Global Affairs Canada Quarterly Financial Reports (2019-2020)

Financial statements of Global Affairs Canada prepared by its Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The statements are prepared annually as of March 31st, following the GC 4500 Departmental Financial Statements directive based on Public Sector Accounting Board recommendations. The data covers the 2019-2020 fiscal period and is intended for external readers who lack access to specialized internal reports.

Use Cases

• Analyze departmental resource administration based on the general-purpose financial statements described.
• Benchmark public sector accounting practices based on adherence to the GC 4500 directive and PSAB standards.
• Assess government transparency and external reporting based on statements geared towards external readers.

Strengths

• Data is prepared according to the standardized GC 4500 Departmental Financial Statements directive.
• Financial statements are developed using recommendations from the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB).
• Covers a specific fiscal period (2019-2020).

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 2019-2020 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

2019-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-07 17:51:50.192283; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada