Riding profile

Kanata—Carleton

Provincial riding — ON · Urban · on east

The question

Kanata—Carleton: a safe seat for the Ontario Liberals?

Editorial read

Kanata—Carleton, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Ontario Liberals in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Ontario Liberals ahead at 51% vote share, against 39% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Karen McCrimmon

Sits with OLP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

OLP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • OLP 50.8%
  • PC 38.8%
  • NDP 7.9%
  • GP 2.0%
  • OTH 0.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

OLP PC NDP GP
HereKanata—Carleton 50.8%38.8%7.9%2.0%
Provincial averageOntario 33.4% +17.4 40.2% −1.5 20.3% −12.3 3.9% −1.9

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
OLP
Margin
7.3 pts
Turnout
50.4%
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
KAREN MCCRIMMON Elected OLP 22,811 47.9
SCOTT PHELAN PC 19,353 40.6
DAVE BELCHER NDP 3,419 7.2
JENNIFER PURDY GP 1,199 2.5
ELIZABETH WATSON OTH 503 1.1
FRANK JAKUBOWSKI OTH 323 0.7
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029