Canadian Government Transfer Payments and Program Expenses by Ministry

Financial information from the Public Accounts of Canada, published at the end of each fiscal year. The dataset provides details of other transfer payments by ministry and other program expenses of other ministries, with figures reported in thousands of dollars. It is sourced from Volume 2 of the Public Accounts and is maintained by Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Use Cases

• Analyze government spending distribution based on ministry-level financial data.
• Track trends in transfer payments over fiscal years based on the annual publication cycle.
• Compare program expenses across different ministries based on the reported categories.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Public Accounts of Canada, a primary government financial record.
• Figures are reported in a standardized unit (thousands of dollars), facilitating comparison.
• Published annually, providing a consistent time series for analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Extracted from Volume 2 of the Public Accounts of Canada.

Time Range

Annual fiscal year data; specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 16:35:41.777078; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada