Global Affairs Canada Financial Statements, Annual Reports as of March 31

Global Affairs Canada's Office of the Chief Financial Officer prepares annual departmental financial statements. The statements are prepared as of March 31 each year following the GC 4500 Directive on Accounting Standards, which uses Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations. These general-purpose statements provide an accounting of the department's administration of public financial affairs and resources for internal and external users.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental financial performance based on annual accounting statements mentioned in the description
• Study public sector accounting standards application based on the use of PSAB and GC 4500 guidelines
• Assess government resource administration based on the stated objective of accounting for public financial affairs

Strengths

• Annual financial statements prepared following the specific GC 4500 Directive on Accounting Standards
• Developed using recommendations from the authoritative Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB)
• Intended for a variety of users both within and external to the government

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 annual snapshots as of March 31

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Global Affairs Canada

Time Range

Annual basis as of March 31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-07 18:51:49.423381; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canada