The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
Federal riding · NS · No. 12002 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Jaime Battiste Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 4,038 votes
- Turnout
- 75.1% of 64,665 electors
- Population
- 75,030 2021 census
- Area
- 20,565 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Highest turnout in Nova Scotia75.1% of 64,665 electors voted · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 30th of 343 in Canada
- Largest by area in Nova Scotia20,565 km² · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 48th of 343 in Canada
- Least populous in Nova Scotia75,030 people, 2021 census · 1st of 11 in Nova Scotia · 17th of 343 in Canada
- Closest race in Nova ScotiaWon by 4,038 votes (8.4 pts) · 3rd of 11 in Nova Scotia · 86th of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Jaime Battiste
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
- Member: Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 37% of today's Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish came from ridings other than the old Cape Breton—Canso.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
62.6%Cape Breton—Canso 97% of it kept
29.3%Sydney—Victoria 94% of it kept
8.0%Central Nova 13% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Jaime Battiste
Liberal
24,908
51.6% of valid votes
Margin
4,038
votes · +8.4 pts
Runner-up
Allan MacMaster
Conservative
20,870
43.2% of valid votes
Liberal 51.6% · Conservative 43.2% · New Democratic 4.0%
Turnout75.1% of 64,665 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Battiste | Liberal | 24,908 | 51.6% | 45.0% | +6.6 |
| Allan MacMaster | Conservative | 20,870 | 43.2% | 34.8% | +8.4 |
| Joanna Clark | New Democratic | 1,930 | 4.0% | 14.6% | −10.6 |
2 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Ryan Smyth | People's | 333 | 0.7% |
| Rebecca Wall | Independent | 237 | 0.5% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
4.2 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,930 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 4,038-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
98 of 190
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 2,020 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 4.2% of the 48,278 valid votes, 4.2 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal24,908
Conservative20,870
Still Liberal by 4,038 votes. Actual margin: 4,038.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 55.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal47.6%56.5%+8.9
Conservative46.4%39.4%−7.0
New Democratic4.5%3.3%−1.2
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $67,500 — about 80 percent of the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest51st lowest of 343
- Median age is 50.8 — about 1.2 times the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest19th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.6% — about 80 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest125th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 3.8% — about 22 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest41st lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 78.4% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest75th highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 5.6% — about 3.5 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest103rd highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 12002NS · 2025
Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
Jaime Battiste
- Result
- Liberal hold by 4,038
- Turnout
- 75.1%
- Population
- 75,030
- Area
- 20,565 km²
Highest turnout in Nova ScotiaLargest by area in Nova ScotiaLeast populous in Nova ScotiaClosest race in Nova Scotia
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