Lobbyisme Québec

What Lobbyisme Québec does

Lobbyisme Québec, legally known as the Commissaire au lobbyisme du Québec, is the statutory regulator of lobbying activities in the Canadian province of Quebec, established by the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act (T-11.011) adopted unanimously by the National Assembly on June 13, 2002. The Commissioner is appointed by the National Assembly and operates independently of government administration, exercising oversight across parliamentary, government, and municipal institutions — including over 1,500 municipalities. The institution enforces compliance through inspection, investigation, disciplinary measures, and penal sanctions, and it issues advisory opinions on the interpretation of the Act and the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists.

The organization's primary product is Carrefour Lobby Québec, a modern web-based public registry launched in October 2022 that replaced the legacy lobby.gouv.qc.ca platform. The registry supports Espaces professionnels (individual lobbyist accounts), Espaces collectifs (organizational accounts), Fiche entité and Fiche lobbyiste profile pages, and version-controlled mandate management. Complementary products include an interactive post-mandate rules calculator, the Lobbyscope and Info Carrefour Lobby newsletters, free training programs, and specialized guidance documents such as Avis 2026-01 for the Santé Québec healthcare network. The June 2026 platform update introduced audit-trail versioning and improved entity-mandate separation.

Lobbyisme Québec serves three primary user segments: lobbyists (consultant, enterprise, and organization categories), public office holders across municipal, governmental, and parliamentary levels, and citizens/media exercising the right to know who influences public decisions. All services — registry access, registration, training, and customer support — are provided free of charge. The institution is funded by public government appropriations as a regulatory body, with no commercial revenue model. In May 2026, Commissioner Jean-François Routhier deposited a special report proposing a comprehensive overhaul of the 20-year-old lobbying framework, endorsed on June 4, 2026 by federal and provincial lobbying regulators across Canada.

Name

Lobbyisme Québec

Legal name

Commissaire au lobbyisme du Québec

Website

https://lobbyisme.quebec

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lobbyisme Québec (Commissaire au lobbyisme du Québec) is the statutory regulator of lobbying activities in Quebec, operating the public Carrefour Lobby Québec registry and enforcing the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act across parliamentary, government, and municipal institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Regulatory Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Political Organizations (813940)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAFADAB

Public Affairs, Government Relations & Lobbying

Business & Public Services/Marketing, Advertising & PR Services/Public Relations & Communications

SECONDARYBPAGAFAN

Government Accountability, Ethics & Anti-Corruption Advocacy

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

Keywords

• Lobbying regulation
• Transparency registry
• Government oversight
• Ethics compliance
• Public affairs regulation

Headquarters

HQ city

Québec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Lobbyisme Québec regulates lobbying activities in Quebec and operates Carrefour Lobby Québec, a public digital registry where lobbyists must declare and disclose their communications of influence with public office holders. The organization provides regulatory oversight (inspection, investigation, enforcement), free public consultation of disclosures, training programs, and interpretation guidance under the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act.

Product overview

Lobbyisme Québec operates as a government oversight body administering the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act. Its primary product is Carrefour Lobby Québec, a public-facing registry platform where lobbyists must declare their activities. The organization offers complementary services including the Lobbyscope newsletter for institutional updates, Info Carrefour Lobby for registry statistics, free training programs, and specialized guidance documents. The portfolio centers on transparency enforcement through mandatory registration rather than a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Info Carrefour Lobby: Official newsletter of Carrefour Lobby Québec providing weekly updates on new registrations, statistics, and practical advice for registry users.
• Lobbyscope

Products and services

• Carrefour Lobby Québec The public registry of lobbyists where lobbying activities must be declared and published by lobbyists and consulted by citizens. Provides transparency on who is attempting to influence public decision-makers in Quebec's parliamentary, government, and municipal institutions. Supports Espaces professionnels, Espaces collectifs, Fiche entité, and Fiche lobbyiste profile pages.
• Formation sur le lobbyisme (Lobbying Training) Free training programs offered by Lobbyisme Québec to help lobbyists and public office holders understand their rights and obligations under the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act.
• Online Post-Mandate Rules Calculator Interactive tool that helps former public office holders determine which after-mandate (post-employment) rules apply to them after leaving public service, supporting compliance with conflict-of-interest restrictions.
• Santé Québec Lobbying Rules Guidance (Avis 2026-01) Specialized interpretation guide and Commissioner opinion clarifying how lobbying rules apply within the Santé Québec health network, supporting compliance for the more than 350,000 health sector employees now classified as public office holders.

Quantifiable outcome

• The registry provides public access to information about lobbying mandates, including the subject matter, target institutions, communication methods, time periods, and the names of public office holders involved.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Réseau des directeurs et commissaires des lobbyistes (Registry of Lobbyists Directors and Commissioners Network)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026The Network of Directors and Commissioners of Lobbyists is a pan-Canadian body bringing together federal, provincial, and municipal regulators who administer and oversee lobbying regimes in their respective jurisdictions. On June 4, 2026, the Network's members issued a joint statement supporting the major reform proposed by Quebec's Commissioner Jean-François Routhier in his special report 'Le devoir d'agir pour la transparence et l'intégrité.' Signatories include lobbying regulators from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario (province and the cities of Ottawa and Toronto), Quebec (Lobbyisme Québec), New Brunswick, and Canada (Commissariat au lobbying du Canada).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Commissariat au lobbying du Canada: Federal lobbying regulator administering the Lobbying Act for communications with federal public office holders. Directly comparable as the federal counterpart enforcing lobbying disclosure across a parallel jurisdictional scope, with similar registry, enforcement, and education functions.
• Alberta Lobbyist Registrar: Alberta's provincial lobbyist registrar administering the Lobbyists Act. Maintains a comparable public registry and enforcement function, and a co-signatory to the 2026 pan-Canadian joint statement.
• Office of the Lobbyist Registrar of Ontario (Integrity Commissioner): Ontario's provincial lobbying registrar administering the Lobbyists Registration Act, 1998. Operates a parallel registry, investigative mandate, and education function for lobbyists interacting with Ontario public office holders.
• Office of the City Clerk – Ottawa Lobbyist Registry: Municipal lobbying registry administered by the City of Ottawa under its Lobbyist Registry By-law. Comparable municipal-tier registry function and a co-signatory to the pan-Canadian joint statement.
• Saskatchewan Lobbyists Registrar: Saskatchewan's lobbyist registrar administering the Lobbyists Act with parallel registry and enforcement functions. A direct peer in the pan-Canadian lobbying-regulator network that endorsed Quebec's reform proposal.
• Manitoba Lobbyist Registrar: Manitoba's lobbying regulator under The Lobbyists Registration Act, with a comparable registry and disclosure regime. Peer in the pan-Canadian network supporting the 2026 reform initiative.
• Commissaire à l'intégrité et au lobbying du Nouveau-Brunswick: New Brunswick's lobbying and integrity commissioner administering the Lobbyists' Registration Act. Direct provincial peer with bilingual operations comparable to Quebec's regulator.
• City of Toronto Lobbyist Registrar: Municipal-level lobbying registrar for the City of Toronto under the Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 140. Operates a comparable registry at the municipal tier and is a co-signatory to the pan-Canadian joint statement.
• BC Lobbyists Registrar: British Columbia's provincial lobbying regulator under the Lobbyists Transparency Act. Operates a comparable public registry and enforcement regime, and signed the June 2026 pan-Canadian joint statement supporting Quebec's reform proposal.

Others

• OECD Public Integrity & Anti-Corruption Division: International body producing lobbying transparency standards and policy guidance that informs provincial lobbying regulators globally. Relevant as a peer in standards-setting rather than direct regulatory competition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/lobbyismequebec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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