Candidate

Filion, John

Filion, John raised $165,416 from 387 contributors across 4 Toronto municipal campaigns, 2006–2018.

Photo: City of Toronto, 2018-2022 council term.

$165,416Total raised

463Contributions

387Contributors

$300Median gift

4Campaigns

4/4Won

$3.70Per vote received

Across all campaigns4 campaigns · 2006–2018

Raised by campaign

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

2018 (25 Wards) · Councillor, Ward 18

$61,381 · 183

2014 · Councillor, Ward 23

$48,490 · 136

2010 · Councillor, Ward 23

$36,930 · 97

2006 · Councillor, Ward 23

$18,615 · 47

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.

Campaign	Office	Votes	Raised	Per vote	Outcome
2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)	Councillor W18	8,104	$61,381.00	$7.57	Elected8,104 votes$7.57/vote
2014 Municipal Election	Councillor W23	14,128	$48,490.00	$3.43	Elected14,128 votes$3.43/vote
2010 Municipal Election	Councillor W23	13,666	$36,930.00	$2.70	Elected13,666 votes$2.70/vote
2006 Municipal Election	Councillor W23	8,853	$18,615.00	$2.10	Elected8,853 votes$2.10/vote

Contributor types

Individual, corporate and union money across every campaign.

Individual: $153,956 (93%)

Corporation: $10,710 (6.5%)

Trade Union: $750 (0.5%)

Individual93% · $153,956 · 444 giftsCorporation6.5% · $10,710 · 18 giftsTrade Union0.5% · $750 · 1 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; 7 of these gave in more than one election. Individuals are shown by postal area only; organizations in full.

Contributor	Postal area	Total	Gifts	Campaigns
Chae, Sung-Kee	M2M	$2,000.00	3	3
Fong, Winnie	L3R	$1,950.00	2	2
Hung, Henry	M5T	$1,950.00	2	2
Silverberg, Sheldon	M2M	$1,500.00	2	2
Cats, Henneke	M2N	$1,500.00	2	2
Lick, Marion	M2N	$1,250.00	3	3
Ismailzadeh, Sabr	L4E	$1,200.00	3	3
Dolatabadi Alacer, Maral	M2K	$1,200.00	1	1
Edwards, Anna	M1M	$1,200.00	1	1
Filion, Roy	M3A	$1,200.00	1	1
He, Zongqing	M2N	$1,200.00	1	1
Li, Song	M2N	$1,200.00	1	1

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.

Total contributed$105–$300$300–$600$600–$1,200$1,200–$2,450$2,450–$80,451none

39 of 96 Toronto postal areas have contributions on record. Boundaries adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census cartographic boundary files.

Toronto and beyond

11% of this money came from outside Toronto, which the map above does not cover.

Toronto$146,961.00 · 88.8%

Central Ontario (905)$16,155.00 · 9.8%

Southwestern Ontario$1,750.00 · 1.1%

Eastern Ontario$550.00 · 0.3%

Ranked areas

$80,451 · 259

$14,530 · 41

$9,530 · 33

$6,050 · 14

$5,700 · 7

$4,200 · 5

$3,830 · 10

$3,155 · 9

$2,825 · 6

$2,500 · 6

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.

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards) — Councillor W18 · 3 months of contributions

Campaign detail

2018 Municipal Election (25 Wards)

Councillor · Ward 18

Elected8,104 votes$7.57/vote

Raised: $61,381.00
Contributions: 183
Contributors: 173
Median gift: $300
Largest: $1,200

2014 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 23

Elected14,128 votes$3.43/vote

Raised: $48,490.00
Contributions: 136
Contributors: 133
Median gift: $300
Largest: $750

2010 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 23

Elected13,666 votes$2.70/vote

Raised: $36,930.00
Contributions: 97
Contributors: 97
Median gift: $300
Largest: $750

2006 Municipal Election

Councillor · Ward 23

Elected8,853 votes$2.10/vote

Raised: $18,615.00
Contributions: 47
Contributors: 47
Median gift: $300
Largest: $750

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