Purchasing card expenditures for the Province of British Columbia are reported annually, with fiscal years ending March 31. Responsibility for reporting these transactions was transferred to the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services in 2014. The dataset includes both summary and detailed lists of government transactions.
Use Cases
- Analyze government procurement trends based on annual fiscal year reporting
- Identify spending categories based on transaction details mentioned in the description
- Track changes in reporting responsibility based on the 2014 ministry transfer
Strengths
- Data is updated annually with fiscal year cycles ending March 31
- Reporting responsibility is clearly attributed to a specific ministry since 2014
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Time Range
- Annual fiscal years ending March 31
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:33:44.377881; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Province of British Columbia, Canada