The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Ottawa Centre
Ottawa-Centre
Federal riding · ON · No. 35079 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Yasir Naqvi Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 35,091 votes
- Turnout
- 77.4% of 105,823 electors
- Population
- 126,560 2021 census
- Area
- 42 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Most candidates on the ballot in Canada9 candidates stood · 5th of 343
- Highest turnout in Canada77.4% of 105,823 electors voted · 8th of 343
- Most university degrees66.3% of 25–64s hold a bachelor's or higher, 5th highest of 343 (Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher, 2021 census)
In brief
- Yasir Naqvi held the seat for the Liberals by 35,091 votes (+43.1 points).
- 21% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
- Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 49.1% of votes were cast on the day.
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is the 5th highest of 343 ridings.
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Yasir Naqvi
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and to the Secretary of State (International Development)
- Member: International Trade
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 21% of today's Ottawa Centre came from ridings other than the old Ottawa Centre.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
78.9%Ottawa Centre 86% of it kept
20.9%Ottawa South 12% of it kept
0.1%Ottawa West—Nepean 0% 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
Yasir Naqvi
Liberal
51,026
62.7% of valid votes
Margin
35,091
votes · +43.1 pts
Runner-up
Joel Harden
New Democratic
15,935
19.6% of valid votes
Liberal 62.7% · New Democratic 19.6% · Conservative 15.6% · Green 1.1%
Turnout77.4% of 105,823 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasir Naqvi | Liberal | 51,026 | 62.7% | 44.9% | +17.8 |
| Joel Harden | New Democratic | 15,935 | 19.6% | 32.5% | −12.9 |
| Paul D'Orsonnens | Conservative | 12,692 | 15.6% | 16.2% | −0.6 |
| Amanda Rosenstock | Green | 916 | 1.1% | 2.8% | −1.7 |
5 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Andrea Chabot | Other | 268 | 0.3% |
| Marie-Chantal Leriche | Other | 234 | 0.3% |
| Cashton Perry | Other | 154 | 0.2% |
| Mike Salmon | Independent | 66 | 0.1% |
| Zed Chebib | Independent | 47 | 0.1% |
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
21.6 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
12,692 votes
Conservative took fewer than the 35,091-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
1 of 231
No poll ended in a tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 17,546 voters switching from Liberal to New Democratic — 21.6% of the 81,338 valid votes, 21.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal51,026
New Democratic15,935
Still Liberal by 35,091 votes. Actual margin: 35,091.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 49.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal58.5%66.8%+8.3
New Democratic19.9%19.2%−0.7
Conservative18.9%12.4%−6.5
Green1.3%0.9%−0.4
Other1.1%0.5%−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
- Median total household income is $85,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest153rd highest of 343
- Median age is 38.0 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest66th lowest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.3% — about 2.4 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest5th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 21.3% — about 1.2 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest150th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 41.3% — about 58 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest29th lowest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 9.2% — about 5.7 times the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest95th 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. 35079ON · 2025
Ottawa Centre
Yasir Naqvi
- Result
- Liberal hold by 35,091
- Turnout
- 77.4%
- Population
- 126,560
- Area
- 42 km²
Most candidates on the ballot in CanadaHighest turnout in CanadaMost university degrees
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