Kanata—Carleton (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Kanata—Carleton (provincial electoral district).

Kanata—Carleton

Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jenna Sudds Liberal
District created	2013
District abolished	2023
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	110,960
Electors (2015)	78,431
Area (km²)	795
Pop. density (per km²)	139.6
Census division(s)	Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa

Kanata—Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario.

Kanata—Carleton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 federal election. The new riding contains almost all of the portion of the former Carleton—Mississippi Mills located in Ottawa, except for the portion south of Highway 7/Highway 417 that transferred to Carleton. A small fraction came from Nepean—Carleton surrounding the Bridlewood neighbourhood.

Geography

The riding covers an area within a boundary defined as follows: Western limit of Ottawa starting at Highway 7. NE along Highway7 to Highway 417. NE along Highway 417 to Maple Grove Road. NE along Maple Grove Road to the Carp River. SE along the Carp River to the SW section of Spearman Lane. NE along Spearman Lane to Terry Fox Drive. SE along Terry Fox to Hope Side Road. NE along Hope Side Road to Richmond Road. N along Richmond Road to West Hunt Club Road. NW to Haanel Drive with Robertson Road. SW along Robertson Road to Eagleson Road. NW along Eagleson Road to March Road, Herzberg Road and March Valley Road to Riddell Road to the interprovincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec. along the boundary to the north limit of the city of Ottawa then SW and SE along the northern and western limits of the city to the point of commencement.

2022 Federal Redistribution

The 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution took away much of the land area in the riding, which it renamed to just Kanata.

The community of Bells Corners was moved from Nepean riding into Kanata;

Part of Carleton riding north of Hazeldean Road and west of Huntmar Road was reassigned to Kanata.

The largely rural portions west of the 417 and north of Craig's Side Road / Murphy Side Road / Constance Lake Road / Berry Side Road were moved to Carleton. This includes several rural communities: Fitzroy Harbour, Dunrobin, Kinburn and Constance Bay.

The north-west boundary has been moved east from Hertzburg Road to Davidson Side Road north of Carling Avenue. That portion has been moved into the Ottawa West—Nepean riding. It is a rural area which includes a large area of Federal lands, and so is of small consequence to elector counts.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 66.4% White, 8.0% Chinese, 7.0% South Asian, 3.8% Black, 3.4% Arab, 3.7% Indigenous, 1.8% Southeast Asian, 1.7% West Asian, 1.3% Latin American, 1.0% Filipino
Languages: 65.4% English, 6.0% French, 4.7% Mandarin, 2.6% Arabic, 1.5% Russian, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.2% Spanish
Religions: 51.2% Christian (26.3% Catholic, 5.4% Anglican, 4.4% United Church, 2.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Presbyterian, 11.8% Other), 7.7% Muslim, 2.6% Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 35.1% None.
Median income: $54,400 (2020)
Average income: $69,100 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Kanata—Carleton Riding created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills and Nepean—Carleton
42nd	2015–2019		Karen McCrimmon	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present		Jenna Sudds
Riding dissolved into Carleton and Kanata

Election results

Graph of election results in Kanata—Carleton (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jenna Sudds	26,394	41.8	−1.5	$88,313.94
	Conservative	Jennifer McAndrew	24,373	38.6	+2.1	$89,188.03
	New Democratic	Melissa Coenraad	8,822	14.0	+1.5	$21,505.67
	People's	Scott Miller	1,858	2.9	+1.5	$7,855.45
	Green	Jennifer Purdy	1,709	2.7	−3.9	$6,771.03
Total valid votes			63,156
Total rejected ballots			372
Turnout			63,528	73.52
Eligible voters			86,404
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.8
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karen McCrimmon	28,746	43.05	−8.24	$101,971.36
	Conservative	Justina McCaffrey	24,361	36.48	−2.73	none listed
	New Democratic	Melissa Coenraad	8,317	12.46	+5.64	$17,833.67
	Green	Jennifer Purdy	4,387	6.57	+3.88	$15,580.62
	People's	Scott Miller	961	1.44		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			66,772	99.35
Total rejected ballots			438	0.65	+0.35
Turnout			67,210	77.00	−1.96
Eligible voters			87,281
	Liberal hold		Swing		−2.76
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Karen McCrimmon	32,447	51.29	+24.82	$114,216.22
	Conservative	Walter Pamic	24,829	39.21	−14.50	$98,315.02
	New Democratic	John Hansen	4,313	6.81	−8.48	$24,279.11
	Green	Andrew West	1,704	2.69	−1.85	$8,506.35
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,323	99.70		$214,203.12
Total rejected ballots			191	0.30	–
Turnout			63,514	78.97	–
Eligible voters			80,433
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+19.66
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	27,285	53.71
	Liberal	13,445	26.46
	New Democratic	7,766	15.29
	Green	2,307	4.54