Canadian Federal Public Sector Wrongdoing Disclosures

Proactive Disclosure records from the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA) process. The dataset includes descriptions of founded wrongdoing, recommendations from reports, and details of corrective actions taken. Data is published by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Use Cases

• Analyze patterns in the description of wrongdoing across different federal departments.
• Track the implementation of corrective action recommendations from chief executive reports.
• Model the relationship between types of wrongdoing and subsequent corrective actions taken.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
• Records are proactively disclosed under a formal federal legislative act (PSDPA).
• Information is provided in multiple accessible formats including HTML, JSON, XLSX, and CSV.

Limitations

• Specific data structure (columns, rows) and volume are not documented.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of record granularity and completeness.

Provenance

Source

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Collection Method

Proactive disclosure under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act (PSDPA).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 26, 2026.

Geography

Canada (federal public sector)