Riding profile

St. Catharines

Provincial riding — ON · Rural · on sw

The question

St. Catharines: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.8
P(close race)
2%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 42.6%
  • PC 34.8%
  • OLP 18.2%
  • OTH 3.7%
  • GP 0.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP53 %1.3 pt margin
  2. Mississauga CentrePC59 %1.3 pt margin
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC65 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP OTH
HereSt. Catharines 42.6%34.8%18.2%3.7%
Provincial averageOntario 19.5% +23.1 41.4% −6.6 32.3% −14.1 4.0% −0.3

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

St. Catharines, a rural riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 43% vote share, against 35% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
7.0 pts
Turnout
49.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.9 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JENNIE STEVENS Elected NDP 19,688 42.1
SAL SORRENTO PC 16,422 35.1
ROBIN MCPHERSON OLP 8,092 17.3
STEPHEN VINCELETTE-SMITH GP 1,033 2.2
ROB ATALICK OTH 807 1.7
NATALIA BENOIT OTH 347 0.7
LIZ LEEUWENBURG OTH 300 0.6
J. JUSTIN O'DONNELL OTH 56 0.1
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029