Canadian Government Transfer Payments Over $100,000 Per Recipient

Transfer payments exceeding $100,000 per recipient are detailed from the Public Accounts of Canada. The data includes ministry, department, recipient name and location, and total amount paid, sourced from Public Services and Procurement Canada. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09 and includes aggregated totals for smaller payments from fiscal year 2009-2010 onward.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending distribution based on recipient location and ministry.
• Track aggregate payment trends to specific recipient classes over time.
• Identify major recipients of government grants and contributions based on payment amounts.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the official Public Accounts of Canada, providing an authoritative source.
• Includes aggregated totals for payments under $100,000 per recipient from fiscal year 2009-2010.
• Provides recipient name, location, ministry, department, and payment amount for each record.

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 the open_canada platform and its update cycle.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada, based on Volume III of the Public Accounts of Canada.

Collection Method

Published annually as part of government-wide financial reporting.

Time Range

Covers fiscal years, with specific detail from 2009-2010 onward.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:34:46.831306; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada