British Columbia government purchasing card transactions from the Ministry of Labour, Citizens Services and Open Government for fiscal year 2011. The data reflects expenditures within the original ministries before reorganization in October and March of that fiscal year. It is provided by the Government of British Columbia.
Use Cases
- Analyze government procurement patterns based on purchasing card transaction data
- Track departmental spending over time based on fiscal year coverage
- Study the impact of government reorganization on expenditure reporting based on the description of pre-reorganization data
Strengths
- Data covers a specific fiscal year (2011), providing a bounded temporal scope
- Includes transactions from a named government ministry (Labour, Citizens Services and Open Government)
- Available in CSV format for tabular analysis
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 a single fiscal year
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- Fiscal year 2011
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:33:46.778959; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- British Columbia, Canada