Ten-Year Comparative Financial Statements of the Government of Canada

Canada's Public Accounts provide annual financial information for the federal government. This dataset offers a ten-year comparison of key financial statements, including operations, financial position, cash flow, and net debt, with values reported in millions of dollars. It is compiled by Public Services and Procurement Canada from Volume I of the Public Accounts of Canada.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in government revenue and expenditure based on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
• Assessing changes in federal assets and liabilities based on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
• Tracking the evolution of government net debt over a decade based on the Statement of Change in Net Debt.
• Examining government cash management and liquidity based on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow.

Strengths

• Provides a ten-year comparative view, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Derived from six specific, standardized financial statement tables (1.1 to 1.6).
• Data is sourced from the official Public Accounts of Canada, a primary government document.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is explicitly noted as not the official record of information.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada, from the Public Accounts of Canada.

Collection Method

Extracted and compiled from Volume I of the annual Public Accounts.

Time Range

Covers ten fiscal years, though specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:35:59.695204; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (federal government).