Riding profile

Nepean

Federal riding — ON · Urban · ottawa region

The question

Nepean: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?

Current forecast

Liberal

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
38.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 63.8%
  • Conservative 25.1%
  • NDP 3.8%
  • Green 1.5%
  • PPC 0.8%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. North Island--Powell RiverConservative45 %1.2 pt margin
  2. Central NewfoundlandConservative57 %1.4 pt margin
  3. Richmond Hill SouthLiberal55 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Liberal Conservative NDP Green
HereNepean 63.8%25.1%3.8%1.5%
Provincial averageOntario 49.1% +14.7 35.3% −10.2 4.8% −1.0 2.0% −0.5
National averageCanada 48.0% +15.8 32.1% −7.0 10.6% −6.8 2.7% −1.2

Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Nepean, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 30-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 64% vote share, against 25% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible. Linguistic profile: 3% francophone, 78% anglophone.

Sitting member

Mark Carney

Sits with Liberal

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Liberal
Margin
30.4 pts
Turnout
77.2%
Margin shift vs current projection
+8.4 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Mark Carney Elected Liberal 46,073 63.8 Prime Minister of Canada
Barbara Bal Conservative 24,017 33.2 Police Officer
Shyam Shukla NDP 1,424 2.0 IT Team Leader
Greg Hopkins Green 462 0.6 Child and Youth Counsellor
Eric Fleury PPC 261 0.4 Small Business Owner

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Francophone 3.1%
  • Anglophone 78.2%
  • Non-francophone (other) 18.7%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Last model run
Cycle
fed_46