The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Kanata

Federal riding · ON · No. 35043 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Kanata, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Jenna Sudds Liberal
2025 result
Liberal hold by 18,687 votes
Turnout
78.3% of 95,641 electors
Population
121,565 2021 census
Area
233 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Highest turnout in Canada: 78.3% of 95,641 electors voted · 4th of 3434th
    Highest turnout in Canada
    78.3% of 95,641 electors voted · 4th of 343
  • Population, largest first: 121,565 people, 2021 census · 48th of 343 in Canada48th
    Population, largest first
    121,565 people, 2021 census · 48th of 343 in Canada
  • Width of the margin: Won by 25.1 points (18,687 votes) · 109th of 343 in Canada109th
    Width of the margin
    Won by 25.1 points (18,687 votes) · 109th of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Jenna Sudds held the seat for the Liberals by 18,687 votes (+25.1 points).
  2. 30% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 47.4% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Median total household income is the 15th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Jenna Sudds
Liberal · first elected 2021-09-20 · 2 terms
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and to the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
  • Member: Government Operations and Estimates
  • Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 30% of today's Kanata came from ridings other than the old Kanata—Carleton.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
70.5%Kanata—Carleton 20% of it kept
15.8%Ottawa West—Nepean 40% of it kept
8.2%Nepean 11% of it kept
5.5%Carleton 1% 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
Jenna Sudds
Liberal
45,244
60.8% of valid votes
Margin
18,687
votes · +25.1 pts
Runner-up
Greg Kung
Conservative
26,557
35.7% of valid votes
Liberal 60.8% · Conservative 35.7% · New Democratic 2.3% · Green 1.1%
Turnout78.3% of 95,641 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Jenna SuddsLiberal45,24460.8%42.9%+17.9
Greg KungConservative26,55735.7%36.6%−0.9
Melissa SimonNew Democratic1,7022.3%14.6%−12.3
Jennifer PurdyGreen8351.1%2.5%−1.4
1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote
Moinuddin SiddiquiOther1220.2%
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
12.6 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,702 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 18,687-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
17 of 201
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (183) · ■ won by another party (17) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 9,344 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 12.5% of the 74,460 valid votes, 12.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal45,244
Conservative26,557
Still Liberal by 18,687 votes. Actual margin: 18,687.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 47.4% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal57.4%63.8%+6.4
Conservative37.9%33.6%−4.3
New Democratic3.0%1.7%−1.3
Green1.4%0.8%−0.6
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

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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Fig. 3 — Kanata and its 5 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 35043ON · 2025
Kanata
Jenna Sudds
Result
Liberal hold by 18,687
Turnout
78.3%
Population
121,565
Area
233 km²
Highest turnout in Canada: 78.3% of 95,641 electors voted · 4th of 3434thHighest turnout in CanadaPopulation, largest first: 121,565 people, 2021 census · 48th of 343 in Canada48thPopulation, largest firstWidth of the margin: Won by 25.1 points (18,687 votes) · 109th of 343 in Canada109thWidth of the margin
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