Canadian Government Revenue Losses from Fraud, by Ministry and Fiscal Year

Public Services and Procurement Canada provides this archived dataset detailing losses of government revenues due to fraud or willful misrepresentation. It is derived from Volume 3 of the Public Accounts of Canada, reporting losses discovered each fiscal year by ministry. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09 and is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in detected fraud revenue losses based on annual fiscal reporting.
• Compare fraud-related revenue losses across different government ministries.
• Support financial accountability audits based on data from the Public Accounts of Canada.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Public Accounts of Canada, an authoritative government financial report.
• Provides a structured, ministry-level breakdown of fraud-related revenue losses.

Limitations

• The dataset is archived and will no longer be updated; users are directed to a new combined losses dataset.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada, from the Public Accounts of Canada.

Collection Method

Compiled from Volume 3 of the annual Public Accounts of Canada.

Time Range

Annual fiscal year reporting.

Freshness

Archived as of 15 Feb 2024; final update recorded on 2026-04-09.

Geography

Canada (federal government).