Quarterly Financial Reports of Global Affairs Canada, 2015-2016

Global Affairs Canada's Office of the Chief Financial Officer prepares annual financial statements as of March 31. The statements follow the GC 4500 Directive on Accounting Standards, based on Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations. They provide an accounting of the department's administration of public financial affairs and resources for users both within and outside the government.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental financial performance based on annual statements prepared to GC 4500 standards.
• Study public sector accounting practices based on adherence to Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations.
• Assess government resource administration based on general-purpose financial statements intended for external readers.

Strengths

• Financial statements are prepared following the specific GC 4500 Directive on Accounting Standards.
• Data is produced by the official Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Global Affairs Canada.
• Statements are intended for a variety of users, including external readers without access to specialized reports.

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 the 2015-2016 reporting period.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer following annual accounting guidelines.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-07 17:51:53.588579; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada