Riding profile

Willowdale

Federal riding — ON · Urban · toronto core

The question

Willowdale: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?

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 50% vote share, against 38% 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

Current forecast

Liberal

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 50.0%
  • Conservative 37.5%
  • NDP 5.9%
  • Green 0.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Liberal Conservative NDP Green
HereWillowdale 50.0%37.5%5.9%0.5%
Provincial averageOntario 45.6% +4.4 37.5% 6.4% −0.4 1.6% −1.1
National averageCanada 41.9% +8.1 34.8% +2.7 14.2% −8.3 2.1% −1.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · FED 2025

Won by
Liberal
Margin
9.4 pts
Turnout
60.5%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.2 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

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Last model run
Cycle
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