Lobbying in Canada
Lobbying in Canada is an activity where organizations or people outside of government attempt to influence the decision making of elected politicians or government officials at the municipal, provincial or federal level. Lobbying has changed in Canada from a period where it was restricted to economic and social elites to the modern day, when lobbying is used as a tool by many forms of civil society organizations to advance their view for what society and government should look like, with approximately 9,000 people working as registered lobbyists at Canada's federal level as of 2024, across approximately 3,500 organizations.