares and margins

The Conservative vote share reached 41.98%, translating to 8,113,484 individual votes — a substantial figure that reflects the party’s broad geographic reach. However, the electoral system’s riding-based structure means these votes distributed less efficiently than the Liberal totals.

Historical context

This result reverses a decade-long trend in which the Conservatives consistently topped the popular vote while losing seat count battles in Parliament. The Liberals’ rebound was described by some analysts as one of the widest polling shifts recorded in any democracy. Both major parties improved their vote shares and seat counts compared to 2021.

What this means: The Conservatives’ geographic concentration in rural and suburban ridings created an efficiency gap that cost them a shot at government despite historically high popular support.

Canada election results map 2025

Official election results maps are available through Elections Canada, showing political affiliation by electoral district across the country.

Interactive maps by riding

Elections and Democracy Canada hosts an interactive map displaying district-by-district results. The official PDF map from Elections Canada incorporates geographic data from Natural Resources Canada and Statistics Canada. A detailed SVG map is also available on Wikimedia Commons.

• Elections Canada official results map PDF
• Elections and Democracy interactive results map
• Wikimedia Commons SVG results map

Regional wins

The electoral map showed clear regional divisions. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Liberals won Avalon, Cape Spear, Labrador, and St. John’s East, while Conservatives took Central Newfoundland, Long Range Mountains, and Terra Nova—The Peninsulas. Nova Scotia saw Conservatives win Acadie—Annapolis with Liberals capturing Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish and Central Nova. Ontario’s results were mixed, with Liberals prevailing in Don Valley North, Don Valley West, Eglinton—Lawrence, Etobicoke Centre, and Etobicoke—Lakeshore, while Conservatives won Dufferin—Caledon, Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, and Essex. In British Columbia, Liberals secured North Vancouver—Capilano, Port Moody—Coquitlam, and Richmond East—Steveston, while Conservatives took Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna, Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies, and Richmond Centre—Marpole.

The pattern: Urban cores trended Liberal while suburban and rural ridings favored the Conservatives, creating the familiar urban-rural split that defines Canadian electoral geography.

Canadian election results by age group 2025

Detailed demographic breakdowns by age group have not yet been released by Elections Canada as of the current reporting period. The agency continues to process and publish official tabulations.

Turnout and preferences by demographics

What is known is that overall voter turnout reached 69.5% — the highest recorded since 1993. Elections Canada estimates put the turnout rate at 69.46% based on preliminary data from 19,813,211 ballots cast across 343 electoral districts.

Key voter shifts

The most significant shift involved the NDP’s collapse to just over 6% of the popular vote and 7 seats. This result represents the party’s worst performance in its history and eliminated its official party status in Parliament. The Greens received their lowest popular vote since 2000, while the People’s Party essentially collapsed from 5% in 2021 to just 0.7% in 2025.

The implication: Without age-group data, analysts cannot yet determine which demographics drove the Liberal popular vote win or the NDP’s historic collapse, though the top-two consolidation suggests traditional third-party voters shifted decisively toward one of the major parties.

How often does Canada have elections for prime minister?

Canada does not hold direct elections for prime minister. Instead, Canadians elect Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, and the leader of the party that commands a majority (or minority coalition) becomes prime minister.

Fixed election dates

Under Canada’s fixed-date election legislation, federal elections are scheduled for the third Monday in October every four years. However, the Prime Minister can call an earlier election at their discretion, as Mark Carney did in 2025. The previous election was held in September 2021, meaning the 2025 call came approximately 19 months ahead of the next scheduled date.

Triggers for early elections

Early elections can be triggered when a minority government loses a confidence vote in Parliament, when the Prime Minister advises the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, or when a government falls on a key legislative measure. The 2025 election was called early by Prime Minister Carney.

The 2025 result presents a paradox: a governing party that won the popular vote while still governing as a minority. This dynamic gives the Carney Liberals a popular mandate but limited parliamentary arithmetic, meaning every confidence vote becomes a potential flashpoint. For voters who backed the NDP or smaller parties, the message is equally stark — the electoral system showed no mercy to parties outside the top two, with the NDP losing official status for the first time in three decades.

The catch: The Liberals’ popular vote victory translates to governing leverage only if they can maintain confidence votes in Parliament, and the narrow margin means any significant opposition defection could trigger another election before 2029.