Budget 2017 - Supplement to the Estimates provides supplementary information for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018. The dataset from the Government of British Columbia details proposed spending organized into major categories such as salaries, grants, capital, travel, and operations. It includes summary and detailed Consolidated Revenue Fund expenses for special offices, ministries, and other appropriations.
Use Cases
- Analyze government spending priorities based on expense categories like salaries, grants, and capital.
- Track fiscal allocations to specific ministries and special offices based on the detailed Consolidated Revenue Fund expenses.
- Model public finance trends based on the classification by group accounts such as Salaries and Benefits and Operating Costs.
- Compare budgeted versus actual spending for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
- Assess the composition of government transfers and recoveries based on the described expense components.
Strengths
- Data is structured by major expense categories such as salaries, grants, capital, travel, and operations.
- Expenses are classified by detailed group accounts representing broad categories like Salaries and Benefits and Operating Costs.
- Dataset is provided in multiple accessible formats including CSV, XLSX, and HTML.
- It is licensed under OGL-CA-2.0 for open use.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update date is 2026-04-17.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:33:01.725767.
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada