Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt

Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt (French: Sudbury-Est–Manitoulin–Nickel Belt) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada.^[2] It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt

Ontario electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jim Belanger Conservative
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	99,827
Electors	85,955
Census division(s)	Greater Sudbury, Manitoulin District, Nipissing District, Sudbury District
Census subdivision(s)	Greater Sudbury (part), West Nipissing, Espanola, Sables-Spanish Rivers, French River, Wikwemikong Unceded, Markstay-Warren, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Central Manitoulin, St.-Charles

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding was created out of parts of Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, Nickel Belt, and Sudbury.^[1] The riding is in northeastern Ontario.^[3]

• Gains all of Sudbury west of Highway 144
• Gains Manitoulin District and that part of Sudbury District near Lake Huron from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
• Loses Nickel Centre, Wanup and the remainder of the former city of Sudbury to Sudbury

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[4]

Languages: 65.8% English, 34.2% French

Religions: 67.4% Christian (49.9% Catholic, 4.5% United Church, 3.0% Anglican, 10.0% Other), 30.6% No religion, 1.2% Traditional Indigenous spirituality

Median income: $42,400 (2020)

Average income: $51,300 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
European[a]	79,090	79.97%
Indigenous	18,245	18.45%
African	515	0.52%
South Asian	280	0.28%
Southeast Asian[b]	265	0.27%
East Asian[c]	215	0.22%
Latin American	80	0.08%
Middle Eastern[d]	20	0.02%
Other/multiracial[e]	185	0.19%
Total responses	98,900	99.06%
Total population	99,835	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Jim Belanger defeated Nickel Belt MP Marc Serré, and the Conservatives picked up the seat for the first time in over 70 years.

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt Riding created from Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, Nickel Belt, and Sudbury
45th	2025–present		Jim Belanger	Conservative

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association name	President	HQ city
	Conservative	Sudbury East--Manitoulin--Nickel Belt Conservative Association	Jessica M. Whalen	Markstay-Warren
	Liberal	Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt Federal Liberal Association	André J. Bisson	Greater Sudbury
	New Democratic	Sudbury East--Manitoulin--Nickel Belt Federal NDP Riding Association	Darcey Dupuis	Greater Sudbury

Election results

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Belanger	29,129	48.33	+21.42
	Liberal	Marc G. Serré	24,122	40.03	+8.05
	New Democratic	Andréane Chénier	4,818	7.99	–22.35
	People's	Sharilynne St. Louis	1,423	2.36	–6.54
	Green	Himal Hossain	453	0.75	-0.98
	Libertarian	Justin Dean Newell Leroux	321	0.53	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			60,266	70.11
Eligible voters			85,955
	Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.69
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

2021 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	16,416	31.98
	New Democratic	15,570	30.34
	Conservative	13,809	26.91
	People's	4,570	8.90
	Green	887	1.73
	Others	73	0.14

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts