City of Toronto

Toronto lobbying, council votes and the records that connect them

lobbyTO links registered lobbying communications at the City of Toronto to the council agenda items they concern, and shows how members of council voted. Every link shows its confidence and the records it is based on.

Lobbying registrations: 14,589; 2,149 active now
Recorded communications: 128K; 5,648 in the last 12 months
Client organisations: 7,127
Agenda items with linked lobbying: 542; Published links only

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Ride hailing and scooters

Uber Canada, Inc. is the most active lobbying client at City Hall this term

Ride-hailing, delivery and scooter companies recorded 1,553 communications with 30 council offices: 8% of all lobbying of council offices this term.

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Snow clearing

A numbered company logged 530 contacts with council offices about snow clearing

2868415 Ontario Inc registered to lobby about winter maintenance services and recorded communications with 26 council offices between 11 September 2023 and 30 April 2026.

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Lobbying by office

Some council offices get 5 times as much lobbying as others

Chris Moise's office recorded 1,581 lobbying contacts this term; Michael Thompson's recorded 299.

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Mayor's office

A smaller share of lobbying goes to the Mayor's office since strong-mayor powers

10.0% of recorded communications went to the Mayor's office in 2015–2022, under John Tory; 6.6% since late 2023, under Olivia Chow.

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Billy Bishop airport

Organizations behind Billy Bishop airport logged 639 contacts with 26 council offices

Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners recorded 370 of them, with 23 offices.

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One-office campaigns

4 organizations aimed at least 90% of their lobbying at a single council office

The largest: Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., with 275 of its 277 contacts recorded with Dianne Saxe's office.

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Most-contacted offices

Term 2022-2026

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Most active clients

Communications, last 12 months

How lobbyists made contact

Last 12 months

Upcoming meetings

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Recent meetings

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25 September 2026Toronto Investment Board IB17
2 of 2 items with linked lobbying
5 August 2026Toronto Transit Commission TTC17
1 item, none with linked lobbying
29 July 2026City Council CC43
2 of 5 items with linked lobbying
23 July 2026Toronto Preservation Board PB47
1 of 2 items with linked lobbying
22 July 2026Toronto Transit Commission TTC16
1 of 2 items with linked lobbying
21 July 2026Executive Committee EX33
2 of 3 items with linked lobbying
16 July 2026Planning and Housing Committee PH32
1 of 1 item with linked lobbying
15 July 2026Infrastructure and Environment Committee IE31
2 items, none with linked lobbying

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Recent meetings
Date	Meeting	Items	Items with linked lobbying	Linked registrations
25 September 2026	Toronto Investment Board IB17	2	2	2
5 August 2026	Toronto Transit Commission TTC17	1	0	0
29 July 2026	City Council CC43	5	2	10
23 July 2026	Toronto Preservation Board PB47	2	1	2
22 July 2026	Toronto Transit Commission TTC16	2	1	1
21 July 2026	Executive Committee EX33	3	2	9
16 July 2026	Planning and Housing Committee PH32	1	1	10
15 July 2026	Infrastructure and Environment Committee IE31	2	0	0

Links between records are inferred by a model and are not reviewed by a person. Each link shows its score out of 1; moderate-confidence links (0.7 to 0.9) are wrong more often than high-confidence links. How links are scored

What this is

RegistrationA lobbyist registers who they lobby for and on what subject.
CommunicationEach contact with a member of council, their staff or City staff is logged.
Agenda itemlobbyTO links registrations to the council items they concern, with a confidence score.
VoteThe item page shows how each member voted and whether their office was contacted.

The Lobbyist Registry records who communicated with which public office holder, when, and about what subject. It does not record which council decision a communication concerns. lobbyTO infers those links, labels each with its confidence, and publishes the evidence. It reports dated records and measured patterns, not intent.

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