Lobbyists Registry Open Datasets
The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists has oversight over the administration of the Lobbyists Transparency Act, which supports transparent, accountable lobbying in British Columbia. Here you will find open data sets on Lobbying Registration Returns and Lobbying Activity Reports in British Columbia as entered into the publicly searchable Lobbyists Registry. The use of the data sets on this website is subject to the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia (ORL)
Both datasets provide primary compressed files containing secondary files in xlsx format. Also available for both are data dictionary files, which provide definitions for all data elements contained within the dataset.
Lobbying Registration Returns: Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to file a Registration Return within 10 days of beginning to lobby a public office holder. This dataset contains all lobbying Registration Returns filed with the ORL since 2010 and is updated monthly.
Lobbying Activity Reports: Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to disclose specific instances of lobbying communications with senior public office holders in British Columbia. These Lobbying Activity Reports must be filed no later than 15 days after the end of the month in which the lobbying activity occurred. The requirement to file Lobbying Activity Reports came into effect on May 4, 2020. This dataset contains all Lobbying Activity Reports filed with the ORL since that time and is updated monthly.
Datasets available for download
Additional Info
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| Last Updated | October 19, 2025, 23:21 (UTC) |
| Created | October 19, 2025, 23:21 (UTC) |
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Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Lobbyists Registry Open Datasets |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists has oversight over the administration of the Lobbyists Transparency Act, which supports transparent, accountable lobbying in British Columbia. Here you will find open data sets on Lobbying Registration Returns and Lobbying Activity Reports in British Columbia as entered into the publicly searchable Lobbyists Registry. The use of the data sets on this website is subject to the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia (ORL) Both datasets provide primary compressed files containing secondary files in xlsx format. Also available for both are data dictionary files, which provide definitions for all data elements contained within the dataset. Lobbying Registration Returns: Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to file a Registration Return within 10 days of beginning to lobby a public office holder. This dataset contains all lobbying Registration Returns filed with the ORL since 2010 and is updated monthly. Lobbying Activity Reports: Consultant lobbyists and organizations that have in-house lobbyists are required to disclose specific instances of lobbying communications with senior public office holders in British Columbia. These Lobbying Activity Reports must be filed no later than 15 days after the end of the month in which the lobbying activity occurred. The requirement to file Lobbying Activity Reports came into effect on May 4, 2020. This dataset contains all Lobbying Activity Reports filed with the ORL since that time and is updated monthly. |
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Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2024-02-12 |
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Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
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Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
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License
License used to access the dataset.
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Open Data Licence - Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia |
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Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
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Location
Location of the dataset.
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https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/lobbyists-registry-open-datasets |
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Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for British Columbia |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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ORL infobox |
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Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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Author Email
Email of the author.
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
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Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
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Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
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Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
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Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
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Version
Version of the datatset
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Source
Source of the dataset.
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https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrs/do/guest |
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Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
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Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
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Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
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The datasets included in this record contain information submitted to the online Lobbyists Registry, which was established in 2010. Archived lobbying information from 2002-2010 can be found on the Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists website: https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/the-registry/what-is-the-lobbyists-registrys-purpose/ |
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Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
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Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
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Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
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Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
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Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
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Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
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Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
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Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
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Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.
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