A tabular presentation of the British Columbia government's expense by function includes budgeted and actual values at June 30, 2012, actual values at June 30, 2011, full year budget and forecast for 2012-13, and actual values for 2011-12. The dataset was published by the Government of British Columbia on the open_canada platform. It covers fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Use Cases
- Compare budgeted versus actual government spending based on expense by function.
- Analyze year-over-year changes in government expenses based on actual values for 2011-12 and 2012-13.
- Evaluate forecast accuracy based on full year budget and forecast for 2012-13.
- Benchmark quarterly spending performance based on values at June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
Strengths
- Provides multi-year comparison with data for 2011-12 and 2012-13.
- Includes multiple financial perspectives: budgeted, actual, and forecast values.
- Published by the authoritative Government of British Columbia.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific fiscal years covered.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2011-2013
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:28:04.993741; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada