Quarterly Financial Report for Global Affairs Canada (2016-2017)

Global Affairs Canada's Office of the Chief Financial Officer prepares annual financial statements as of March 31st. These statements follow the GC 4500 Departmental Financial Statements directive, based on Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations. The data provides an accounting of the department's administration of public financial affairs and resources for external readers.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental financial performance based on annual accounting statements.
• Study public sector accounting standards application based on the GC 4500 directive.
• Assess government resource administration based on general-purpose financial statements.

Strengths

• Data is prepared according to the formal GC 4500 Departmental Financial Statements directive.
• Financial statements are developed using recommendations from the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB).
• The dataset covers a specific fiscal year period ending March 31st.

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 2016-2017 period.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Prepared by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Global Affairs Canada.

Time Range

2016-2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-07 17:51:52.736606; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canada