Federal general election · 15 October 2029
Canada
Section 56.1 of the Canada Elections Act sets a general election on the third Monday of October in the fourth calendar year after polling day for the last general election. Elections Canada writes that the last general election took place on April 28, 2025, and that the next fixed date is October 15, 2029. The same section preserves the Governor General’s power to dissolve Parliament.
Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (Elections Canada).
Next federal election
The English text of section 56.1, read on 17 October 2026, says nothing in the section affects the powers of the Governor General, including the power to dissolve Parliament at the Governor General’s discretion. Subject to that, each general election must be held on the third Monday of October in the fourth calendar year following polling day for the last general election.
Elections Canada’s May 2025 briefing book, read on 17 October 2026, says the last general election took place on April 28, 2025, the next fixed date is October 15, 2029, and the Canada Elections Act does not prevent a general election on another date. This page does not say the 2029 election has been called.
Population
Statistics Canada’s The Daily, released 23 September 2026, prints a quarterly population estimate of 41,798,407 for Canada on July 1, 2026 (table 17-10-0009-01). It says the second-quarter 2026 estimates are preliminary and are not to be confused with the 2026 Census counts, which will be released on February 10, 2027. The 13 provincial and territorial estimates printed in that release add up to 41,798,407.
Prime Minister and Governor General
The Prime Minister of Canada page, read on 17 October 2026, is titled “Mark Carney - Prime Minister of Canada”. The Elections Canada party registry, read the same day, names Mark Carney as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
The Governor General page, read on 17 October 2026, names Her Excellency the Right Honourable Louise Arbour, sworn in on June 8, 2026, the 31st governor general of Canada. It says His Majesty King Charles III is King of Canada and Head of State, and that the Governor General is the representative of The King in Canada.
House of Commons
The English House of Commons party-standings page, read on 17 October 2026, prints 343 seats in total: Liberal 173, Conservative 137, Bloc Québécois 21, NDP 5, Green Party 1, Vacant 6. The French page prints the same totals. Both pages say the NDP and the Green Party have fewer than 12 members and are not recognized parties for parliamentary proceedings. This page does not declare a majority and does not explain differences from the 2025 count.
| Name on the House page | Liberal | Conservative | Bloc Québécois | NDP | Green Party | Vacant | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| British Columbia | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Manitoba | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| New Brunswick | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Northwest Territories | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Scotia | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Nunavut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ontario | 71 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 122 |
| Prince Edward Island | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Quebec | 44 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 |
| Saskatchewan | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Yukon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Senate
The Government of Canada page “About the Senate”, read on 17 October 2026, says the Constitution provides 105 appointed members: 6 each for Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan; 24 for Ontario; 24 for Quebec, allocated by electoral division; 10 each for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; 4 for Prince Edward Island; 6 for Newfoundland and Labrador; and 1 each for Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Those figures add up to 105. The Senate is not elected at the general election.
Gap. The names of current senators are not copied here. The page that was read gives the constitutional distribution of 105 appointed seats, not a list of who holds them.
Candidates and parties
Gap. Candidate lists for the federal general election fixed for 15 October 2029 are not on this page. That election has not been called in the sources read on 17 October 2026.
Gap. Municipality, census-subdivision, and federal electoral-district pages are not in this release. No official list of mayors or of candidates for a future election was copied onto this page.
Provinces and territories
- Alberta
37 members · 5,101,050
- British Columbia
43 members · 5,710,598
- Manitoba
14 members · 1,517,379
- New Brunswick
10 members · 883,522
- Newfoundland and Labrador
7 members · 552,462
- Northwest Territories
1 members · 45,904
- Nova Scotia
11 members · 1,103,419
- Nunavut
1 members · 43,091
- Ontario
122 members · 16,262,121
- Prince Edward Island
4 members · 182,989
- Quebec
78 members · 9,067,114
- Saskatchewan
14 members · 1,278,402
- Yukon
1 members · 50,356
13 pages: 10 provinces and 3 territories. The names are the ones on the English House page.
Sources
- Canada Elections Act, section 56.1 (S.C. 2000, c. 9) — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, Delivering the Election – Overview of Elections Canada and the Federal Electoral System, Briefing Book (May 2025) — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, forty-fifth general election 2025, Official Voting Results, table 7, Distribution of seats by political affiliation and gender — read 2026-10-17
- House of Commons of Canada, Party Standings in the House of Commons — read 2026-10-17
- Chambre des communes du Canada, Position des partis à la Chambre des communes — read 2026-10-17
- Statistics Canada, The Daily, Canada’s population estimates, second quarter 2026, released 2026-09-23 — read 2026-10-17
- Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01, Population estimates, quarterly, release date 2026-09-23 — read 2026-10-17
- Prime Minister of Canada — read 2026-10-17
- Governor General of Canada, Governor General — read 2026-10-17
- Government of Canada, About the Senate — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada — read 2026-10-17