The Political Record · Federal electoral districts

Scarborough North

Scarborough-Nord
Federal riding · ON · No. 35095 · 2023 representation order
Fig. 1 — Scarborough North, 2023 boundaries.
Member
Vacant
2025 result
Liberal hold by 13,931 votes
Turnout
60.0% of 78,591 electors
Population
116,180 2021 census
Area
36 km²
Figures as of
2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • Largest immigrant share: 64.0% are immigrants, the highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)1st
    Largest immigrant share
    64.0% are immigrants, the highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)
  • Turnout, lowest first: 60.0% of 78,591 electors voted · 24th of 343 in Canada24th
    Turnout, lowest first
    60.0% of 78,591 electors voted · 24th of 343 in Canada
  • Area, smallest first: 36 km² · 43rd of 343 in Canada43rd
    Area, smallest first
    36 km² · 43rd of 343 in Canada
In brief
  1. Shaun Chen held the seat for the Liberals by 13,931 votes (+29.9 points).
  2. 12% of today's riding was drawn from other ridings in 2023.
  3. Election-day and advance voters agreed on the winner; 63.1% of votes were cast on the day.
  4. Share who are immigrants is the 1st highest of 343 ridings.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 12% of today's Scarborough North came from ridings other than the old Scarborough North.

Share of today's areaFormer riding
88.0%Scarborough North
12.0%Scarborough—Rouge Park 8% 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
Shaun Chen
Liberal
29,418
63.0% of valid votes
Margin
13,931
votes · +29.9 pts
Runner-up
Gurmit Sandhu
Conservative
15,487
33.1% of valid votes
Liberal 63.0% · Conservative 33.1% · New Democratic 3.9%
Turnout60.0% of 78,591 electors
CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Shaun ChenLiberal29,41863.0%66.3%−3.3
Gurmit SandhuConservative15,48733.1%17.9%+15.2
Karishma ManjiNew Democratic1,8273.9%11.5%−7.6
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
14.9 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
1,827 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 13,931-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
7 of 184
No poll ended in a tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (177) · ■ won by another party (7).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 6,966 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 14.9% of the 46,732 valid votes, 14.9 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal29,418
Conservative15,487
Still Liberal by 13,931 votes. Actual margin: 13,931.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 63.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal60.3%67.5%+7.2
Conservative35.4%29.2%−6.2
New Democratic4.3%3.2%−1.1
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 — Scarborough North and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

The card

No. 35095ON · 2025
Scarborough North
Result
Liberal hold by 13,931
Turnout
60.0%
Population
116,180
Area
36 km²
Largest immigrant share: 64.0% are immigrants, the highest of 343 (Share who are immigrants, 2021 census)1stLargest immigrant shareTurnout, lowest first: 60.0% of 78,591 electors voted · 24th of 343 in Canada24thTurnout, lowest firstArea, smallest first: 36 km² · 43rd of 343 in Canada43rdArea, smallest first
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