British Columbia government operating statements include revenue, expense, surplus, and deficit information for the 10 years from 2005 through 2015. The dataset provides actual values for 2005-06 through 2011-12, updated forecast values for 2012-13, and planned values for 2013-14 and 2014-15. It was produced by the Government of British Columbia and includes metrics like percent of GDP, percent of revenue, and cost per capita.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical revenue and expense trends based on actual values from 2005-06 to 2011-12
- Compare forecasted versus planned government budgets based on forecast values for 2012-13 and planned values for 2013-14 and 2014-15
- Calculate fiscal burden relative to economy based on percent of GDP values
- Assess government cost efficiency based on cost per capita values
Strengths
- Provides a 10-year time series from 2005 through 2015
- Includes multiple fiscal perspectives: actual, forecast, and planned values
- Contains normalized metrics like percent of GDP and cost per capita
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:54.258696; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2005-06 to 2014-15
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada