Evidence for Democracy

Corporate details

Corporation number

8303983

Business number

840397848

Status

Active

Governing law

Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

Incorporated

Oct 3, 2012

Corporation type

SolicitingAs declared in its 2026 annual return.

Registered office

123 Slater Street, 6th floor
Ottawa ON K1P 5H2

Number of directors

At least 3, at most 10As the articles allow.

Annual filings

Anniversary date

Oct 3The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.

Annual filing period

Oct 3 to Dec 2 each year

Last annual meeting

Sep 11, 2026

The last annual return filed, and each year since.

Directors

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Federal grants and contributions

7 agreements since 2018, worth $36,492 in all.

As each federal department publishes them (proactive disclosure). A value is the agreement's total as last amended; the money may be paid over several years. Search every federal grant.

Lobbying the federal government

Registered to lobby the federal government from 2015 until Jun 19, 2026; no registration is active now.

Registrations

6Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.

Who lobbies

Its own employees
Consultant lobbyists

Subjects

Environment, Science and Technology, Budget, Climate, Privacy and Access to Information, Research and Development, Agriculture, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Fisheries

Institutions lobbied

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), House of Commons, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Environment Canada, Industry Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)The ten named most often.

In its latest registration, in its own words

• The Office of the Chief Science Officer (OCSA) currently exists on a term basis, rather than being protected and enshrined through legislation. Evidence for Democracy advocates to make OCSA a permanent fixture of the federal government structure.
• Support for the new Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research (formerly Motion 38/M-38).
• Evidence for Democracy advocates that the Government of Canada increase funding for basic science and research through the national granting councils (Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences...

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Names

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