Riding profile

Willowdale

Federal riding — ON · Urban · toronto core

The question

Willowdale: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?

Current forecast

Liberal

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
17.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 53.3%
  • Conservative 35.6%
  • NDP 3.9%
  • Green 0.8%
  • PPC 0.5%

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
HereWillowdale 53.3%35.6%3.9%0.8%
Provincial averageOntario 49.1% +4.2 35.3% +0.3 4.8% −0.9 2.0% −1.1
National averageCanada 48.0% +5.3 32.1% +3.5 10.6% −6.7 2.7% −1.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Willowdale, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 53% vote share, against 36% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Ali Ehsassi

Sits with Liberal

Since
2025-04-28
Parliament
45th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
Liberal
Margin
9.4 pts
Turnout
60.5%
Margin shift vs current projection
+8.3 pts

Detailed result · FED 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Ali Ehsassi Elected Liberal 25,488 53.4 Parliamentarian
James Lin Conservative 20,977 44.0 Public Servant
Christy Kheirallah NDP 1,224 2.6 Media Relations Officer

Demographics

Who lives here

Linguistic profile

  • Anglophone 52.3%
  • Non-francophone (other) 47.7%

Data source : Statistics Canada — 2021 Census

Around the region

Nearby ridings

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Last model run
Cycle
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