Volume 1 of the Report to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s International Assistance provides a whole-of-government overview of federal international assistance spending and activities, as required by the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act. Volume 2 addresses reporting requirements for the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Act, summarizing operations affecting Canada. The reports were tabled by the Minister of International Development and the Minister of Finance in 2020-2021.
Use Cases
- Analyze federal spending patterns based on the whole-of-government overview of international assistance.
- Track Canada's engagement with multilateral financial institutions based on the summary of operations for the Bretton Woods institutions and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- Study accountability and reporting compliance based on the requirements of the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act.
Strengths
- Report is structured to meet specific legislative reporting requirements, providing formal accountability.
- Covers a whole-of-government perspective on international assistance activities.
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 and institutional bias inherent to government reports.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
- Collection Method
- Government reporting and compilation.
- Time Range
- 2020-2021
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-26 11:01:56.743407; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canada (focus on international assistance)