> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.northaxiumdata.ca/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lobbying & Political Financing

> Lobbying communications and registrations from LobbyCan, and political contributions from Elections Canada.

This section covers two complementary datasets for tracing political influence in Canada. The LobbyCan registry provides 166K+ active and historical registrations and 354K+ communications between registered lobbyists and federal Designated Public Office Holders (DPOHs). Elections Canada reviewed contributions provide 6.2M+ political donation records spanning federal parties and candidates. Together they let you trace who is paying to access government and who is financially supporting which parties.

## What you can query

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Lobbying Communications" icon="comment-dots" href="/api-reference/lobbying/communications" />

  <Card title="Registrations" icon="file-lines" href="/api-reference/lobbying/registrations" />

  <Card title="Political Contributions" icon="circle-dollar-to-slot" href="/api-reference/contributions/list" />

  <Card title="Client Profile" icon="building" href="/api-reference/lobbying/clients" />
</CardGroup>

## Common use cases

Investigative journalists tracing which companies are meeting with specific ministers or DPOHs; policy analysts identifying the subject matters most actively lobbied at a given federal institution; campaign finance researchers tracking contributions to a party across multiple election cycles; government relations teams benchmarking competitor lobbying activity by institution and subject area.

<Note>
  **How lobbying and contributions connect**

  A company can simultaneously appear in lobbying records (as a lobbying client) and in contribution records (if employees or executives donate to parties). The [Cross-Dataset Search](/api-reference/search) endpoint lets you query a company name across both datasets in a single request.
</Note>