Spending limits are set by the federal elections watchdog based on a number of factors, but mostly based on the number of electors in each district in which the party has a candidate.
Here's the list of how much each party can spend, ranked by the most to the least:
| Name of Party | Final Election Expenses Limit |
| New Democratic Party | $20,063,430.10 |
| Liberal Party of Canada | $20,014,302.76 |
| Conservative Party of Canada | $19,999,230.62 |
| Green Party of Canada | $19,751,412.68 |
| Bloc Québécois | $5,066,811.35 |
| Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | $4,109,588.81 |
| Christian Heritage Party of Canada | $3,789,711.98 |
| Libertarian Party of Canada | $1,880,168.34 |
| Communist Party of Canada | $1,599,036.86 |
| Canadian Action Party | $1,312,843.11 |
| Progressive Canadian Party | $706,935.92 |
| Marijuana Party | $537,560.73 |
| neorhino.ca | $481,352.40 |
| First Peoples National Party of Canada | $291,658.89 |
| Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada | $272,020.62 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador First Party | $169,243.46 |
| People's Political Power Party of Canada | $91,748.49 |
| Western Block Party | $76,810.64 |
| Work Less Party | $64,845.31 |
The NDP gets to top the charts because they have a candidate in all 308 ridings.
The Liberals are running in 307. They're skipping Central Nova and so they would lose the amount of funding for all electors in Central Nova. The Tories, too, are running in 307. They won't compete against independent MP André Arthur in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf. And the Greens are skipping two ridings: Stéphane Dion's riding in Montreal and independent MP Bill Casey's riding in Nova Scotia.
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