Canadian Employment Insurance Operating Account Transactions, Multi-Year Comparative

Public Services and Procurement Canada publishes financial data from the Public Accounts of Canada. This dataset presents a multi-year comparative statement of transactions in the Employment Insurance Operating Account, with values in millions of dollars. The data is updated annually, with the last record from 2026-04-09.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Employment Insurance program revenue and expenditures based on the multi-year comparative statement.
• Model fiscal year-over-year changes in the EI Operating Account based on the published financial information.
• Benchmark government financial reporting for social programs based on the Public Accounts data source.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official Public Accounts of Canada published by the Receiver General.
• Provides a multi-year comparative view, facilitating trend analysis.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, HTML).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Public Services and Procurement Canada

Collection Method

Extracted from the table in Section 4 of Volume I of the Public Accounts of Canada.

Time Range

Annual fiscal year data; specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 16:35:49.784628; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada