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This calendar lists the submission deadlines for political financing returns and reports.
Elections Canada publishes returns and reports when it receives them; they are published as submitted. If a return or report is updated by the agent who filed it, or if it is audited by Elections Canada, an additional, updated version is published, as reviewed.
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Submission deadlines for political participants' financial returns or reports
2020
- January 20Candidate unpaid loans/claim statements 18 months after the June 18, 2019 by-election
- January 30Registered party quarterly returns, Q4 2019 (if required)
- February 21Candidates and third parties' returns for the 43rd general election
- April 30Registered party quarterly returns, Q1 2020 (if required)
- May 4Candidate unpaid loans/claim statements 36 months after the April 3, 2017 by-elections
- June 1Electoral district associations' annual statements of registry information and annual financial returns
- June 22Registered party campaign returns, 43rd general election
- June 29Contestant unpaid loans/claims statements 36 months after the 2017 Conservative Party leadership contest
- June 30Registered party annual returns
- July 3Candidate unpaid loans/claims statements 18 months after the December 3, 2018 by-election
- July 30Registered party quarterly returns, Q2 2020 (if required)
- July 31Conservative leadership contestants' first interim returns due
- August 17Contestant unpaid loans/claims statements 18 months after the 2019 Bloc Québécois leadership contest
- August 19Conservative leadership contestants' second interim returns due
- September 12Green Party leadership contestants' interim returns due
- September 25Candidate unpaid loans/claims statements 18 months after the February 25, 2019 by-elections
- October 1Green Party leadership contestants’ interim returns due
- October 30Registered party quarterly returns, Q3 2020 (if required)
- November 2Contestant unpaid loans/claims statements 36 months after the 2017 NDP leadership contest
- November 23Candidate unpaid loans/claims statements 36 months after the October 23, 2017 by-elections
- December 7Candidate unpaid loans/claims statements 18 months after the May 6, 2019 by-election
2019
- January 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (fourth quarter, 2018)
- April 3Candidate and third party financial returns for the December 3, 2018 by-election
- April 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (first quarter, 2019)
- May 1Contestants' unpaid claims statements 18 months after the 2017 New Democratic Party leadership contest
- May 23Candidates' unpaid claims statements 18 months after the October 23, 2017 by-elections
- May 31Electoral district associations' annual statements of registry information
- May 31Electoral district associations' annual financial returns
- June 25Candidates and third party financial returns for the February 25, 2019 by-elections
- July 2Registered parties' annual and triennial statements of registry information
- July 2Registered parties' annual financial returns
- July 11Candidates' unpaid claims statements 18 months after the December 11, 2017 by-elections
- July 17Bloc Québécois leadership contestants' campaign returns
- July 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (second quarter, 2019)
- September 6Candidates and third party returns for the May 6, 2019 by-election
- September 16Third parties' interim returns (if required)
- September 30Third parties' interim returns (if required)
- October 15Third parties' interim returns (if required)
- October 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (third quarter, 2019)
- November 25Candidates' unpaid claims statements 36 months after the October 24, 2016 by-election
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December 20Registered parties' regulated fundraising event reports, 43rd general election