Canadian Government Respendable Amounts by Department and Core Responsibility

Public Services and Procurement Canada publishes annual financial data in the Public Accounts of Canada. This dataset details respendable amounts per core responsibility for each department or agency, including authorities available, authorities used, and budgetary versus non-budgetary amounts. The data was last updated on April 9, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental spending patterns based on authorities used versus available.
• Compare budgetary and non-budgetary expenditures across government agencies.
• Track fiscal year-end financial positions by core responsibility.
• Assess government financial accountability and reporting based on Public Accounts data.

Strengths

• Data is published annually as part of the official Public Accounts of Canada.
• Includes a breakdown by core responsibility for each department or agency.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (CSV, XML, HTML).
• Released under the open OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Published annually in the Public Accounts of Canada.

Time Range

Fiscal year-end data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:35:35.203743; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada