This is a list of elections in Canada that were held in 2025. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.
Overview of key electoral events
General elections
By-elections
Leadership contests
Contest held while party in government, contest winner to be first minister elect.
January to March
- January 5: Municipal by-election in District 2, Saint-Lucien, Quebec
- January 6: Ward 4, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board by-election
- January 15: Municipal by-election in Ward 1, Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, Manitoba
- January 18: Municipal by-election in Zeballos, British Columbia
- January 19: Mayoral by-election in Otter Lake, Quebec
- January 21: Iskut Band Council by-election
- January 30: Mayoral by-election in Haines Junction, Yukon
- January 31: Wards 4 & 7; and 11 & 12 by-elections, Calgary Catholic School District
- February 3: Municipal by-election in St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island
- February 4: 2025 Green Party of Canada co-leadership election
- February 9: Municipal by-election in District 4, Béthanie, Quebec
- February 16: Municipal by-election in District 3, Sainte-Clotilde; Districts 3, 5 & 6, Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, Quebec
- February 22:
- Peace River Regional District by-election
- Coquitlam School District by-election
- February 23: Municipal by-election in District 6, Ayer's Cliff; District 2, Barraute; Districts 1, 3 and 5, Laforce; Mayor and districts 3, 5 & 6, Lingwick; Districts 1 & 3, Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie, Quebec
- February 24: Municipal by-election in Warren Grove, Prince Edward Island
- February 27: 2025 Ontario general election
- February 28:
- Park West School Division Ward 6, Strathclair by-election
- 2025 Ensemble Montréal leadership election
- March 1:
- Municipal by-elections in Ladysmith and Barriere, British Columbia
- Chilliwack School District by-election
- March 2: Municipal by-election in District 2, La Motte, Quebec
- March 3:
- Ward 11 (Don Valley West) by-election, Toronto District School Board
- Mayoral by-election in Alberton, Prince Edward Island
- March 8 Cariboo-Chilcotin School District by-election
- March 9: 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
- March 15: 2025 Projet Montréal leadership election
- March 17: 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election, Quebec
- March 18: 2025 Transcona provincial by-election, Manitoba
- March 24: Municipal by-election in Hunter River, Prince Edward Island
April to May
- April 5
- Municipal by-elections in Penticton, Sun Peaks, Fruitvale, and Esquimalt.
- 2025 Vancouver City Council by-election
- West Vancouver School District by-election
- April 7: Municipal by-election in Morell, Prince Edward Island
- April 9: Lheidli T'enneh Band Chief and council election
- April 10:
- Municipal by-election in Ward 5, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
- Municipal by-elections in Wards 1 and 4, Haldimand County, Ontario
- April 12:
- Municipal by-election in North Cowichan and Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
- qathet School District by-election
- April 14:
- Municipal by-election in Ward 6 - Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Ontario
- New Brunswick municipal by-elections
- Municipal by-election in North Rustico, Prince Edward Island
- April 17: Municipal by-election in St. Nicholas, Prince Edward Island
- April 26:
- 2025 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election
- Municipal by-election in Hope, British Columbia
- April 28: 2025 Canadian federal election
- May 4: Municipal by-election in Districts 5 and 6, Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Quebec
- May 5: Mayoral by-election in Kensington, Prince Edward Island
- May 10: Municipal by-election in Lillooet, British Columbia
- May 12: 2025 New Brunswick municipal elections
- May 15: Municipal by-election in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
- May 17: Takla Nation election
- May 21: Grunthal, Manitoba LUD by-election
- May 25: Mayoral by-election in Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec
- May 26: Municipal by-elections in Kensington and Souris West, Prince Edward Island, and mayoral by-election in Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island
June to July
- June 1: Municipal by-election in Districts 2 and 5, Chazel, Quebec
- June 7:
- 2025 Green Party of Prince Edward Island leadership election
- Cariboo-Chilcotin School District by-election
- June 8: Eastern Townships School Board, Ward 3 trustee by-election
- June 9: Municipal by-elections in Hazelbrook and Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island
- June 14: 2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election
- June 16:
- Municipal by-election in Osgoode Ward, Ottawa, Ontario
- Ward 10 Waywayseecappo by-election, Park West School Division
- Municipal by-election in Crapaud, Prince Edward Island
- June 19: 2025 Yukon Liberal Party leadership election
- June 21: Municipal by-election in Lions Bay, British Columbia
- June 23: Provincial by-elections in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Edmonton-Ellerslie, and Edmonton-Strathcona, Alberta
- June 26: Municipal by-election in Ward 3, Rideau Lakes, Ontario
- June 28: Municipal by-election in Ucluelet, British Columbia
- June 30: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation by-election
- July 7: Municipal by-election in Brackley, Prince Edward Island
- July 12: Municipal by-election in Sooke, British Columbia
- July 17: 2025 Transition Montréal leadership election
- July 20: Municipal by-elections in District 2 and 4, Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski, Quebec
August to September
- August 11: 2025 Arthabaska provincial by-election
- August 12:
- 2025 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park provincial by-election
- 2025 Brackley-Hunter River provincial by-election
- August 16: Municipal election in Sandy Beach, Alberta
- August 18: 2025 Battle RiverâÂÂCrowfoot federal by-election
- August 23: Municipal by-election in Penticton, British Columbia
- August 26: 2025 Spruce Woods provincial by-election
- September 3: Municipal by-election in Warman, Saskatchewan
- September 8:
- Mayoral by-election in Kingston, Prince Edward Island
- Mayoral by-election in Brock, Ontario (cancelled; candidate elected by acclamation)
- Lloydminster Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 89 trustee by-election
- September 15: Municipal by-election in Victoria and North Shore, Prince Edward Island
- September 22: Municipal by-election in Ward 8, Hamilton, Ontario
- September 24: 2025 Green Party of British Columbia leadership election
- September 27: Municipal by-election in White Rock, British Columbia
- September 29:
- Municipal by-election in Ward 25 ScarboroughâÂÂRouge Park, Toronto
- Municipal by-election in Ward 7, Markham, Ontario
- 2025 Manitoba Liberal Party leadership election
October
- October 2: 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections (excluding St. John's)
- October 4: 2025 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election
- October 6:
- Municipal by-election in Ward 1, Milton, Ontario
- 2025 Miramichi West provincial by-election
- October 8: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections (postponed from October 2)
- October 11: Abbotsford School District by-election
- October 13: Mayoral and council by-election in Greenmount-Montrose, Prince Edward Island
- October 14: 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
- October 18: Municipal by-election in Ashcroft, British Columbia
- October 20:
- 2025 Alberta municipal elections
- Municipal by-election in LaSalle, Ontario
- October 25:
- Municipal by-election in Elmwood-East Kildonan Ward, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- School trustee by-elections in Ward 3, Louis Riel School Division and Ward 1, Pembina Trails School Division
- Municipal by-election in Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
- October 27:
- 2025 Nunavut general election
- Municipal by-election in Ward 2, Windsor, Ontario
November to December
- November 2: 2025 Quebec municipal elections
- November 3:
- 2025 Yukon electoral reform plebiscite
- 2025 Yukon general election
- November 8:
- 2025 Québec solidaire co-spokesperson election
- Municipal by-election in Granisle, Salmo and Stewart, British Columbia
- November 17: School board elections in Yukon
- November 23: Municipal by-elections in seat 6, Fugèreville, seat 2, Grand-Métis, seat 5, Les Hauters, seat 3, Marston, mayor and seats 2 and 3, Saint-Donat, Bas-Saint-Laurent, seats 2 and 3, Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines, seats 3, 4 and 6, Saint-ÃÂdouard-de-Fabre, seat 4, Saint-Marc-de-Figuery, and mayor and seat 1, Saint-Philibert, Quebec (deferred from 2025 municipal elections)
- November 30: Mayoral by-election in Lac-Frontière (acclamation); municipal by-elections in seat 4, Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues, seats 1 and 3, Saint-Marcel, and seat 3, Saint-Romain, Quebec (deferred from 2025 municipal elections)
- December 7: Municipal by-elections in seat 2, Belcourt, seats 2, 6 and mayor of Landrienne, seat 1, Matapédia, seat 6, Saint-François-d'Assise, seat 5, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, seat 2, Saint-Joseph-de-Lepage, seats 2 and 3, Saint-Léandre, and seat 2, Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse, Quebec (deferred from 2025 municipal elections)
- December 8: Provincial by-election in Georgetown-Pownal, Prince Edward Island
- December 14: Municipal by-elections in seat 3, Albertville, seat 4, Nédélec, seat 3 in Rémigny, mayor of Saint-Benjamin, seats 3 and 5, Saint-Clément, mayor and seat 4, Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, seat 5, Saint-Just-de-Bretenières, and seat 4, Stanstead-Est, Quebec (deferred from 2025 municipal elections)
- December 15: Territorial by-election in Aggu, Nunavut
- December 21: Municipal by-election in seat 6, Fugèreville, seat 1, La Doré, mayor and seat 3, Saint-Michel-du-Squatec, Quebec (deferred from 2025 municipal elections)
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