How to register and report your lobbying activities
Follow the steps below to register your lobbying activities in the Registry of Lobbyists.
1. Create your account
Before you can submit a registration, you need to create your account. You will receive an email asking you to activate and confirm your account.
You can only have one account. We can help you retrieve your old username and password.
2. Complete and submit your registration
Log in to your account. From the dashboard, click on “Create New Registration” and fill in the required information and submit your registration. A registration is required within:
- 10 calendar days from the date you agree, verbally or in writing, to lobby on behalf of a client as a consultant lobbyist or chairperson/members of a board of directors; or
- 2 months from the date that lobbying activities represent a significant part of duties for in-house lobbyists (organizations and corporations).
You will need to provide any government funding received in the last financial year and the current financial year, as well as information on any parent company and beneficiaries. If you do not have this information readily available, contact us for guidance.
3. Make corrections to your registration
We will review your registration after it is submitted. If corrections are required, we will return the registration in your account. Corrections must be submitted within 10 calendar days.
If no changes are required, the registration will be accepted and published in the Registry of Lobbyists.
4. Submit communication reports (when required)
If you had an oral and arranged communication with a designated public office holder about a regulated matter, you must submit a communication report no later than the 15th day of the month following the communication.
If the government institution you lobbied, the subject matter or related details are not currently listed in your registration, you must update your registration before submitting the communication report.
5. Keep your registration up to date
Your registration must be kept up to date. Submit updates (e.g. new lobbied federal institution, new subject matter, employee changes, etc.) no later than the 15th day of the month after which the change occurred.
If no updates or communication reports have been filed for five months, submit a return before the first day of the sixth month to confirm the registration remains accurate and active.
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