---
title: "Leaders’ Debates Commission"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/leaders-debates-commission"
description: "Leaders’ Debates Commission, Government of Canada. Official website: debates-debats.ca. Description from GC InfoBase. View it in the explorer."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Leaders’ Debates Commission

Government of Canada · Agencies

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Leaders' Debates Commission organizes one leaders' debate in each official language during each federal general election and sets the criteria for which party leaders take part. It ensures the debates are broadcast free of charge and reach as many Canadians as possible.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Agencies
- Class: Departmental Agencies

## Official websites

- [debates-debats.ca/en](https://www.debates-debats.ca/en/)
- [debates-debats.ca/fr](https://www.debates-debats.ca/fr/)

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Departmental Agencies) in the Government of Canada.

- [Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/housing-infrastructure-and-communities-canada)
- [National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/national-security-and-intelligence-review-agency-secretariat)
- [Office of the Intelligence Commissioner](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-intelligence-commissioner)
- [Office of the Secretary to the Governor General](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-secretary-to-the-governor-general)
- [Privy Council Office](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/privy-council-office)
- [Public Service Commission of Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/public-service-commission-of-canada)
- [Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/secretariat-of-the-national-security-and-intelligence-committee-of-parliamentarians)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:350), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Leaders’ Debates Commission", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/leaders-debates-commission