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Carleton

Federal riding · Ontario · Ottawa region

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 13.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 50.0%
  • Conservative 36.2%
  • NDP 2.8%
  • Green 1.3%
  • PPC 1.2%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP Green
Carleton 50.0%36.2%2.8%1.3%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+1.4 34.4%+1.8 5.4%−2.6 1.8%−0.5
National averageCanada 47.0%+3.0 30.4%+5.8 11.8%−9.0 2.4%−1.1

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • French 3.0%
  • English 89.5%
  • Other languages 7.5%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Bruce Fanjoy · Liberal

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 5.2 points, with 81.4% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 13.8 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Bruce Fanjoy Elected Liberal 43,846 50.6 Retired
Pierre Poilievre Conservative 39,333 45.4 Parliamentarian
Beth Prokaska NDP 1,221 1.4 Retired Teacher
Mark Watson Green 561 0.6 Entrepreneur
Karen Bourdeau Other 112 0.1 Administrator
Shawn MacEachern Other 63 0.1 Senior Manager Personnel Support
Lorant Polya Independent 57 0.1 Software Developer
Scott Falkingham Independent 45 0.1 Software Developer
Sana Ahmad Independent 41 0.0 Organizer
Pierre Gauthier Independent 38 0.0 Accounting Technician
Guillaume Paradis Independent 37 0.0 IT Analyst
Danny Légaré Other 37 0.0 Web Designer
Dan Kyung Independent 35 0.0 Software Engineer
Sébastien CoRhino Other 31 0.0 Inventor
Sarah Burke Independent 27 0.0 Electrical Engineer
Mark Moutter Independent 23 0.0 Student
David Zhu Independent 21 0.0 Software Architect
Charlie Currie Independent 20 0.0 Stand-up Comic and Comedy Writer
John Dale Independent 20 0.0 PhD Student
Euan Fraser Tait Independent 18 0.0 Psychotherapist
John Boylan Independent 17 0.0 Teacher
Mélodie Anderson Independent 16 0.0 Small-Scale Farmer
Alex Banks Independent 16 0.0 Instrumentation and Control Technician
Michael Bednarski Independent 15 0.0 Teacher
David Nguyen Independent 15 0.0 Video Game Developer
Sophie Bearden Independent 14 0.0 Project Coordinator
Seyed Hosseini Lavasani Independent 13 0.0 Mathematician
Darcy Vanderwater Independent 12 0.0 Student
Jeani Boudreault Independent 12 0.0 Social Work
Alexandra Engering Independent 12 0.0 Forest School Educator
Lajos Polya Independent 12 0.0 Software Developer
Donald McKay Independent 11 0.0 Retired
Jenny Cartwright Independent 11 0.0 Documentary Filmmaker
Jeffrey Goodman Independent 11 0.0 Retired Financial Planner
Daniel Stuckless Independent 11 0.0 Academic
Laina Kohler Independent 10 0.0 Product Engineer
Charles Lemieux Independent 10 0.0 Teacher
Maria Gabriel Independent 10 0.0 Personal Support Worker
Sarah Thompson Independent 9 0.0 Adult Educator
Ryan Huard Independent 9 0.0 Security Firmware Engineer
Marthalee Aykroyd Independent 9 0.0 Retired
Andrea Hollinger Independent 8 0.0 Student
Robert Harris Independent 8 0.0 Unemployed
Connie Lukawski Independent 8 0.0 Software Developer
Alain Bourgault Independent 8 0.0 Retired
John Francis O'Flynn Independent 8 0.0 Teacher
Daniel Gagnon Independent 8 0.0 Computer Scientist
Julian Selody Independent 7 0.0 Musician
Peter Gorman Independent 7 0.0 Librarian
Michal Wieczorek Independent 7 0.0 Data Scientist
Line Bélanger Independent 6 0.0 Retired
Alexander Lein Independent 6 0.0 General Manager
Agnieszka Marszalek Independent 6 0.0 Teacher
Loren Hicks Independent 6 0.0 Retired
Hakim Sheriff Independent 6 0.0 Embedded Systems Developer
Blake Hamilton Independent 6 0.0 Administrative Services Management
Kevin Krisa Independent 5 0.0 Hydronic Heating Inside Sales
Winston Neutel Independent 5 0.0 Writer
Alain Lamontagne Independent 5 0.0 Retired
David Cherniak Independent 5 0.0 Producer
Lény Painchaud Independent 5 0.0 Labourer
Tetia Bayoro Independent 5 0.0 Logistics Manager
Elliot Wand Independent 5 0.0 Merchandiser
Jaël Champagne Gareau Independent 4 0.0 Postdoctoral Researcher
Spencer Rocchi Independent 4 0.0 Teacher
Gerrit Dogger Independent 4 0.0 Project Manager
Gregory Gillis Independent 4 0.0 Secondary School Teacher
Lanna Palsson Independent 4 0.0 Support Person
Patrick Strzalkowski Independent 4 0.0 Ecologist
Dante Camarena Jimenez Independent 4 0.0 Game Developer
Christopher Navarro-Canseco Independent 4 0.0 Student
Samuel Lafontaine Independent 3 0.0 Teacher
Kerri Hildebrandt Independent 3 0.0 Engineer
Michael Skirzynski Independent 3 0.0 Business Development Manager
Krzysztof Krzywinski Independent 3 0.0 Student
Julie St-Amand Independent 3 0.0 Public Servant
Manon Marie Lili Desbiens Independent 3 0.0 Communications Manager
Trevor Holsworth Independent 3 0.0 Manager
Yogo Shimada Independent 3 0.0 Customer Support Agent
Roger Sherwood Independent 3 0.0 Research and Development Scientist
Artem Gudkov Independent 3 0.0 IT Consultant
Pascal St-Amand Independent 2 0.0 Municipal Public Servant
Anthony Hamel Independent 2 0.0 Student
Sheri Oberman Independent 2 0.0 Retired
Demetrios Karavas Independent 2 0.0 IT Manager
Benjamin Teichman Independent 2 0.0 Software Engineer
Zornitsa Halacheva Independent 2 0.0 Bookbinder
Wallace Richard Rowat Independent 2 0.0 Computer Consultant
Daniel Graham Independent 2 0.0 Porter
Joseph Maw Independent 1 0.0 Painter
Ysack Dupont Independent 0 0.0 Driver
Other candidates 592 0.7

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated