The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Nunavut
Federal riding · NU · No. 62001 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Lori Idlout Liberal
- 2025 result
- New Democratic hold by 41 votes
- Turnout
- 35.4% of 21,912 electors
- Population
- 36,860 2021 census
- Area
- 4,739,817 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Lowest turnout in Canada35.4% of 21,912 electors voted · 1st of 343
- Largest by area in Canada4,739,817 km² · 1st of 343
- Youngest median ageMedian age 25.6, the lowest of 343 (Median age, 2021 census)
- Fewest home owners19.2% of households own their home, the lowest of 343 (Share of households that own their home, 2021 census)
- Least populous in Canada36,860 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 343
- Closest race in CanadaWon by 41 votes (0.6 pts) · 5th of 343
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Lori Idlout
- Member: Indigenous and Northern Affairs
- Member: National Defence
IDid this riding change?
Essentially no. Today's Nunavut covers almost exactly the same ground as the Nunavut riding it replaced.
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
New Democratic hold
Elected
Lori Idlout
New Democratic
2,853
37.3% of valid votes
Margin
41
votes · +0.6 pts
Runner-up
Kilikvak Kabloona
Liberal
2,812
36.7% of valid votes
New Democratic 37.3% · Liberal 36.7% · Conservative 26.0%
Turnout35.4% of 21,912 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Idlout | New Democratic | 2,853 | 37.3% | 47.2% | −9.9 |
| Kilikvak Kabloona | Liberal | 2,812 | 36.7% | 35.5% | +1.2 |
| James T. Arreak | Conservative | 1,992 | 26.0% | 16.3% | +9.7 |
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
0.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,992 votes
Conservative took more than the 41-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
10 of 25
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 21 voters switching from New Democratic to Liberal — 0.3% of the 7,657 valid votes, 0.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
New Democratic2,853
Liberal2,812
Still New Democratic by 41 votes. Actual margin: 41.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 75.8% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
New Democratic37.6%36.2%−1.4
Liberal35.2%41.5%+6.3
Conservative27.2%22.3%−4.9
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 $118,000 — about 1.4 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest23rd highest of 343
- Median age is 25.6 — about 62 percent of the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest1st lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.1% — about 50 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest16th lowest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 3.2% — about 18 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest33rd lowest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 19.2% — about 27 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest1st lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.4% — a little lower than the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest152nd lowest 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. 62001NU · 2025
Nunavut
Lori Idlout
- Result
- New Democratic hold by 41
- Turnout
- 35.4%
- Population
- 36,860
- Area
- 4,739,817 km²
Lowest turnout in CanadaLargest by area in CanadaYoungest median ageFewest home ownersLeast populous in CanadaClosest race in Canada
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