Kanata (electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2023 | ||
| First contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 121,458 | ||
| Area (km²) | 232.5 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 522.4 | ||
| Census division(s) | Ottawa | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Ottawa (part) | ||
Kanata is a new federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada.
Geography
[edit]Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was formed largely from the more urban eastern portion of Kanata—Carleton.[1]
- Gains Bells Corners from Nepean; Gains Shirleys Bay area from Ottawa West—Nepean
- Gains area north of Hazeldean Road from Carleton.
- Loses all territory west of the 417 and north of Craig's Side Road / Murphy Side Road / Constance Lake Road / Berry Side Road, and south of Hazeldean Road and west of Terry Fox Drive to Carleton.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 Canadian census[2]
Languages: 67.9% English, 8.3% French, 4.8% Mandarin, 2.9% Arabic, 1.6% Russian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.3% Cantonese
Religions: 50.0% Christian (25.9% Catholic, 4.9% Anglican, 4.0% United Church, 2.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Presbyterian, 11.9% Other), 34.8% No religion, 8.6% Muslim, 2.9% Hindu, 1.4% Buddhist
Median income: $54,000 (2020)
Average income: $64,300 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 77,780 | 64.88% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[b] | 10,895 | 9.09% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 9,250 | 7.72% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 6,880 | 5.74% | ||||||||||||
| African | 5,220 | 4.35% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[d] | 4,000 | 3.34% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 2,635 | 2.2% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 1,580 | 1.32% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 1,635 | 1.36% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 119,890 | 98.62% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 121,565 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
[edit]| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanata Riding created from Carleton, Kanata—Carleton, Nepean, and Ottawa West—Nepean |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Jenna Sudds | Liberal | |
Election results
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jenna Sudds | 45,053 | 60.72 | +17.56 | ||||
| Conservative | Greg Kung | 26,445 | 35.64 | –1.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Melissa Simon | 1,713 | 2.31 | –12.38 | ||||
| Green | Jennifer Purdy | 870 | 1.17 | –1.37 | ||||
| Centrist | Moinuddin Siddiqui | 123 | 0.17 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 74,204 | 77.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,142 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +9.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 27,667 | 43.16 | |
| Conservative | 23,620 | 36.85 | |
| New Democratic | 9,419 | 14.69 | |
| People's | 1,771 | 2.76 | |
| Green | 1,626 | 2.54 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kanata – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kanata [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.