Welcome to our searchable database on financial reporting. This database includes information extracted from financial reports of candidates in an election, leadership contestants, nomination contestants, registered electoral district associations, and registered political parties.

We have taken great care to transcribe the data accurately. However, if an error is reported, we will correct it when we next update the files.

Search a specific financial report:

Name of financial report		Frequency of report		Data availability			Choose a period:
Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return		Each electoral event		1997 and beyond			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006
							Sept. 1, 2000 to Dec. 31, 2003
							1993 to Aug. 31, 2000
Contestant's Leadership Campaign Return		Each leadership contest		2004 and beyond*			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006
Contestant's Weekly Leadership Campaign Return		Each week, during the last four weeks of the contest		2007 and beyond			2007 and beyond
Contestant's Nomination Campaign Return		Each nomination contest		2004 and beyond*			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006
Registered Association Financial Transactions Return		Yearly		2004 and beyond*			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006
Registered Association Statement of Assets and Liabilities		Each new registration		2004 and beyond			2004 and beyond
Registered Party Financial Transactions Return		Yearly		1993 and beyond			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006 **
							2001 to 2003
							1993 to 2000
Registered Party Financial Transactions Quarterly Return		Quarterly		2005 and beyond*			2007 and beyond
							2005 to 2006
Registered Party Return in Respect of General Election Expenses		Each general election		2004 and beyond			2007 and beyond
							2004 to 2006

* Financial reporting was not required under the Canada Elections Act prior to 2004.

** Conservative Party of Canada – 2004 fiscal period

On December 7, 2003, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada merged to form the Conservative Party of Canada. When two registered parties merge, the Act requires each party to file a final return with Elections Canada for the fiscal period up to the date of the merger.

On June 7, 2004, the two merging parties filed final fiscal returns covering the period from January 1, 2003, to December 6, 2003. The data for the period from December 7 to December 31, 2003, were reported in the 2004 fiscal return filed by the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada.

The data for this period are provided under the year 2003.