The influence map
Who gets in the room.
Every registered lobbying contact with a sitting councillor this term — who was lobbied, on whose behalf, and about what — from the City's Lobbyist Registry. And the lobbyists who donated to the very councillors they lobby.
7,841
Lobbying contacts
715
Distinct clients
Saxe
Most lobbied
15
Lobbyist-donors flagged
The money tie
They lobby the councillor — and fund them.
People who registered to lobby a councillor and donated to that same councillor's campaign. It's legal — but it's the kind of relationship worth seeing.
lobbying for Tenblock + 1 other client
lobbying for Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners + 9 other clients
lobbying for Beach House Residences Limited Partnership + 5 other clients
lobbying for Toronto Police Association + 3 other clients
lobbying for Safer Smart Zones Inc. + 4 other clients
lobbying for Aero Future Canada + 8 other clients
lobbying for Tenblock Developments Inc. + 4 other clients
lobbying for Canadian Tire Real Estate Limited + 2 other clients
lobbying for Toronto Police Association + 3 other clients
lobbying for Dolphin Gaming + 4 other clients
lobbying for OSMINGTON GEROFSKY DEVELOPMENT CORP
lobbying for Tenblock
lobbying for Building Industry and Land Development Association
lobbying for Toronto Industry Network
lobbying for 1000009801 Ontario Ltd. + 3 other clients
The revolving door
From City Hall to the lobby.
Lobbyists who told the City they're former public office holders — ex- councillors and staff now paid to work their former colleagues. (More former officials surface in the money tie above.)
Most lobbied
Whose door the lobbyists knock on.
Bars are coloured by alignment with the mayor. Tap a councillor to see who's lobbying them and the specific matters they were lobbied about.
The heaviest hitters
Who's lobbying City Hall the most.
The clients with the most logged contacts across council this term. Click any to see every councillor they've lobbied, the firms they hired, and what they wanted.
The hired guns
The firms working the building.
Lobbying firms ranked by contacts — the consultancies that carry many clients' messages to council at once. Click any to see their full client book.
A note on the data
Contacts come from the City of Toronto's Lobbyist Registry, which lobbyists must file within three business days. We count communications dated since the term began (Nov 15, 2022) whose recorded office-holder matches a sitting councillor. For consultant lobbyists the "client" is the registered beneficiary; for in-house lobbyists it's the organization itself.
The "money tie" matches a lobbyist's name to the councillor's disclosed campaign donors. Name matches can be imperfect (two people can share a name) — treat each as a lead to verify against the City record, not a verdict. Lobbying and donating are both legal; the point is transparency about who has both access and a financial stake.