Category
Government
Spending, transfers, debt, public-service employment, and the lobbying and donation flows that shape policy. Where federal and provincial money goes and who decides.
Coming next
Three federal-government charts in active development.
- Top 20 federal contractors, 2004–2024. Cumulative contract value by vendor across 1.26 million federal contracts. Drawing from open.canada.ca proactive disclosure.
- Federal political donations by party, year-by-year. Every recorded contribution to federal parties and candidates, 2004–2023, from Elections Canada open data.
- Most-lobbied departments and offices. 360,000 lobbying communications by department and DPOH, from the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying.
All three datasets are loaded and indexed. The longform pieces will land alongside the chart in the same publication week. To be notified when these ship, subscribe to the weekly.