Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Willowdale

Federal riding · Ontario · City of Toronto

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 18.0 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 52.8%
  • Conservative 34.8%
  • NDP 4.6%
  • PPC 1.2%
  • Green 0.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
Willowdale 52.8%34.8%4.6%1.2%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+4.2 34.4%+0.4 5.4%−0.8 1.8%−0.7
National averageCanada 47.0%+5.8 30.4%+4.4 11.8%−7.2 2.1%−0.9

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
  • English 52.3%
  • Other languages (French included) 47.7%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Ali Ehsassi · Liberal

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

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 9.4 points, with 60.6% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 18.0 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Ali Ehsassi Elected Liberal 25,488 52.9 Parliamentarian
James Lin Conservative 20,977 43.6 Public Servant
Christy Kheirallah NDP 1,224 2.5 Media Relations Officer
Other candidates 465 1.0

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