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By-elections will be held on April 13 in the electoral districts of Scarborough Southwest (Ontario), Terrebonne (Quebec) and University–Rosedale (Ontario) to fill vacancies in the House of Commons. On March 8, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for the special elections for the three districts, which are all currently vacant. Former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, resigned her seat representing the University–Rosedale riding in January in order to become the Warden of Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust, which is best known for granting the Rhodes Scholarship. In February, MP Bill Blair resigned his seat representing Scarborough Southwest  to become the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. A by-election for Terrebonne is being held after the riding’s result in the 2025 general election was annulled by the Supreme Court of Canada in February due to a printing error on the return envelopes used for mail-in ballots. The Elections Canada offices are now open in the three electoral districts.

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Sometime before July 8, 2026, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing University–Rosedale in the province of Ontario. On January 9, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat for University–Rosedale (Ontario) became vacant on January 9, following the resignation of Chrystia Freeland. Freeland left her seat in order to become the Warden of Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust, which is best known for granting the Rhodes Scholarship. Under the law, the by-election date must be announced by July 8 and will signal the start of the by-election period. According to Elections Canada, the earliest date the by-election can be held is March 2, 2026.

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Sometime before August 1, 2026, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing Scarborough Southwest in the province of Ontario. On February 3, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat for Scarborough Southwest (Ontario) became vacant on February 2, following the resignation of Bill Blair. Blair left  his seat in order to become the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Under the law, the by-election date must be announced between February 13 and August 1, 2026, and will signal the start of the by-election period. According to Elections Canada, the earliest date the by-election can be held is March 23, 2026.

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On February 9, Ontario’s Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa received an official warrant from the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly confirming the seat for the Scarborough Southwest electoral district was vacant. Doly Begum, who has held the seat since 2018, resigned on February 3  to run in the upcoming Scarborough Southwest federal by-election. As required by law, a by-election for the seat must be called by August 5, 2026, which is within six months of the Chief Electoral Officer’s notice. The earliest possible date for the election is March 12, and the latest possible date would be September 3.

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On February 23, a by-election will be held in the electoral division of Chicoutimi for a seat in the province’s National Assembly of Quebec. The seat became vacant on September 4 of last year following the resignation of Andrée Laforest, who left her position for an unsuccessful run to become the mayor of Saguenay. Under a decree issued by the Government of Québec on January 20, the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Jean-François Blanchet, will oversee the organization of the election. Advance polling for voting will begin on February 15.

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On August 11, a by-election will be held in the electoral division of Arthabaska, in the Centre-du-Québec region, for a seat in the province’s National Assembly of Quebec. MNA Éric Lefebvre had resigned on March 18 to run with the Conservative Party of Canada for the federal riding of Richmond-Arthabaska (Quebec) for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.

Under a decree issued by the Government of Québec on July 8, the Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. Jean-François Blanchet, will oversee the organization of the election. Advance polling for voting will begin on August 3.

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