Supporting Documentation: Payments of Claims against the Crown as per Public Accounts of Canada

Note: This dataset contains rows that appear as duplicate. They are intentional and should not be considered as errors.

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• General Notes
• 2007 CSV data file
• 2008 CSV data file
• 2018 CSV data file

For details on object code descriptions, please refer to the Government-wide Chart of Accounts.

General Notes

As of the 2025 release, the following columns were renamed to improve readability and bilingualism:

• FSCL_YR was renamed to Fscl-yr_Ex-fin
• MINC was renamed to Min-code
• MINE was renamed to Min-portfolio_Portefeuille-min_eng
• MINF was renamed to Min-portfolio_Portefeuille-min_fra
• DepartmentNumber-Numéro-de-Ministère was renamed to Dept-nbr_No-min
• DEPT_EN_DESC was renamed to Dept-name_Nom-min_eng
• DEPT_FR_DESC was renamed to Dept-name_Nom-min_fra
• PYMNT_TYP_ENG_TXT was renamed to Claim-type_Type-reclamation_eng
• PYMNT_TYP_FRA_TXT was renamed to Claim-type_Type-reclamation_fra
• HLDR_TRST_ENG_NM was renamed to Holder-in-trust_Detenteur-en-fiducie_eng
• HLDR_TRST_FRA_NM was renamed to Holder-in-trust_Detenteur-en-fiducie_fra
• PAYEE_ENG_NM was renamed to Payee_Beneficiaire_eng
• PAYEE_FRA_NM was renamed to Payee_Beneficiaire_fra
• Amount-Montant was renamed to Amount_Montant

2007 CSV data file

Notes: A difference of $5 exists between the total of the originally published Public Accounts of Canada 2007, and the dataset resource due to rounding.

2008 CSV data file

Notes: A difference of $5 exists between the total of the originally published Public Accounts of Canada 2008, and the dataset resource due to rounding.

2018 CSV data file

Notes: Due to the confidentiality agreements associated with some claims, the amounts have been excluded from departmental sub-totals and added at the end of the table.

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