What’s at stake for Ontario in today’s federal election [Video]

In every federal election but one over the past 50 years, the party taking the most seats in Ontario has also formed government. Tonight Canadians will learn whether that trend continues.

There are 122 seats up for grabs in Ontario, more than one-third of all ridings in Canada. In the 2021 election, the province elected 78 Liberals, 37 Conservatives, five New Democrats and one Green. Ontario has since gained an extra seat in the redistribution of electoral boundaries. 

Polls are open Monday from 9:30 a.m. ET to 9:30 p.m. ET across the province (including in the northwestern corner of Ontario that’s in the Central time zone.) 

The five-week campaign frequently saw the major party leaders in Ontario, particularly the 905 and some battleground ridings in southwestern and northern Ontario.

Liberal …