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Canadian Political Data

Canadian Political Data is a public-interest project that makes Canadian political activity searchable, comparable, and accountable. Hansard speeches, elected officials, ridings, and the public infrastructure that supports them — all in one place, with semantic search across federal and provincial legislatures.

The site is free to use. An optional account unlocks saved searches, email alerts, and credit-funded AI reports.

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Where to start

  • Search Hansard

    Find what your representatives have said — by topic, person, party, date, or jurisdiction. Semantic search means you can ask in plain language.

    How search works

  • Find a politician

    Browse every federal MP and provincial MLA / MNA / MPP, with party, riding, term history, and links to their speeches and votes.

    Politicians directory

  • Save a search and get alerts

    Sign in with your email, save a search, and we'll email you when new speeches match. No password — just a magic link.

    Saved searches

  • Generate a report

    Spend credits to ask the system to compile an evidence-cited report on a politician's position, voting record, or rhetoric over time.

    Reports & credits

What this site is — and isn't

Public interest, not neutral

Canadian Political Data is rooted in democratic and access-to-information values. It is not a politically neutral product. The data is presented as faithfully as possible, but the editorial choices about what to cover and what to surface are deliberately civic-minded.

Coverage is growing

Federal coverage (House of Commons + Senate) is the most complete. Provincial and territorial coverage varies — see Coverage and data sources for the live picture. If a jurisdiction you care about is missing, that is almost always because the upstream legislature publishes its data in a way that we are still working to ingest cleanly, not because we are uninterested.

Built for

  • Journalists and researchers — fast access to primary-source legislative speech with citation-ready links.
  • Civic organizers — track positions over time, set alerts on issues that matter to your community.
  • Students and educators — a corpus to query, not a curated reading list.
  • Engaged citizens — see what the people who represent you are actually saying in the chamber.

If you are a developer or contributor looking for the runtime architecture, scanner CLI, or API reference, see Contributors.