41. Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend?

477.5 (1) The base amount of a candidate’s election expenses in an electoral district is the higher of (a) the amount calculated, on the basis of the preliminary lists of electors for the electoral district, in accordance with subsections (3) to (6), and (b) the amount calculated, on the basis of the revised lists of electors for the electoral district, in accordance with subsections (7) to (10).

(3) The amount referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is the aggregate of the following amounts, based on the number of the electors on the preliminary lists of electors: (a) $2.1735 for each of the first 15,000 electors, (b) $1.092 for each of the next 10,000 electors, and (c) $0.546 for each of the remaining electors.

(Elections Canada Act, 2000 - last amended on January 1, 2016)