A tabular summary of British Columbia taxpayer-supported and self-supported provincial debt, including direct operating values, forecast allowance, total provincial debt, debt at a percentage of GDP, taxpayer-supported debt per capita, and taxpayer-supported interest bite. The dataset contains updated forecast values for 2012-13, budget estimates for 2013-14, and planned values for 2014-15 and 2015-16. It was published by the Government of British Columbia on the open_canada platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze debt-to-GDP trends based on debt at a percentage of GDP metrics
- Compare taxpayer-supported debt per capita across forecast years
- Assess fiscal burden based on taxpayer-supported interest bite data
- Track changes in total provincial debt across forecast, budget, and planned periods
Strengths
- Includes forecast, budget, and planned values for four fiscal years (2012-13 to 2015-16)
- Contains multiple debt metrics such as debt-to-GDP and per capita debt
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- 2012-13 to 2015-16
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:35:56.267681; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada