For most Hill denizens, the countdown to July 1 means hauling the novelty maple leaf t-shirts and miniature flags out of storage and making sure to stock the fridge with beer and grillables before the long weekend gets underway.

True political obsessives, though, will devote at least some of those dwindling hours to obsessively hitting refresh on the Elections Canada website in anticipation of the equally traditional, though perhaps less widely observed, annual posting of the party riding association financial reports. They provide a rare and – for the right kind of oddball data enthusiast – irresistibly intriguing glimpse at the relative fiscal health and well-being of party outposts across the country.

First, though, a key caveat: Despite the May 31 filing deadline, not all annual reports have been posted online.

Under Elections Canada rules, riding associations – or Electoral District Associations (EDA), to use the official terminology – are supposed to file their annual financial reports, which includes a full tally of contributions, transfers and other expenses, as well as unpaid claims and loans, by May 31. However, it can take a few weeks for the data to be processed and added to the public database.

Generally speaking, most returns will be available by the end of June, although there are always exceptions. Associations can also request an extension to the filing deadline, but any additional extensions must be granted by a judge.

In any case, as of June 26, out of the 338 ridings currently listed on the electoral map, 282 New Democrat EDAs had submitted the necessary paperwork, as had 250 Conservative EDAs, 208 Liberal EDAs, 157 Green EDAs and 18 Bloc Quebecois associations, as well as a handful of associations from smaller parties such as Christian Heritage (24) and Marijuana (2).

That means it’s entirely possible that some or all of these listings may change as additional data becomes available.

An example: The latest numbers for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal stronghold in Papineau, for instance, haven’t yet been added to the database, but could bump a current top ten earner from the list when it does go up, as it was listed at 6th overall in 2015 with $237,054.24 in contributions.

Even so, the current data provides a sufficiently large sample set to allow us to draw some preliminary conclusions. (The local associations serving ridings represented by former Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose, current Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, outgoing New Democrat Leader Tom Mulcair and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have all been posted publicly on the agency website.)

So, with that out of way, what does the steady stream of 2016 filings tell us?

1) Riding association revenue is down across the board.

If there’s one trend that transcends both party and regional lines, it’s this: Riding associations are, by and large, reporting far more modest hauls than in 2015. That makes perfect sense when you remember that 2015 was an election year and nothing gets a local fundraising machine up and running like the prospect of hitting the hustings.

Still, the comparison is remarkable. In 2015, the biggest single haul was reported by then-Conservative MP Jason Kenney’s local riding association – Calgary Midnapore – which pulled in a record $461,979 in contributions, while the Eglinton-Lawrence Conservative Association rounded out the top ten with $217,774.

This year, the highest take to date is $112,150, which was reported by the Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association – over $100,000 behind the #10 spot from the previous year, and one of only two contribution totals to date to hit six figures. The other? Bill Morneau’s local association in Toronto Centre, which raked in $103,750. Calgary Midnapore, meanwhile, reported just $6,880 in contributions in 2016.

2) Liberal EDAs are pulling in more contributor cash than any other party

The 2015 list of top earners wasn’t just considerably higher than this year’s tally – both in terms of individual and aggregate totals – but it was also fairly evenly split between the two leading parties. The Conservatives held the top spot, as well as the 5th (Brampton North), 7th (Ajax) and 10th (Eglinton-Lawrence), while the Liberals controlled the rest – including the current top-ranked Calgary Centre EDA, which actually took in over twice as much in 2015 as it did last year.

The 2016 list, in contrast, is dominated almost entirely by Liberal EDAs, with former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s now former riding association in Calgary Heritage the only outlier with the fifth highest total reported to date: $85,470. (In 2015, it took in what was a comparatively modest $110,652.)

Calgary Heritage does, however, have the highest overall revenue of any association this year, thanks to $179,065 in transfers from the party and $63,954 from otherwise unspecified “fundraising activities.”

3) Overall, Conservative riding associations can still claim to have the most overstuffed coffers

They may have been ousted from the yearly top ten list, but Conservative EDAs still control the lions’ share of the millions of dollars tucked away in riding association bank accounts across the country. That’s led, perhaps predictably at this point, by Calgary Heritage once again, which reported a final balance of $354,227 in 2016, followed closely by Calgary Midnapore with $305,620, and only one Liberal association cracking the top ten list – Calgary Centre with $212,296, putting it fifth from the top.

At the other end of the ranking sheet: the riding associations with the highest reported owings, currently topped by the Scarborough Rough Park New Democrat EDA at –$53,598.

A few other highlights from the list:

Morneau’s Toronto Centre Liberal EDA racked up the second-highest total expenses (minus transfers to the party) at $110,945, nearly half of which went to pay for “travel and hospitality,” but was beaten out for the top spot by Brampton North Conservative Association at $144,267, which listed $92,500 in unspecified “other” expenses.

The Portage – Lisgar Christian Heritage Party EDA reported the highest average donation amongst ridings reporting more than $5,000 in contributions, with an average of $1,512, although the filing only lists four donors at that rate. Amongst ridings with 50 or more listed contributors, Conservative MP Tony Clement’s Parry Sound-Muskoka riding association has the highest average donation at $776.

The Parry Muskoka Conservative EDA also reported the second-highest bill for “travel and hospitality” after the Toronto Centre Liberals: $48,434.

Riding associations spent very little money on advertising in 2016, with the highest listed expense just $15,496, as reported by the Ottawa Vanier Liberal Association. The riding lost its incumbent MP Mauril Belanger to ALS partway through the year, and had to gear up for a by-election.

The Lethbridge Conservative Association spent the most on “polling and research,” although even that tab only came out to just under $8,000.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s riding association in Saanich – Gulf Islands spent the most on “professional services” at $51,679, but reported travel and hospitality costs of just $23,424. The EDA also reported the highest one-year loss at $59,429.98.

Delve even deeper into the data via these top ten lists:

Highest total contributions:

Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $112,150.32 Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association $103,750.66 Markham–Thornhill Federal Liberal Association $91,835.10 Scarborough Centre Federal Liberal Association $89,759.55 Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $85,470.75 Ottawa Centre Federal Liberal Association $72,291.29 Ahuntsic–Cartierville Federal Liberal Association $63,918.09 Don Valley West Federal Liberal Association $60,321.76 Vaughan–Woodbridge Federal Liberal Association $59,479.75 Brampton East Federal Liberal Association $54,306.00

2015 list (comparison):

Calgary Midnapore Conservative Association $461,979.00 Orléans Federal Liberal Association $298,328.87 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $292,810.80 Surrey–Newton Federal Liberal Association $264,504.94 Brampton North Conservative Association $247,865.00 Papineau Federal Liberal Association $237,054.24 Ajax Conservative Association $227,770.68 West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country Federal Liberal Association $226,011.40 Don Valley West Federal Liberal Association $218,633.71 Eglinton–Lawrence Conservative Association $217,773.66

Largest number of donors:

St. Catharines Federal Liberal Association 728 Beaches–East York Federal Liberal Association 610 Ottawa West–Nepean Federal Liberal Association 522 Ottawa Centre Federal Liberal Association 491 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association 452 Calgary Heritage Conservative Association 425 Ottawa–Vanier Federal Liberal Association 421 Kildonan–St. Paul Federal Liberal Association 380 NDP Riding Association of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie 378 Ahuntsic–Cartierville Federal Liberal Association 374

Highest average donation (contributions over $5,000):

Portage–Lisgar Christian Heritage Party Electoral District Association $6,050.00 4 $1,512.00 Scarborough–Guildwood Conservative Association $5,050.00 5 $1,010.00 Toronto–Danforth Federal Green Party Association $5,400.00 6 $900.00 Foothills Green Party of Canada $6,985.00 8 $873.00 South Surrey–White Rock Conservative Association $22,900.00 28 $817.00 Parry Sound–Muskoka Conservative Association $40,369.00 52 $776.00 Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam Conservative Association $21,380.00 28 $763.00 Brandon–Souris Conservative Association $6,855.00 10 $685.00 Brampton East Federal Liberal Association $54,306.00 86 $631.00 Saint-Maurice–Champlain Federal Liberal Association $35,647.00 57 $625.00

Highest average donation (50 contributors or more)

Parry Sound–Muskoka Conservative Association 52 $776.00 Brampton East Federal Liberal Association 86 $631.00 Saint-Maurice–Champlain Federal Liberal Association 57 $625.00 Scarborough Southwest Federal Liberal Association 88 $445.00 Brampton Centre Federal Liberal Association 97 $442.00 Vaughan–Woodbridge Federal Liberal Association 135 $440.00 Portage–Lisgar Conservative Association 85 $437.00 Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association 248 $418.00 Vaudreuil–Soulanges Federal Liberal Association 70 $411.00 Provencher Conservative Association 104 $403.00

Highest transfers (from party):

Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $179,065.11 Yukon Conservative Association $137,094.46 Don Valley West Conservative Association $133,087.34 Eglinton–Lawrence Conservative Association $129,219.47 Battlefords–Lloydminster Conservative Association $128,395.71 Milton Conservative Association $122,702.13 Cumberland–Colchester Conservative Association $122,450.24 Ottawa West–Nepean Conservative Association $120,987.70 Brampton North Conservative Association $112,255.27 Willowdale Conservative Association $110,523.87

Total revenue (including transfers):

Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $328,536.69 Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia Conservative Association $206,504.49 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $188,700.96 Yukon Conservative Association $162,470.72 Cumberland–Colchester Conservative Association $147,835.24 South Surrey–White Rock Conservative Association $147,256.67 Eglinton–Lawrence Conservative Association $145,350.76 Battlefords–Lloydminster Conservative Association $144,799.24 Milton Conservative Association $143,210.75 Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association $141,473.62

Most $ on advertising (all):

Ottawa–Vanier Federal Liberal Association $15,496.00 Niagara West Conservative Association $12,235.28 Montcalm Federal Liberal Association $11,235.00 Lambton–Kent–Middlesex Conservative Association $10,471.04 Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke Conservative Association $9,760.27 Cardigan Federal Liberal Association $9,132.47 NDP Riding Association of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie $9,036.05 York Centre Conservative Association $8,330.00 Don Valley West Conservative Association $7,706.39 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $7,683.40

Most $ on voter calling services:

Calgary Centre Conservative Association $13,930.09 Bow River Conservative Association $7,172.42 Richmond Centre Conservative Association $4,865.50 Oshawa Conservative Association $3,363.49 Etobicoke Centre Conservative Association $2,186.72 Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia Conservative Association $1,688.37 CHP – Surrey Centre $589.08 Beauport–Côte-de-Beaupré–Île d’Orléans–Charlevoix Conservative Association $574.88 Manicouagan Conservative Association $330.23 Calgary Rocky Ridge Federal Liberal Association $272.00

Most $ on polling and research:

Lethbridge Conservative Association $7,978.92 Brampton South Conservative Association $3,000.00 West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country Conservative Association $1,790.01 Huron–Bruce Federal Liberal Association $1,695.00 Winnipeg Centre Federal Liberal Association $930.81 Québec Conservative Association $724.88 Lévis–Lotbinière Conservative Association $639.72 Hull–Aylmer Conservative Association $574.88 Egmont Conservative Association $570.00 Peterborough–Kawartha Conservative Electoral District Association $565.00

Most $ on professional services:

Saanich–Gulf Islands Green Party EDA $51,679.35 Northumberland–Peterborough South Conservative Association $31,877.76 York Centre Conservative Association $27,290.00 Association du Parti conservateur de Beauce $21,323.63 Regina–Lewvan Conservative Association $12,585.38 Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke Conservative Association $11,638.38 Québec Federal Liberal Association $10,930.81 Mississauga–Lakeshore Conservative Association $10,555.58 Kelowna–Lake Country Conservative Association $9,852.91 Kenora Conservative Association $9,538.00

Most $ on travel and hospitality:

Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association $54,129.68 Parry Sound–Muskoka Conservative Association $48,434.24 Ajax Conservative Association $28,292.73 Wellington–Halton Hills Conservative Association $27,325.56 Saanich–Gulf Islands Green Party EDA $23,424.60 Simcoe North Conservative Association $22,312.82 Calgary Forest Lawn Conservative Association $21,995.85 Grande Prairie–Mackenzie Conservative Association $20,515.00 Edmonton Centre Conservative Association $19,995.61 Prince Albert Conservative Association $19,823.88

Most $ on “other” expenses:

Brampton North Conservative Association $92,500.00 Calgary Midnapore Conservative Association $77,494.00 Association du Parti conservateur de Beauce $50,568.54 Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River Conservative Association $42,250.00 Brampton West Conservative Association $37,050.00 Orléans Conservative Association $26,379.22 Hamilton East–Stoney Creek Conservative Association $25,254.07 Burlington Conservative Association $25,224.69 Beauséjour Federal Liberal Association $21,625.43 Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $19,929.27

Total expenses:

Brampton North Conservative Association $144,266.87 Toronto Centre Federal Liberal Association $110,945.18 Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $103,473.76 Calgary Midnapore Conservative Association $99,789.00 Association du Parti conservateur de Beauce $96,868.04 Saanich–Gulf Islands Green Party EDA $92,365.29 Parry Sound–Muskoka Conservative Association $67,553.86 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $56,878.58 South Surrey–White Rock Conservative Association $55,910.32 Scarborough Centre Federal Liberal Association $55,816.80

Net income:

Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $193,262.93 Cumberland–Colchester Conservative Association $136,205.71 Eglinton–Lawrence Conservative Association $132,161.79 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $130,822.38 Don Valley West Conservative Association $118,585.92 Battlefords–Lloydminster Conservative Association $116,536.50 St. Catharines Conservative Association $115,804.41 Ottawa West–Nepean Conservative Association $112,939.18 Willowdale Conservative Association $109,550.06 Milton Conservative Association $101,709.10

Net income (loss):

Saanich–Gulf Islands Green Party EDA -$59,429.98 Calgary Midnapore Conservative Association -$52,037.00 Ajax Federal Liberal Association -$50,351.18 Brandon–Souris Conservative Association -$50,040.56 Brampton North Conservative Association -$35,691.90 Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies Conservative Association -$32,940.00 Mississauga–Erin Mills Federal Liberal Association -$27,262.21 Brampton East Federal Liberal Association -$22,437.22 Beaches–East York Federal Liberal Association -$21,208.09 West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country Conservative Association -$20,148.22

Liabilities and net assets:

Calgary Heritage Conservative Association $354,227.25 Calgary Midnapore Conservative Association $305,620.00 St. Catharines Conservative Association $251,813.08 Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston Conservative Association $222,012.52 Calgary Centre Federal Liberal Association $212,296.56 Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry Conservative Association $187,656.18 Steveston–Richmond East Conservative Association $183,668.70 South Okanagan–West Kootenay Conservative Association $170,240.89 Abbotsford Conservative Electoral District Association $168,824.73 South Surrey–White Rock Conservative Association $168,228.31

Most impoverished:

Scarborough–Rouge Park Federal NDP -$53,597.98 Fundy Royal NDP Riding Association -$8,791.90 Québec Conservative Association -$8,053.36 Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River Conservative Association -$7,541.12 Saint John–Rothesay Federal NDP Riding Association -$7,147.36 Vancouver Kingsway Federal Liberal Association -$4,356.43 Fleetwood–Port Kells Federal NDP Riding Association -$3,171.32 King–Vaughan Federal NDP -$1,272.44 Association NPD Rivière-du-Nord -$220.18 Bloc Québécois Montarville -$107.14