Report an error
If something here is wrong, we want to know. Two quite different things can be wrong, and they have to be fixed in two different places.
We got it wrong
report it to usThe official record is right and we are showing something else: the wrong person attached to a donation, a figure that is out of date, a page stuck on old data, a measure that does not describe what it claims to, a link to nowhere, or anything that simply looks impossible.
Tell us what looks wrong, which page you saw it on, and what you think it should say. A web address and a screenshot settle most reports immediately.
Email a correctionPlaceholder address — not yet live. The button above writes to corrections@canadash.invalid, which is a deliberately unusable stand-in rather than an invented real-looking address. The site owner needs to replace it with a working mailbox. Until then, mail sent here will bounce — we would rather say so plainly than let you write into a void.
This page stores nothing. There is no form, no account and no tracking of who reports what — it opens your own mail program, and the message goes straight to us.
The source got it wrong
report it to themThe mistake is in the official record itself: a misspelled name in a filing, a wrong riding, a spending figure the member disputes, a census value that looks out of place.
We cannot change those, and we should not: this site re-displays public records rather than maintaining its own version of them. It has to be corrected by the body that published it, and once they fix it, the correction reaches us on our next refresh — usually within a week, and within an hour for the sources we read live.
If you are not sure which of the two it is, send it to us anyway. Working out which body publishes a given figure is our job, not yours.
Where to report a source error
official bodies- House of Commons — Members of Parliament
A member's name, riding, party, contact details, roles or committee membership
- House of Commons — Members' expenditures
Office, travel, hospitality or contract spending figures
- LEGISinfo
A federal bill's number, title, sponsor, stage or status
- Elections Canada
Election results, riding boundaries, candidates, or a campaign's financial filing
- Statistics Canada — 2021 Census
Population, age, income, housing, language or commuting figures for a riding
- Your provincial or territorial legislature
A provincial bill's number, sponsor or stage history
Before you report
Two things account for most reports that turn out not to be errors, and both are worth checking first.
- A missing figure is often a withheld figure. Blank entries usually mean the source does not publish that value, not that we lost it. Statistics Canada withholds small census counts on purpose, and campaign filings name only donors who gave more than $200 in a year.
- A vote a member appears to have missed may not be a vote at all. We can only count votes where each member’s choice is written down and published — see recorded divisions. Decisions made by voice leave no per-member record anywhere.
The about and methodology page explains where each figure comes from and what it cannot tell you, and the glossary explains the terms. Neither is a prerequisite for reporting something — if it looks wrong, send it.