Here are the latest developments. All times Eastern.

Martin Li, the New Democrat candidate for Richmond Centre-Marpole, is watching anxiously at the NDP’s election night event as the party appears to fall behind in a number of ridings on Vancouver Island.

Li says he feels confident that the NDP – which won 13 of its 25 seats in the 2021 federal election in B.C. – will maintain a strong presence in the province, given the fact the provincial party narrowly won an election last fall.

He says there is still a “very good chance” for the party to win more ridings in B.C. and that it’s still “very early.”

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that former Liberal cabinet minister Diane Lebouthillier will be defeated in her Quebec riding of Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj.

Lebouthillier served more than nine years in the cabinet of former prime minister Justin Trudeau but was left out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first cabinet when it was named on March 14.

Jager Rosenberg, the NDP candidate in the B.C. riding of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, says he remains confident that the New Democrats can hold their seats in the province despite lower poll numbers leading up to election night.

Early results show NDP candidates ahead in parts of Vancouver Island, the north coast and Vancouver itself, which Rosenberg says shows the party is “doing quite well.”

The Canadian Press currently projects that the NDP will win three seats.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May will be re-elected in her Vancouver Island seat of Saanich — Gulf Islands.

Deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman tells supporters this isn’t the result Conservatives were looking for.

Lantsman says it seems that Canadians have chosen a “very different version of the future” than the one she’d like to see. She says the new prime minister deserves congratulations, prayers and “a very strong opposition.”

Lantsman says she recognizes that supporters may be angry and disappointed. She says Conservatives will be the first to call out the incoming government if they fall short of expectations set out by Canadians.

Conservative supporters cheer wildly as the results appear to tighten. A loud chant of “Bring it home” goes up, spurred on by party staff and live streamers who are in the room at a downtown Ottawa convention centre.

The shouts and cheers turn to abrupt silence as early results suggest Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is trailing in his own riding.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting NDP incumbent Alexandre Boulerice will win his seat in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie.

Boulerice served as his party’s ethics critic and Quebec lieutenant.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting former housing minister Sean Fraser has been re-elected in Central Nova.

Fraser spent much of the night trailing in the riding.

He declared in December that he would not seek re-election to spend more time with his family and was shortly after removed from cabinet.

He announced he would run again days into the election campaign after Mark Carney was elected the Liberal leader, and the Liberals began to climb in the polls.

Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who is projected to win in University—Rosedale, tells supporters that this was a “blood, sweat and tears” election. 

She says the stakes were high and that now is a moment for national unity. Freeland says Liberals have the “enormous privilege” of forming government again and that the party has to govern for every Canadian.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that cabinet minister Mélanie Joly will be re-elected in her Ahuntsic—Cartierville riding.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting Conservative incumbent Michelle Ferreri will be defeated in the Ontario riding of Peterborough.

Liberal Emma Harrison is projected to win the seat.

Ferreri is the only incumbent who had a third party group register specifically to campaign against her, called No More MP Ferreri.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that former cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos will be re-elected in his Quebec Centre riding.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Liberal Leslie Church will win the riding of Toronto—St. Paul’s.

Church defeated Conservative Don Stewart less than a year after he was elected in an upset win over her in a by-election.

That loss, in what is typically considered a safe seat for the Liberals, sent shockwaves through the party and pressure immediately began to mount on Trudeau to resign.

The Canadian Press decision desk has projected that Carney has also won his Ottawa riding of Nepean and will take a seat in Parliament for the first time.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has won his Quebec riding of Beloeil-Chambly.

The Canadian Press decision desk projects the Liberal Party of Canada under Mark Carney will form the next government.

Liberal supporters gathered in Ottawa applauded and cheered as the news was reported. One man clapped and chanted, “Four more years!”

Many Conservative supporters at the party’s election night headquarters in downtown Ottawa shook their heads as they heard the news of the election call. The room was silent.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that the Liberals have defeated incumbent Conservative MP Rick Perkins in the Nova Scotia riding of South Shore—St. Margarets.

Perkins, who won the seat in 2021 from the Liberals, has lost to Liberal Jessica Fancy-Landry.

Polls have closed across the country.

As polls closed across a wide swath of the country, Conservative supporters at the party’s election night headquarters in downtown Ottawa began to cheer.

People are periodically chanting “bring it home” as positive results for the party show up on the big screens at the Rogers Centre.

Some in the crowd booed when Liberal leads were shown.

Carney and wife Diana Fox Carney watched the early federal election returns in a suite at a downtown Ottawa hotel.

Carney wore a dark suit and blue dress shirt, his wife a red dress.

Both sat with legs crossed on a dark beige sofa, their left arms draped over the top of the sofa.

“This is the least exciting shot of the big campaign,” Mark Carney said jokingly as the photographers entered.

His wife smiled at the joke.

At one point Mark Carney motioned and pointed at the screen. The entire interlude lasted about 40 seconds.

As more polls close in over 200 ridings across the country, the Liberals have so far been elected in 20 ridings, while the Conservatives have been elected in eight.

The Canadian Press projects that Treasury Board president Ginette Petitpas Taylor will be re-elected in Moncton—Dieppe. Petitpas Taylor was first elected in the Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe riding in 2015.

The Canadian Press projects that New Brunswick musician and Liberal candidate David Myles will win the riding of Fredericton-Oromocto. The riding was previously held by Jenica Atwin.

The Canadian Press decision desk is projecting that Rob Batherson, the former president of the Conservative Party of Canada, will not win the riding he was contesting in Nova Scotia.

Lena Metlege Diab, the incumbent Liberal, is projected to win the seat of Halifax West over Batherson.

Bloc Québécois supporters are arriving at the downtown Montreal theatre where the party will hold its election night gathering.

The small crowd cheers and waves Quebec flags as an organizer onstage praises the party’s volunteers and calls the Bloc Québécois the “best vehicle to make Quebec’s voice heard” in Ottawa.

Party supporter Robert Bélanger, who showed up in a blue cowboy hat and a fleu-de-lys T-shirt, says he’s hoping for a minority Conservative government with a strong Bloc contingent.

Bélanger said he knows the party might lose a few seats, but is hoping it can still win between 25 and 30 in order to defend Quebec values such as language and secularism.

The Canadian Press projects that three of Carney’s cabinet ministers will be re-elected. 

Joanne Thompson is expected to win in St. John’s East, Kody Blois in Kings—Hants and Dominic LeBlanc in Beauséjour.

The first few ridings have been called in Atlantic Canada.

The Canadian Press projects that the Liberals will win the ridings of Avalon and Cape Spear. The Conservatives, on the other hand, are expected to win the ridings of Central Newfoundland and Long Range Mountains — the latter was held by former cabinet minister Gudie Hutchings, who did not seek re-election.

Elections Canada’s website has gone down, about 40 minutes after polls closed.

The agency tells The Canadian Press that, at 7 p.m., it was informed that some electors were experiencing difficulties accessing the elections.ca website. 

The agency says it’s investigating the issue and that it has told electors on social media platforms how to find their assigned polling station.

Polls close across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

Polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Carney casts his ballot at an Anglican church in Ottawa alongside his wife, Diana Fox Carney.

While Carney is running for a seat in Nepean, he voted in the nearby Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester riding where he currently lives and where Liberal candidate Mona Fortier is running for re-election.

Elections Canada warns voters to disregard false information being shared on social media that says voting in the federal election was being delayed for people 60 and older.

An account on the X platform that is labelled “parody” posted an image of a fake Journal de Montréal story saying in French that people over 60 would vote Tuesday to avoid long lines.

Elections Canada published a message on its social media accounts saying people shouldn’t believe everything they see.

“Today is your last chance to vote at your assigned polling station,” the message says.

Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May casts her ballot in Sidney, B.C.

She has represented the riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011.

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley extends an election day endorsement to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.

Singh is the incumbent candidate in Burnaby Central, which was formally known as Burnaby South before the boundaries were redrawn in the regular Elections Canada boundary review.

Polls suggest Singh is in a three-way race to hold his seat, with polling aggregator 338 Canada projecting a Liberal victory in the riding.

Some voters in Windsor, Ont., are being redirected to a new location to cast their ballots after a fire closed down a recreation centre that was serving as a federal election polling station.

The Windsor fire department says crews responded to a fire on the roof of the WFCU Centre on Monday morning and everyone inside was evacuated.

The fire service says Elections Canada has moved a polling station for Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore to St. Joseph’s Catholic High School nearby.

It says the fire was under control as of 11 a.m., and a fire investigator will go to the WFCU Centre to look into the cause of the blaze.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet casts a ballot in Beloeil, Que., before meeting with reporters.

Blanchet says he’s impatient to learn whether party met its objectives for this election — which he wouldn’t divulge. His party went into the campaign with 33 seats.

Unlike his opponents, Blanchet has not taken to describing the federal election as being the “most consequential” and says it’s an important election like any other and should not be taken lightly.

Blanchet urges Quebecers to get out and vote.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh stops to talk to campaign staff and volunteers in Port Moody, B.C., alongside NDP incumbent candidate Bonita Zarrillo. The assembled group of a few dozen people held up NDP signs for drivers on their morning commute.

Singh talks about the importance of knocking on doors ahead of polls closing to try and get as many votes out as possible.

The NDP leader repeats his campaign message that things like dental care and pharmacare only happened because people chose to send New Democrats to Ottawa.

Poilievre casts his ballot alongside his wife, Anaida Poilievre, at a polling station in the Ottawa area.

“Look at the size of the ballot,” he remarks as he walks up to the voting booth. Poilievre’s riding of Carleton was targeted by a protest group filling the slate up with independent candidates to inflate the physical size of ballots and delay the count.

As he places his ballot in the box, Poilievre tells the gathered cameras: “Alright everyone, get out to vote — for a change,” echoing his slogan from the campaign.

Polling stations are now open across the country as voters in British Columbia and Yukon head to the polls.

Polls are now open in a majority of provinces and territories.

Voters in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Northwest Territories and Nunavut can cast their ballots for the next 12 hours.

U.S. President Donald Trump has weighed in on election day in Canada.

He posted on his Truth Social platform as Canadians on the East Coast were heading to the polls, urging voters to elect “the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half” and boost the size of the country’s military and various industries.

Trump also repeated his call for Canada to become the “51st State” and remove the “artificially drawn” border — a challenge to Canadian sovereignty that became a critical issue throughout the election campaign.

Polls have opened in the rest of Atlantic Canada. 

Polls have opened in Newfoundland and Labrador. All polling stations will be open for 12 hours. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 28, 2025.