Canada will be holding a snap general election on 28 April 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney who leads the Liberal Party, replaced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March following his resignation earlier in the year.
On 23 March, Prime Minister Carney met with the Governor General Mary Simon to request she dissolve parliament and call an election. Under federal law, the minimum length of an election campaign is 37 days.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament based on the Westminster model. The upper house Senate has 105 senators appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and represent Canada’s regions, provinces and territories. Once appointed, Senators may continue to serve until mandatory retirement at the age of 75. The lower House of Commons had 338 members elected by first-past-the-post system but in the 2025 election, voters will be electing 343 members. Members serve five-year terms.
The main political parties in Canada are the Liberal Party, Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois led by Yves-François Blanchet and the New Democratic Party led by Jagmeet Singh.
Canada has a population of around 40 million and 27.4 million registered voters. In the 2021 election, voter turnout was 62%.