2021 Canadian federal election



The 2021 Canadian federal election (formally the 44th Canadian general election) was held on September 20, 2021. The writs of election for the 2021 election were issued by Governor General Mary May Simon on August 15, 2021, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested the dissolution of Parliament for a snap election.

The Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Trudeau, saw its share of seats in the legislature decrease further from 2019; in this election, they won 149 seats. However, despite losing ground from the already narrow 2019 election, the Liberals still very narrowly stayed in power despite losing the national popular vote to the Conservatives, who won 133 seats, by about 3 percentage points.