Canadian Government Department Legal Names and Numbers Since 2006

A list of legal department names and their assigned numbers for organizations authorized to use the Consolidated Revenue Fund, sourced from the Government-wide chart of accounts. The dataset includes a historical view of departmental information from the 2006/2007 fiscal year onward. It is maintained by Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Use Cases

• Map current legal department names to their assigned Receiver General numbers for financial system integration.
• Analyze the evolution of departmental structures since 2006/2007 using the historical fiscal-year-specific data.
• Cross-reference this list with the Government of Canada Organization Names and Codes dataset for expanded organizational analysis.

Strengths

• Provides a historical view of departmental information dating back to the 2006/2007 fiscal year.
• Sourced from the authoritative Government-wide chart of accounts for Canada.
• Maintained by the central department, Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Limitations

• The number of rows and specific columns are not documented in the provided input.
• Data scope is limited to organizations interfacing with specific central systems and the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Provenance

Source

Government-wide chart of accounts for Canada website.

Collection Method

Extracted from Schedules I, I.1, and II of the Financial Administration Act.

Time Range

Historical data from 2006/2007 fiscal year onward.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Canada.