Government-wide Chart of Accounts: Authority Codes for Fiscal Year 2027
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Description
Public Services and Procurement Canada maintains a list of authority codes for identifying government expenditure and revenue transactions. The codes are used for accountability and reporting in the Public Accounts of Canada, distinguishing between statutory, non-statutory, and non-appropriated expenditures. This dataset was last updated on July 16, 2026, but a synchronization issue means users should verify codes against the official website for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Use Cases
Classifying government expenditure transactions based on the described authority code structure.
Analyzing the distribution of statutory versus non-statutory spending based on the code definitions.
Supporting the reconciliation of public accounts by mapping transactions to specific parliamentary votes and authorities.
Identifying non-appropriated accounting transactions such as amortization or revenue credits as described.
Strengths
Data originates from the official Government-wide Chart of Accounts managed by Public Services and Procurement Canada.
The description provides a detailed conceptual framework for statutory, non-statutory, and non-appropriated authority codes.
Available in multiple machine-readable formats including XML, HTML, and CSV.
Limitations
A synchronization issue noted in the description means the dataset files may not reflect the latest master list as of the last update on 2026-07-16.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the description or official website.
Row count and data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Collection Method
Likely extracted from the master Government-wide Chart of Accounts system.
Time Range
References the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-07-16 13:42:21.505439; freshness should be verified against the official source due to a known synchronization issue.
Geography
Canada (federal government)
License is OGL-CA-2.0. A prominent notice warns that automated synchronization with the master list was disrupted in April 2026; the latest codes should be verified on the official Canada.ca website.