Canadian Crown Corporation Financial Assistance from Public Accounts

Annual fiscal year data from the Public Accounts of Canada, published by the Receiver General, summarizes financial assistance under budgetary appropriations to consolidated and enterprise Crown corporations and other government business enterprises. The dataset presents figures in thousands of dollars and is derived from Sections 4 and 9 of Volume I of the Public Accounts. This is a non-official record; the official version for the most recent fiscal year is available on the Receiver General website.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in government financial support to Crown corporations based on annual budgetary appropriations.
• Benchmarking fiscal transfers between different types of government business enterprises (consolidated, non-agent, enterprise).
• Conducting public sector financial research using data derived from the official Public Accounts of Canada.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the official Public Accounts of Canada, a primary government financial record.
• Figures are presented in a standardized unit (thousands of dollars) for consistent analysis.
• Covers multiple entity types: consolidated agent, non-agent, and enterprise Crown corporations.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Public Accounts of Canada, published by the Receiver General of Canada.

Collection Method

Summarized from tables in Sections 4 and 9 of Volume I of the Public Accounts.

Time Range

Annual, at the end of each fiscal year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:35:50.719940; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada