The 2011-12 fiscal year third quarter update presents British Columbia's operating statement. It includes year-to-date and full-year budgeted, actual, variance, and prior-year values for revenue, expense, surplus or deficit, forecast allowance, and accumulated surplus. The dataset is provided by the Government of British Columbia.
Use Cases
- Analyzing budget variance based on year-to-date and full-year actual values
- Comparing fiscal performance based on actual 2010-11 values
- Forecasting provincial finances based on revenue and expense categories
- Evaluating surplus/deficit trends based on forecast allowance and accumulated surplus
Strengths
- Provides a structured tabular presentation of a provincial operating statement
- Includes multiple comparative metrics: budget, actual, variance, and prior-year values
- Covers key financial categories: revenue, expense, surplus/deficit, forecast allowance, and accumulated surplus
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 a single fiscal quarter
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2011-12 fiscal year, third quarter (to December 31, 2011)
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada