Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Sudbury

Federal riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 20.2 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 50.9%
  • Conservative 30.6%
  • NDP 4.8%
  • PPC 2.4%
  • Green 0.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
Sudbury 50.9%30.6%4.8%2.4%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+2.3 34.4%−3.8 5.4%−0.6 1.8%+0.6
National averageCanada 47.0%+3.9 30.4%+0.2 11.8%−7.0 2.1%+0.3

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 7.2%
  • English 89.1%
  • Other languages 3.7%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Viviane Lapointe · Liberal

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

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 12.6 points, with 69.0% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 20.2 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Viviane Lapointe Elected Liberal 31,551 51.4 Parliamentarian
Ian Symington Conservative 23,835 38.8 Physician
Nadia Verrelli NDP 4,680 7.6 University Professor
Nicholas Bonderoff PPC 773 1.3 Mining Engineer
Other candidates 520 0.8

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