Supporting Documentation: Explanation of Data Content and Structure to Enhance Dataset Understanding

The Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, in its role as Receiver General for Canada, issues payments on behalf of all federal departments, agencies and some Crown corporations.

This Government of Canada Payment Volumes Dataset provides the volume of Receiver General payments grouped: by payment type (domestic direct deposit, domestic cheque, foreign direct deposit or foreign cheque); by product code used by the requisitioning department; and, by monthly issuance period.

The product codes, which generally represent the nature or reason for a payment, the selection of payment methods and the source of entitlements are the responsibility of the requisitioning departments. 

Note that products "4000000000 - Accounts Payable" and "PAD/DPA - Pre-Authorized Debit" are used by multiple departments.  Therefore, the volumes presented in this dataset represent the cumulative total of transactions requisitioned by all federal departments, agencies and crown corporations.  For these products, the department number is left blank, the English department name is listed as "Various Departments" and the French department name is listed as "Ministères Variés".

The following is a list of calendar months and the corresponding financial period:

Fiscal Months

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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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January
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February
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March

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