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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
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
2018
- January 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (fourth quarter, 2017)
- February 23Candidates and third parties' financial returns for the October 23, 2017, by-elections
- April 3New Democratic Party leadership contestants' campaign returns
- April 11Candidates and third parties' financial returns for the December 11, 2017, by-elections
- April 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (first quarter, 2018)
- May 31Electoral district associations' annual financial returns
- July 3Registered parties' annual statements of registry information
- July 3Registered parties' annual financial returns
- July 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (second quarter, 2018)
- October 30Registered parties' quarterly returns (third quarter, 2018)