WHO BACKS CANADA’S POLITICIANS?
FOLLOW THE MONEY HERE
All political donations are public. They aren’t necessarily easy to access.
To hold politicians to account for gifts large and small, reporter Zane Schwartz chased down over six million records from across the country and developed the first centralized, searchable database of contributions made at both the federal level and in 13 provinces and territories.
Details on what’s included in the database — built in partnership with analytics and visualization experts at Qlik — are available here.
Schwartz reports on revelations from the database here.
START YOUR SEARCH
In the search bar, type the name of a donor or recipient. For the most accurate results, use double quotes around your search query (“Justin Trudeau,” “Royal Bank of Canada,” “United Steelworkers,” “Saskatchewan Party”).
As you type, results for the closest matches to your search will appear in a drop-down list (or you will see a note that no match has been found). To select multiple records, click to highlight. Click again to deselect.
If you press enter after typing a search, all information related to your query will be displayed. For example, if you look up “Justin Trudeau” and hit enter, the results will include results for “Justin” and “Trudeau.”
To start a new search, hit the “clear selections” button.
Please note that Postmedia cannot guarantee donors’ identities in cases where multiple donors share the exact same name.
To find out who represents you at the federal or provincial level, use the links here.
NARROW YOUR SEARCH
Use drop-down menus to look up donations by type (for example, “corporate” or “in-kind” donations), region, year, party or amount.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR RESULTS
By default, results are sorted by donation amount. Entries may also be sorted by clicking on any of the bolded categories (for example, “political party,” “donor type,” “year”) at the top of the results table.
You can also scroll down for targeted tools to track donations by region, year and amount.
SEARCH BY
REGIONAL DONATIONS
Many political donations are made on a national scale — in some cases by those banned from contributing in their own provinces (donation rules by region are listed here).
To see who is giving money beyond the riding where they live or have business headquarters, type a name into the search bar below. Names appear as they were submitted to elections agencies, so you may wish to search for multiple, related entries. For example, TD Bank has been registered as “TD Bank,” “Toronto Dominion Bank” and “TD Bank Financial Group.”
Results may be viewed by amount or by how many contributions have been made.
DONATIONS OVER TIME
Who’s a loyal party donor? How much do elections impact donations? Use this tool and the drop-down menus below to track trends over time. For example, select “Alberta” and “New Democratic Party” from the drop-down menus to see the spike in contributions after the party won a majority government in 2015.
BIGGEST DONORS
Who gave a $500,000 lump sum to the NDP in British Columbia? How much did Adam Moryto, a former Queen’s Park intern, donate during the last PC leadership race in Ontario? This tool shows the biggest donors and largest single donations in Canada. For the purposes of clarity, only donations made by contributors with the exact same name appear on this list. “Bell Aliant” and “Bell Canada,” for instance are listed separately.
To see the top ten donors in every province and territory — including donations made by companies and their subsidiaries — click here.
Search for a particular donor, recipient, political party, or region.
