Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday the date for three upcoming byelections.

Byelections are scheduled for April 13 in the following districts: Scarborough Southwest, Terrebonne and University—Rosedale.

Carney’s Liberals have a shot at securing a majority if they win all three races.

The Liberals presently hold 169 seats in the House, three seats shy of the 172 required for a majority government. The Conservatives have 141 seats, the Bloc Québécois has 22, the New Democrats have seven, and the Green Party has one.

The Toronto ridings University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest were vacated when two high profile MPs, Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair, respectively, stepped down earlier this year.

Chrystia Freeland FILE: Former minister of transport and internal trade Chrystia Freeland is seen before appearing at the House of Commons transport committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Chrystia Freeland, the once-deputy prime minister who held the transport and internal trade file under Carney’s government, took on a voluntary advisory role with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. She had represented the University—Rosedale riding for more than a decade before her resignation took effect in January.

Bill Blair, a longtime MP and former cabinet minister, resigned his seat in early February to become Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom. Until last May, Blair was Canada’s national defence minister, and previously held portfolios for emergency preparedness, border security, and organized crime reduction, a role that was later absorbed by other departments.

Bill Blair FILE: Former Liberal MP Bill Blair speaks during a press conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

The voters in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne saw the result of their election overturned by the Supreme Court in February. The Liberal candidate, Tatiana Auguste, had won the riding by just one vote. Her opponent, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné of the Bloc Québécois, demanded a byelection.

A Bloc Québécois supporter complained that she tried to vote by mail using a special ballot that was never counted. She said it was returned to her own mailbox due to an error on the postal code printed on a label supplied by Elections Canada.

More details to come. With files from CTV’s Spencer van Dyk and The Canadian Press.