British Columbia Ministry of Finance Purchasing Card Transactions for Fiscal Year 2011

Purchasing card transaction records for the Ministry of Finance - Public Service Agency of British Columbia during fiscal year 2011. The data reflects expenditures within the original ministry structure before reorganizations in October and March of that year. It is provided by the Government of British Columbia under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze government procurement spending patterns based on transaction records.
• Track departmental expenditure changes during a fiscal reorganization period.
• Identify common vendors and spending categories for public service agencies.
• Audit public sector purchasing card usage for fiscal year 2011.

Strengths

• Data is provided by an authoritative government source, the Government of British Columbia.
• The description specifies the fiscal year (2011) and notes reorganizations affecting the data structure.
• Available in CSV format, which is suitable 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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal government purchasing card systems.

Time Range

Fiscal year 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:35:17.247462; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada