British Columbia Three-Year Fiscal Plan with Revenue, Debt, and Economic Forecasts

A 2012-2016 fiscal plan from the Government of British Columbia, presenting updated forecasts and planned values for revenue, expense, surplus or deficit, capital spending, and provincial debt. It includes the taxpayer-supported debt-to-GDP ratio and an economic forecast. The data is provided in tabular format via the open_canada platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze provincial revenue and expenditure trends based on the multi-year fiscal plan.
• Model debt sustainability based on the taxpayer-supported debt-to-GDP ratio.
• Compare budget estimates against updated forecasts for fiscal years 2012-13 to 2015-16.
• Study the relationship between government capital spending and the accompanying economic forecast.

Strengths

• Covers a defined three-year fiscal plan period from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
• Includes multiple key fiscal indicators: revenue, expense, surplus/deficit, capital spending, and provincial debt.
• 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 its 2013 budgetary context.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Official government budgetary planning and forecasting.

Time Range

2012-13 to 2015-16

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:27:45.385448; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada