Canadians Donated More Than $44M to Liberal, Conservative Parties in 2021

Canadians Donated More Than $44M to Liberal, Conservative Parties in 2021
A man enters an advance polling station in Ottawa, Sept. 10, 2021. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The Conservative Party of Canada raised the most money of any federal party in 2021, bringing in $26.4 million in donations during a tumultuous year that ended with an election loss and speculation about the end of Erin O'Toole’s leadership.

Audited financial statements filed with Elections Canada show that’s just shy of $6 million more than the party raised in 2020, and the number of people who gave money to the Tories—95,000—was up by about 5,000 year-over-year.