Three federal byelections held across Canada
Voters cast ballots in byelections to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament.
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Three federal byelections held across Canada
Photograph: The Hamilton Spectator (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Three federal byelections were held on Monday.
- One byelection took place in the Beaches, East York riding in Toronto.
- Beaches, East York is described as a Liberal stronghold.
- The byelections were held to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
20/100
8 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Three federal byelections were held on Monday. These elections were conducted to fill seats in Parliament that had recently been vacated. One of these byelections took place in the Beaches, East York riding, located in Toronto. This riding is described as a Liberal stronghold.
Coverage
What the coverage left out
None of the eight digests mentioned the specific ridings or locations of the other two federal byelections held on Monday. The reason for the seats becoming vacant was also not mentioned in any of the centre-rated digests.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 31 Aug 2026, 10:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
7 rated outlets
- Six left-rated digests reported on the three federal byelections. All six digests stated that byelections were being held on Monday and that one was in Toronto's Beaches, East York riding. They also all noted that Beaches, East York is considered a Liberal stronghold. Five of the six digests mentioned that these byelections were to fill recently vacated seats in Parliament. The Hamilton Spectator digest also mentioned that the "Carney government will also be battling it out in three byelections on Monday," in the context of an international trade war.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Two centre-rated digests covered the federal byelections. Both digests reported that voters were heading to the polls on Monday in the Liberal stronghold of Beaches, East York in Toronto. Neither digest mentioned the other two byelections or the reason for the elections.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Three federal byelections held across Canada?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 88% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Three federal byelections held across Canada left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Three federal byelections held across Canada biased?
- Three federal byelections held across Canada is one event reported by 8 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Three federal byelections held across Canada?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Three federal byelections held across Canada?
- 8 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many federal byelections were held?
- Three federal byelections were held on Monday. These elections were conducted to fill seats in Parliament that had recently become vacant.
- Where was one of the byelections held?
- One of the federal byelections took place in the Beaches, East York riding in Toronto. This riding is described as a Liberal stronghold.
- What did the centre-rated reports focus on?
- The two centre-rated digests focused on the byelection in Toronto's Beaches, East York riding, noting it is a Liberal stronghold. They did not mention the other two byelections or the reason for the elections.
Read it at the source
8 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
7- Three federal byelections Monday include one in Beaches—East York (opens The Hamilton Spectator in a new tab)
The Hamilton Spectator — is The Hamilton Spectator biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto's Beaches-East York riding (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto’s Beaches-East York riding (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record — is The Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto's Beaches-East York riding (opens Elora Fergus Today in a new tab)
Elora Fergus Today — is Elora Fergus Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto's Beaches-East York riding (opens Newmarket Today in a new tab)
Newmarket Today — is Newmarket Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto's Beaches-East York riding (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Voters head to the polls in federal byelection for Toronto’s Beaches-East York riding (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
The Toronto Star — is The Toronto Star biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
1Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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