Explainer · Lobbying by office

Some council offices get 5 times as much lobbying as others

How many lobbying communications each council office recorded this term, from the most-contacted to the least.

Most-contacted councillor's office: 1,581; Chris Moise
Least-contacted: 299; Michael Thompson
Median councillor's office: 524; 22 full-term members
Mayor's office: 1,947; Olivia Chow

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

Every office, this term

Data table· 30 rows

Member	Office	Communications	To the member	To staff	Per 100 days in office
Olivia Chow	Mayor	1,947	283	1,664	164.9
Chris Moise	Ward 13 Toronto Centre	1,581	488	1,093	111.3
Dianne Saxe	Ward 11 University-Rosedale	1,512	740	772	106.5
Brad Bradford	Ward 19 Beaches-East York	1,138	461	677	80.1
Amber Morley	Ward 3 Etobicoke-Lakeshore	1,025	377	648	72.2
Shelley Carroll	Ward 17 Don Valley North	1,018	341	677	71.7
Ausma Malik	Ward 10 Spadina-Fort York	890	318	572	62.7
Lily Cheng	Ward 18 Willowdale	772	389	383	54.4
Josh Matlow	Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's	763	328	435	53.7
Mike Colle	Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence	737	289	448	51.9
Jamaal Myers	Ward 23 Scarborough North	665	310	355	46.8
James Pasternak	Ward 6 York Centre	651	331	320	45.8
Jennifer McKelvie	Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park	620	312	308	68.5
Nick Mantas	Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt	524	390	134	36.9
Jon Burnside	Ward 16 Don Valley East	523	261	262	36.8
Alejandra Bravo	Ward 9 Davenport	522	267	255	36.8
Parthi Kandavel	Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest	508	254	254	49.5
Vincent Crisanti	Ward 1 Etobicoke North	495	258	237	34.9
Stephen Holyday	Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre	412	261	151	29.0
Gord Perks	Ward 4 Parkdale-High Park	409	243	166	28.8
Frances Nunziata	Ward 5 York South-Weston	386	223	163	27.2
Anthony Perruzza	Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek	345	197	148	24.3
Paul Ainslie	Ward 24 Scarborough East	323	210	113	22.7
Paula Fletcher	Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth	320	191	129	22.5
Michael Thompson	Ward 21 Scarborough Centre	299	195	104	21.1
Rachel Chernos Lin	Ward 15 Don Valley West	248	102	146	35.9
John Tory	Mayor	230	25	205	242.1
Gary Crawford	Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest	161	64	97	64.9
Jaye Robinson	Ward 15 Don Valley West	126	62	64	23.3
Neethan Shan	Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park	46	27	19	12.7

Method

Period: the 2022-2026 council term, 15 November 2022 to today. Only communications addressed to a member of council or their staff are counted ("council offices").
The headline compares members of council (not the Mayor) who served at least 90% of the term so far, so members elected in by-elections are not compared on fewer days. The table lists everyone, with a rate per 100 days in office.
Downtown wards see more development applications, and committee chairs and members see more of the items before their committees; both raise an office's count.

Limitations

Counts are communications lobbyists recorded in the City of Toronto Lobbyist Registry. Contacts that were not registered are not counted.
A communication counts toward a council office when the registry names the member or a member of their staff; lobbyTO resolves those names to members.
A recorded contact shows that a lobbyist reached an office. It does not show what was said, or how the member voted or acted afterwards.