Justin Trudeau has won a third term as Canada's prime minister, but his early election gamble to win a majority of seats failed.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the Liberals won the most seats of any party, taking hold of 157 - the same number they won in 2019, and 13 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the House of Commons.

It means Mr Trudeau, 49, and his second consecutive minority government will have to rely on other parties to govern.

But Mr Trudeau's party failed to win enough seats to avoid having to rely on help from other parties to pass legislation.