Chamber
Commons headcount
337 members in office. Liberal Party 173. Six vacancies are not a party row.
Country desk · updated 25 Oct
Canada
The seat map is the House of Commons members page, read 28 September 2026. It says 337 members are in office in the 45th Parliament and lists the Liberal Party at 173, the Conservative Party at 137, the Bloc Québécois at 21, the New Democratic Party at 5, and the Green Party at 1. It also lists 6 vacancies. Those affiliation rows sum to 343, which is the chamber drawn here. A majority of 343 is 172. The Liberals have 173, so they have a majority on their own. Vote shares are the national totals on Elections Canada’s official voting-results table for the 45th general election of 28 April 2025, not a figure printed on the later members page. The six vacancies are not drawn as a party.
Key takeaways
- 1
Polls. Parti Québécois leads the latest Léger poll at 29%, 4 points ahead of Parti libéral du Québec. Biggest move since 14 Sept: Coalition Avenir Québec -7.
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Headlines. The tone is getting grimmer: 13% of the last 14 days' headlines read grim, 10% upbeat. Top topic: Politics (30%).
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Government. Government barometer 47/100 (Mixed record). 0 of 2 moves on file read as smart, 0 as harmful.
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Next vote. Canadian federal election on 15 October 2029, in 1085 days.
Headline mood · 14 days
Line: mood · bars: stories
25 Oct · 8 stories · neutral0 upbeat · 8 neutral · 0 grim
What the headlines are about
- Other 32%
- Politics 30%
- Economy 16%
- Security 11%
- Society 8%
- Climate 3%
A simple word-list estimate from the daily wire headlines. Not a judgement.
Poll trend · Quebec · Léger
- Parti Québécois29%-1
- Parti libéral du Québec25%-1
- Parti conservateur du Québec20%+2
- Coalition Avenir Québec14%-2
- Québec solidaire11%+2
Change against the 28 Sept poll.
Map · mood compared
Canada
Overall mood: 13% grim, 10% upbeat · today +0
What changed today
25 Oct
- 25 Oct: 8 stories (average 8); tone as usual.
- Latest Léger poll (3 Oct): Parti conservateur du Québec +2, Coalition Avenir Québec -2 against 28 Sept.
New headlines
- Alberta Limits School Flags to Canadian and Provincial Symbols
Starting January 4, 2027, Alberta schools must fly only the Canadian and Alberta flags outside, with strict rules on others to keep politics out of classrooms.
CBC Canada · Trending on X · 24 Oct
- EU Diplomats Resist 'Associate Member' Label for Canada Ahead of Summit
European diplomats are quietly working to scrub the phrase 'associate member' from summit plans, even as leaders eye deeper EU-Canada ties.
UnverifiedTrending on X · 24 Oct
- Trump Claims U.S. Holds All Cards in Canada Trade Talks
President Trump stepped outside the White House and declared the U.S. has all the leverage as Canada pushes hard for a deal, much like his past talks with Ukraine's Zelenskyy.
UnverifiedTrending on X · 24 Oct
- Quebec Premier Skips Oath to King Charles III
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stood before his new cabinet and pledged loyalty to Quebec's people alone, skipping the traditional oath to the monarch in a clear break from protocol.
UnverifiedTrending on X · 24 Oct
- Convicted murderer who attended McGill's faculty of law now back in custody
Jeffrey George Ewert, a convicted murderer who has stirred controversy while attending law courses at McGill University, is back in custody while authorities look more closely at his case.
CBC Canada · 24 Oct
3 more headlines
- Legal expert calls out Trump’s threat to delegitimize Alaska senate vote
On Thursday, the DOJ filed a lawsuit to block Alaska from certifying its senate election results if Republican Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent, doesn’t win.
Global News Politics · 24 Oct
- Palestinian officials plead to foreign governments as Israelis return to the polls
A day after attacks by Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers, Israel imposed widespread closures, displacing residents in the city of Hebron.
Global News Politics · 24 Oct
- B.C. election: How a little-known interim Conservative leader could become next premier
The premier is poised to get unseated by the relatively unknown Lorne Doerkson following a gaffe-ridden campaign
National Post Politics · 24 Oct
Earlier this week: 10 more headlines
- Turkey gravy brand sold in Canada recalled due to undeclared mustard
A brand of turkey gravy sold in Canada has been recalled because it contains undeclared mustard.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- Support floods in for Gus, Halifax's 104-year-old gopher tortoise, ahead of surgery
Hundreds of get-well messages and art pieces have been sent to the tortoise before he undergoes a bladder surgery on Tuesday.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- 'Disrespect for wildlife': Multiple grizzly bear poaching incidents under investigation in Alberta
Provincial officials are investigating the illegal killings of four grizzly bears at three separate locations over the last year. One of the bear corpses was found abandoned with its paws removed after being poached.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- Disappointed, angry, excited: Albertans weigh in on looming referendum
At a library branch CBC News visited in Calgary, a few people were excited to vote. Others were just starting to follow the process, and several expressed frustration at Alberta even having a referendum.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- After 20 years as a P.E.I. firefighter, something snapped. Now he's teaching others about PTSD
Ernie Gallant was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after dedicating two decades of volunteer service to the New Glasgow Fire Department in Prince Edward Island.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- Prime minister set to be in Alberta for critical last week ahead of referendum
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to be in Alberta in the coming week, as the days tick down to a crucial referendum vote on Oct. 19, CBC News has learned.
CBC Politics · 12 Oct
- Age, speed limits for e-scooters and other personal electric vehicles hitting Manitoba roads next year
Riders must be at least 16 years old and anyone using the devices, including passengers, are required to wear properly fitting helmets, the province says. Personal electric vehicles can't go faster than 25 km/h under the incoming speed limit.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- How some separatists are responding to Smith’s pledge against 2nd referendum if remain vote wins
Premier Danielle Smith’s pledge that she won’t hold another referendum on separation if the remain vote wins this month — at least as long as she is premier — is getting pushback from some prominent Alberta separatists.
CBC Canada · 12 Oct
- Windsor residents react to thank you banner from Detroit on Thanksgiving
A banner was flown above the Detroit River on Monday to thank Canadians during Thanksgiving. The initiative was organized by groups in Detroit, who wanted to commemorate the unique relationship between Windsor and the American city.
CBC Canada · 13 Oct
- Indigenous groups criticize Wab Kinew for saying residential school denialism shouldn't be illegal
Leaders of Indigenous groups are speaking out against Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's recent comments that residential school denialism should not be considered a crime.
CBC Canada · 13 Oct
Headlines and summaries come from the linked sources; the selection is automatic.
Go deeper
Parties, people, promises, money
343 seats, and the Liberals hold 173.
The seat map is the House of Commons members page, read 28 September 2026. It says 337 members are in office in the 45th Parliament and lists the Liberal Party at 173, the Conservative Party at 137, the Bloc Québécois at 21, the New Democratic Party at 5, and the Green Party at 1. It also lists 6 vacancies. Those affiliation rows sum to 343, which is the chamber drawn here. A majority of 343 is 172. The Liberals have 173, so they have a majority on their own. Vote shares are the national totals on Elections Canada’s official voting-results table for the 45th general election of 28 April 2025, not a figure printed on the later members page. The six vacancies are not drawn as a party.
The room
House of Commons
343 seats · 172 to govern · members page 28 September 2026 · Liberals 173
The deal
Liberal majority
172 seats would be a majority of 343. The Liberal Party has 173 on the members page read 28 September 2026. That 173 is drawn as the majority, not as a coalition sum. The cabinet page does not name a partner party.
The mood
Election vs now
The left bar is the share of valid votes on 28 April 2025. The right bar is seats divided by 343. They are different counts.
- Liberal48.1%
- Conservative31.0%
- Bloc0.0%
- NDP11.2%
- Green0.0%
The first point is the national share of valid votes on 28 April 2025. The later points are Nanos ballot-support figures, a four-week telephone average, not the same question as votes cast. The 15 September 2026 note covers the four weeks ending 11 September and prints the Bloc and the Greens. The 22 September note prints the Liberals, the Conservatives, and the New Democratic Party, and does not print the Bloc or the Greens, so those later bars are empty.
The trend
From election night to now
Public pollster blend — not a forecast
The split
Seat share beside the April 2025 vote
The right bar is seats divided by 343. The left bar is the national share of valid votes. Vacancies have no vote row, so they are not on this chart.
The mismatch
Seats they hold vs the poll
The seat bar is the 28 September 2026 headcount, divided by 343. The other bar is the Nanos ballot figure in the 22 September 2026 note, where that party was named. An empty bar means that note did not name the party.
The faces
Open a dossier
The Prime Minister and the Speaker already have a Commons portrait. The other ministers and the Leader of the Official Opposition are on the people list without a new picture.
Tap a face for the full profile
The rude gauge
Growth king or a fight with work
Who grows the pie, who picks a fight with work. Cabinet sits at 47 / 100. The number is an editorial reading, not an official index. Six topics are averaged and multiplied by ten: energy supply, hiring, keeping and investing money, building, hours in paid work, and paperwork. Ten means the public record makes that easier for work. Zero means it makes it harder. A row with no cited party and no personal statute stays at the middle and is labelled not scored. The band is a label for that average, not a court ruling.
Against the workMixed recordGrowth king
Full causal chains live on every promise
This week
The pulse
Office
Official Opposition
The House roles page lists Pierre Poilievre as Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 August 2025.
Politics 101
How this country actually works
What this chamber drawing is
343 seats. 172 to govern. The Liberals have 173.
Counts are the House of Commons members page read on 28 September 2026. It says 337 members are in office and lists 6 vacancies. The affiliation rows sum to 343. 172 is half of 343, rounded up. Party rows on this desk omit the vacancies, so they sum to 337. Vote shares are Elections Canada table 9, national Total, for the 45th general election of 28 April 2025.
Who holds the offices this desk names
Carney, Prime Minister. Scarpaleggia, Speaker. Poilievre, Official Opposition.
The Prime Minister of Canada page names Mark Carney, sworn in in March 2025. The cabinet page names the ministers and does not print a party. The Speaker page names Francis Scarpaleggia. The House roles page names Pierre Poilievre as Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 August 2025.
Elections
What is on the calendar
National elections and the major votes on these desks, for about the next 24 months. The date comes from the election authority. A poll appears only when a named pollster published it in the last 60 days.
Canadian federal election
Expected
Expected · 15 Oct 2029
1085 days
Section 56.1 of the Canada Elections Act fixes a general election on the third Monday of October in the fourth calendar year after the last one (28 April 2025), which Elections Canada gives as 15 October 2029. The Governor General can still dissolve Parliament earlier.
Date source: Elections Canada
How foreigners are seen
Openness in Canada
Published surveys only. Each figure shows its source and year.
Who's welcomed
Share of adults in Canada with a favourable opinion of each country Pew asked about.
Openness score
Three separate measures, each in its own year. We do not blend them.
Gallup, 2017
MIPEX, 2024
What expats say
InterNations Expat Insider 2025: rank out of 46 destinations, 1 is best.
- Ease of settling in27 of 46
- Culture and welcome27 of 46
- Local friendliness23 of 46
- Finding friends35 of 46
In plain words
- Expats ranked Canada 27 of 46 for ease of settling in (2025); its best sub-score was local friendliness at 23.
- Of the 3 countries Pew asked about here, China drew the most favourable opinions (34%, 2025).
- Favourable opinions of United States went from 51% in 2019 to 34% in 2025 (Pew).
Sources and method
Pew asks adults for their opinion of a country. That is a view of the country, not of its people or of any visitor. We never estimate a pair that was not asked.
InterNations ranks come from expats living in the country (46 destinations). Gallup's Migrant Acceptance Index runs from 0 to 9. MIPEX scores integration law and policy from 0 to 100.
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 11, 2025), Q3a opinion of the United States · checked 2026-10-19
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (July 15, 2025), Q3b opinion of China · checked 2026-10-19
- Pew Research Center, Spring 2025 Global Attitudes Survey, topline (June 23, 2025), Q3f opinion of Russia · checked 2026-10-19
- InterNations, Expat Insider 2025 survey report: The Complete Ease of Settling In Index (46 destinations, 10,000+ respondents) · checked 2026-10-19
- Gallup, 2017
- MIPEX, 2024
What it means for you
What it means for you
Only figures with a source, a date, and a link. Anything not listed here is not on file.
Taxes
For 2026 the Canada Revenue Agency taxes the portion of taxable income from 0 to 58,523 dollars at 14 percent. The next portion, from 58,523.01 to 117,045 dollars, is taxed at 20.5 percent. Provinces add their own rates.
Canada Revenue Agency, 2026-01-20 Source
Taxes
The CRA GST/HST calculator table lists Alberta at 5 percent GST and 0 percent PST. The same page records that Nova Scotia’s HST fell to 14 percent on 1 April 2025. Other provinces combine GST with a provincial tax.
Canada Revenue Agency, 2025-04-01 Source
Benefits
For July to September 2026, Old Age Security for someone aged 65 to 74 is up to 751.97 dollars a month when 2025 net world income is less than 152,062 dollars. At 75 and over the maximum on the same table is 827.17 dollars, if 2025 income is less than 157,923 dollars.
Government of Canada, 2026-07-01 Source
Benefits
For July 2026 to June 2027, the maximum Canada child benefit is 8,157 dollars a year (679.75 dollars a month) for each child under 6, and 6,883 dollars a year for each child aged 6 to 17, when adjusted family net income is under 38,237 dollars. Above that income the benefit is reduced.
Canada Revenue Agency, 2026-07-01 Source
Sources, licences and image credits
Data
- Wire (public RSS feeds): CBC Canada, X, Global News Politics, National Post Politics.
- Polls: Léger Source.
- The left bar is the share of valid votes on 28 April 2025. The right bar is seats divided by 343. They are different counts.
- Editorial economic-competence gauge, not a court and not a Nobel. Six axes: energy, hiring, capital, building, hours in work, red tape. Scores are a judgement from public records of this term and the last — not a bribery charge, not a voting recommendation.
Survey sources
- Canada — Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index 2017: Gallup. Neli Esipova, Julie Ray and Anita Pugliese, “Migrant Acceptance in Canada, U.S. Follows Political Lines”, Gallup, 26 April 2018. Canada scores 8.14 out of 9. The article says the Canadian survey was taken in 2017. A later Canada score was not on the page that was read, so none is added. Source. Gallup allows a contextual citation when the publication date and a link are given. The table and graphics are not reproduced.
- Canada — MIPEX overall score 2024: MIPEX. Migrant Integration Policy Index, Canada country page, headed 2024. “Its overall MIPEX score has risen by 2 points since 2019, being now 81 points.” The conclusions repeat 81 out of 100. MIPEX is the Migrant Integration Policy Index. Source. The overall score is cited from the country page. The report is not reproduced.
Image credits
- Liberal Party of Canada mark — Liberal Party of Canada · Public domain Source
- Conservative Party of Canada mark — Conservative Party of Canada · CC0 Source
- Bloc Québécois mark — Bloc Québécois · Public domain Source
- Geometric mark for the New Democratic Party, not a party logo — Nation Runner · Original geometric mark. Not an official party logo. Public domain. Source
- Green Party of Canada mark — Green Party of Canada · Public domain Source
- Flag of Canada — George F. G. Stanley / E Pluribus Anthony / Sodacan · Public domain Source
- Mark Carney, Prime Minister — Number 10 · Open Government Licence v3.0 Source
- Francis Scarpaleggia, Speaker of the House of Commons — Pete Hoekstra · Public domain Source
Questions the desk actually answers
FAQ
Questions the desk actually answers
- Is the Canada desk live on Nation Runner?
- Yes. It draws the House of Commons members page read on 28 September 2026, the Elections Canada national vote table for 28 April 2025, and the Prime Minister, Speaker, and Leader of the Official Opposition named on official pages. It is an editorial dashboard, not an official record.
- Which culture figures does the Canada desk show?
- Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index for Canada in 2017 (8.14 out of 9) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index score of 81, with 2024 printed beside that score. The Pew Spring 2025 rows already on the perceptions page are cited there.
- Does the money tab score Canadian political financing?
- No. Zeros mean the access scale is not filled. A zero is not a finding that a party has no donors.
How we source this
Seats: House of Commons, 28 September 2026. Votes: Elections Canada table 9, 45th general election, 28 April 2025. Ballot support: Nanos, notes of 15 September and 22 September 2026. Offices: Prime Minister of Canada, the cabinet page, the Speaker page, and the House roles page. Culture: Gallup 2017 and the Migrant Integration Policy Index headed 2024.