The Samara Centre for Democracy

Corporate details

Corporation number

4491408

Business number

843093295

Status

Active

Governing law

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Continued

Apr 24, 2013

Corporation type

SolicitingAs declared in its 2026 annual return.

Registered office

33 Prince Arthur Avenue
Toronto ON M5R 1B2

Number of directors

At least 3, at most 20As the articles allow.

Annual filings

Anniversary date

Apr 24The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.

Annual filing period

Apr 24 to Jun 23 each year

Last annual meeting

Jun 8, 2026

The last annual return filed, and each year since.

Directors

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Registered charity

Charity registration number

843093295RR0001

Designation

Charitable organization

Category

Research

Total revenue

$868,046Fiscal period ended Dec 31, 2024.

Total expenditures

$944,011

From its annual return to the Canada Revenue Agency (form T3010). Its charity page has its programs, finances and gifts.

Federal contracts

3 contracts since 2022, worth $164,750 in all.

Contracts over $10,000, as each federal department publishes them. A value is the contract's total as last amended, taxes included. Shown here because the supplier's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. Search every federal contract. Not this company? Tell us.

Lobbying the federal government

Registered to lobby the federal government from 2019 until Dec 1, 2021; no registration is active now.

Registrations

2Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.

Who lobbies

Its own employees

Subjects

Constitutional Issues

Institutions lobbied

Canadian Heritage (PCH), Elections Canada, House of Commons, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Senate of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In its latest registration, in its own words

• Strengthening Canadian democracy and parliamentary system.
• Standing Orders of the House of Commons to make MPs more independent from their parties and improve engagement with citizens
• Canada Elections Act with respect to making elections and political parties more inclusive and transparent

From the Registry of Lobbyists (Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying), which lists the client as “The Samara Centre for Democracy”. Shown here because the client's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. The names of lobbyists and of the officials they met are left out. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Not this company? Tell us.

Names

Filings and certificates