Campaign Cash
Ainslie, Paul, who held elected office

Candidate

Ainslie, Paul

Ainslie, Paul raised $170,524 from 279 contributors across 5 Toronto municipal campaigns, 2006–2022.

Photo: City of Toronto, 2022-2026 council term.

$170,524Total raised
355Contributions
279Contributors
$300Median gift
5Campaigns
5/5Won
$3.16Per vote received
Across all campaigns5 campaigns · 2006–2022

Raised by campaign

Each bar is one campaign for one office. Totals are what was filed with the City Clerk, before any contribution returned.

2022 · Councillor, Ward 24
$45,985 · 56
2018 (25 Wards) · Councillor, Ward 24
$49,723 · 78
2014 · Councillor, Ward 43
$24,850 · 78
2010 · Councillor, Ward 43
$27,600 · 92
2006 · Councillor, Ward 43
$22,366 · 51

Results

Official results from the City's poll-by-poll releases. Money raised per vote received divides contributions by votes — it is not what the campaign spent, because the archive holds contributions and not expenses.

CampaignOfficeVotesRaisedPer voteOutcome
2022 Municipal ElectionCouncillor W2412,483$45,984.56$3.68Elected12,483 votes$3.68/vote
2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)Councillor W2415,131$49,723.48$3.29Elected15,131 votes$3.29/vote
2014 Municipal ElectionCouncillor W4312,358$24,850.32$2.01Elected12,358 votes$2.01/vote
2010 Municipal ElectionCouncillor W439,334$27,600.00$2.96Elected9,334 votes$2.96/vote
2006 Municipal ElectionCouncillor W434,677$22,365.50$4.78Elected4,677 votes$4.78/vote

Contributor types

Individual, corporate and union money across every campaign.

Individual94% · $160,352 · 335 giftsCorporation6.0% · $10,172 · 20 gifts
When corporate and union money was allowed

Corporate and union contributions were legal in the 2006 Toronto election and flowed to every office. They were barred from city council and mayoral campaigns from the 2010 election onward.

That ban did not cover school board trustee campaigns, which ran under provincial rules and kept accepting corporate and union money legally through 2014 — 148 such contributions to Toronto District School Board trustees in 2010 and 166 in 2014. A province-wide ban closed that gap for the 2018 election.

Third party advertisers, a category that first existed in 2018, were not covered by either ban and could still accept corporate and union contributions.

A small residue of corporate contributions to council campaigns survives after the ban — 23 in 2010 and 12 in 2014 — which the City publishes as filed and does not verify.

This candidate ran for council or mayor only, so any corporate or union money here should fall in 2006.

Largest contributors

Across every campaign. A contributor is identified by their full name and postal code together; 15 of these gave in more than one election. Individuals are shown by postal area only; organizations in full.

ContributorPostal areaTotalGiftsCampaigns
Ainslie, PaulM1E$15,158.0452
GOODWIN, JOHNM1M$2,450.0033
MacEachern, IanM8V$2,400.0044
Herczeg, RonaldM4V$2,400.0022
Suppa, PieroM8Y$2,400.0022
Ainslie, JanetM1E$2,350.0044
GRATTON, WAYNEM1G$2,300.0044
Veinot, CynthiaM5M$2,250.0044
Goldman, OriM4V$1,950.0022
Bartlett, DaleL1V$1,800.0022
Chen, ShangbingM3B$1,700.0022
Chan, CharlesM1V$1,500.0022

Where the money came from

By forward sortation area — the first three characters of the postal code, which is the finest geography the City publishes for individual donors. Shading is by quantile, so each band holds a fifth of the areas with money: contribution totals are skewed enough that equal dollar intervals would put almost every area in the lightest band.

M1B: $350M1C: $3,750M1E: $38,183M1G: $8,800M1H: $1,000M1J: $400M1K: $1,000M1L: $1,400M1M: $11,305M1N: $750M1P: $500M1R: no contributions on recordM1S: $300M1T: no contributions on recordM1V: $5,750M1W: no contributions on recordM1X: no contributions on recordM2H: $500M2J: $1,150M2K: no contributions on recordM2L: $2,450M2M: $2,450M2N: $650M2P: $1,200M2R: no contributions on recordM3A: $700M3B: $1,700M3C: $1,500M3H: $1,050M3J: $1,200M3K: no contributions on recordM3L: no contributions on recordM3M: no contributions on recordM3N: no contributions on recordM4A: no contributions on recordM4B: $539M4C: $500M4E: $1,100M4G: $150M4H: no contributions on recordM4J: $500M4K: no contributions on recordM4L: no contributions on recordM4M: no contributions on recordM4N: $300M4P: $510M4R: $1,950M4S: $1,700M4T: $750M4V: $6,650M4W: $3,200M4X: no contributions on recordM4Y: $1,572M5A: $1,250M5B: no contributions on recordM5C: no contributions on recordM5E: no contributions on recordM5G: $300M5H: $1,075M5J: no contributions on recordM5M: $3,600M5N: $300M5P: $2,650M5R: $1,480M5S: $400M5T: no contributions on recordM5V: $1,700M6A: no contributions on recordM6B: $1,200M6C: $1,200M6E: $150M6G: no contributions on recordM6H: $800M6J: no contributions on recordM6K: $1,550M6L: $200M6M: no contributions on recordM6N: no contributions on recordM6P: $300M6R: no contributions on recordM6S: $700M8V: $4,100M8W: $850M8X: $550M8Y: $2,400M8Z: $750M9A: $750M9B: no contributions on recordM9C: no contributions on recordM9L: no contributions on recordM9M: no contributions on recordM9N: $250M9P: no contributions on recordM9R: no contributions on recordM9V: no contributions on recordM9W: no contributions on record
Total contributed$150–$500$500–$750$750–$1,200$1,200–$2,400$2,400–$38,183none
61 of 96 Toronto postal areas have contributions on record. Boundaries adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census cartographic boundary files.

Toronto and beyond

20% of this money came from outside Toronto, which the map above does not cover.

Toronto$135,963.86 · 79.7%
Central Ontario (905)$30,810.00 · 18.1%
Eastern Ontario$2,050.00 · 1.2%
Northern Ontario$1,200.00 · 0.7%
Southwestern Ontario$500.00 · 0.3%

Ranked areas

$38,183 · 73
$11,305 · 18
$8,800 · 22
$6,650 · 9
$5,750 · 7
$4,100 · 9
$3,750 · 12
$3,600 · 7
$3,200 · 8
$3,150 · 7
One campaign at a timeFigures below describe a single campaign, not the whole career

When the money came in

Monthly totals for one campaign. Contribution dates exist only from 2018 onward; the 2006–2014 Open Data releases never published them, so earlier campaigns cannot be charted this way.

2022 Municipal Election — Councillor W24 · 5 months of contributions

$0$8k$16kMay 22Jul 22Aug 22Sep 22Oct 22

Campaign detail

2022 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 24

Elected12,483 votes$3.68/vote

Raised
$45,984.56
Contributions
56
Contributors
54
Median gift
$500
Largest
$9,286
From the candidate
$9,635

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)

Councillor · Ward 24

Elected15,131 votes$3.29/vote

Raised
$49,723.48
Contributions
78
Contributors
77
Median gift
$500
Largest
$4,323
From the candidate
$5,523

2014 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 43

Elected12,358 votes$2.01/vote

Raised
$24,850.32
Contributions
78
Contributors
75
Median gift
$300
Largest
$750

2010 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 43

Elected9,334 votes$2.96/vote

Raised
$27,600.00
Contributions
92
Contributors
92
Median gift
$200
Largest
$750

2006 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 43

Elected4,677 votes$4.78/vote

Raised
$22,365.50
Contributions
51
Contributors
50
Median gift
$400
Largest
$750
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