Supporting Documentation: Consolidated specified purpose accounts as per the Public Accounts of Canada
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- 2006/2007 to 2022/2023
- 2007/2008
- 2008/2009
- 2009/2010
- 2011/2012
- 2013/2014
- 2015/2016
- 2016/2017
- 2017/2018
- 2018/2019
- 2019/2020
- 2020/2021
- 2021/2022
2006/2007 to 2022/2023
Notes:
- “Opening balance” represents the balance on “April 1” of the fiscal year as published in the Public Accounts of Canada.
- The blank cells in the dataset are due to the fact that an account has been closed or that the legal name of a Ministry has changed.
2007/2008
Note: Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts, Canadian Heritage, National Battlefields Commission”, the opening balance for “Trust Fund” was restated by $177,719.
2008/2009
Note: Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts, Fisheries and Oceans (ministry), Fisheries and Oceans (department)”, the account name was corrected from “Supplementary Fines Fish Account” to “Supplementary Fish Fines Account”.
2009/2010
Notes:
- Under “Insurance accounts, Human Resources and Skills Development (ministry), Human Resources and Skills Development (department)”, the account name was changed from “Employment Insurance Account” to “Employment Insurance Operating Account”.
In July 2010, Parliament approved the Jobs and Economic Growth Act which includes amendments to the Employment Insurance Act that are legally deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2009. The Act deems the former Employment Insurance (EI) Account to have been closed as of December 31, 2008 and the Employment Insurance Operating Account to have been established in the accounts of Canada as of January 1, 2009. The adjustment for the closure of the Employment Insurance Account is presented in the current year to reflect the legislative changes approved in July 2010.
- The number of the table for this account was changed from 4.6 to 4.7.
2011/2012
Notes:
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts, Environment (ministry), Environment (department)”, the “Court Award Deposits-Other than Environmental Damages Fund” was added.
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts, Indian Affairs and Northern Development (ministry), Indian Affairs and Northern Development (department)”, an account for “Cleanup costs for environmental damage caused by Bowater” was added.
2013/2014
Notes:
- Under “Insurance accounts”, both the ministry and department’s names changed from “Human Resources and Skills Development” to “Employment and Social Development”.
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts, Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries and Oceans”, the “Supplementary Fines Account-Species at Risk Act” was added.
2015/2016
Notes:
- Under “Insurance accounts”, the ministry’s name changed from “Employment and Social Development” to “Families, Children and Social Development”.
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, the following ministries’ names changed:
- from “Environment” to “Environment and Climate Change”
- from “Fisheries and Oceans” to “Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard”
- from “Indian Affairs and Northern Development” to “Indigenous and Northern Affairs”
- from “Public Works and Government Services” to “Public Services and Procurement”
- Under “Endowment principal”, the following ministries’ names changed:
- from “Environment” to “Environment and Climate Change”
- from “Industry” to “Innovation, Science and Economic Development
2016/2017
Notes:
- Under “Insurance accounts”, the following departments’ names changed:
- from “Agriculture and Agri-Food” to “Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food”
- from “Employment and Social Development” to “Department of Employment and Social Development”
- from “Finance” to “Department of Finance”
- from “Health” to “Department of Health”
- from “Transport” to “Department of Transport”
- Under “Insurance accounts, Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources”, the “Nuclear Liability Account” was added.
- Under “Insurance accounts, Transport, Department of Transport”, the “Fund for railway accidents involving designated goods” was added.
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, the following departments’ names changed:
- from “Environment” to “Department of Environment”
- from “Finance” to “Department of Finance”
- from “Fisheries and Oceans” to “Department of Fisheries and Oceans”
- from “Indian Affairs and Northern Development” to “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development”
- from “Natural Resources” to “Department of Natural Resources”
- from “Public Works and Government Services” to “Department of Public Works and Government Services”
- from “Transport” to “Department of Transport”
2017/2018
Note: Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, “National Battlefields Commission” was corrected for “The National Battlefields Commission”.
2018/2019
Notes:
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, the following ministries’ names changed:
- from “Canadian Heritage” to “Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism”
- from “Indigenous and Northern Affairs” to “Crown-Indigenous Relations”
- Under “Endowment principal”, the department "Social Sciences and Humanities" was moved under the new ministry “Science”.
2019/2020
Notes:
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, the following ministries’ names changed:
- from “Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism” to “Canadian Heritage”
- from “Crown-Indigenous Relations” to “Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs”
- Under “Other consolidated specified purpose accounts”, the account “Environmental Studies Research Fund” was transferred from “Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development” to “Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs”.
2020/2021
Note: Under “Insurance accounts”, the ministry’s name changed from “Families, Children and Social Development” to “Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion”.
2021/2022
Note: Under “Endowment principal”, the ministry’s name changed from “Innovation, Science and Economic Development” to “Innovation, Science and Industry”.
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