Program directory · Public Services and Procurement Canada
Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting
- Department
- Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Program code
- BVW05 (GSC)
- Core responsibility
- Payments and Accounting
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program is responsible for maintaining the financial Accounts of Canada and the government-wide Chart of Accounts (provides the framework for identifying, collecting and reporting financial transactions to satisfy the government's corporate information requirements), producing the Public Accounts of Canada including the annual consolidated audited Financial Statements and the Government of Canada's Monthly Statements of Financial Operations (MSFO).
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $109M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Indicators added: Public Accounts of Canada are available online to Canadians in PDF and HTML formats as well as via the Open Government Portal posted on the Department’s website within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Indicators dropped: Public Accounts of Canada are posted on the Department’s website within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $30.6M, against $18.8M in 2024-25 (+63%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Planned employees (FTEs) 93, against 131 in 2025-26 (−29%). | FTEs (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: The Public Accounts of Canada are available online to Canadians within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Public Accounts of Canada are available online to Canadians in PDF and HTML formats as well as via the Open Government Portal posted on the Department’s website within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Planned spending $20.3M, against $30.6M in 2025-26 (−34%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | ≥ 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 100% | 2025 | 100% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≥ 100% | 2019 | 100% | Met |
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% 2019 Public Accounts were tabled in the House of Commons on December 12, 2019. | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 100% | 2021 | 100% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 100% | 2023 | 100% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $16.1M | $12.2M |
| 2019-20 | $15.7M | $12.4M |
| 2020-21 | $15.3M | $14.2M |
| 2021-22 | $15.8M | $16M |
| 2022-23 | $15.8M | $17.2M |
| 2023-24 | $15.9M | $18.2M |
| 2024-25 | $16.8M | $18.8M |
| 2025-26 | $30.6M | — |
| 2026-27 | $20.3M | — |
| 2027-28 | $18.5M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $20.2M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 91 | 79 |
| 2019-20 | 80 | 81 |
| 2020-21 | 86 | 80 |
| 2021-22 | 91 | 88 |
| 2022-23 | 92 | 85 |
| 2023-24 | 92 | 91 |
| 2024-25 | 111 | 109 |
| 2025-26 | 131 | — |
| 2026-27 | 93 | — |
| 2027-28 | 92* | — |
| 2028-29 | 91* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $16,148,721 | $16,146,510 | $16,146,510 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $15,661,546 | $15,661,546 | $15,661,546 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $15,272,279 | $15,663,869 | $15,714,240 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $15,814,606 | $15,864,856 | $15,864,885 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $15,799,098 | $15,799,127 | $15,799,127 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $15,891,827 | $15,891,827 | $15,891,827 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $16,759,461 | $16,750,692 | $16,410,763 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $30,584,050 | $23,883,736 | $23,333,936 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $20,250,708 | $18,507,400 | $20,241,103 | ||||||||
| Actual | $12,169,901 | $12,402,320 | $14,205,870 | $15,966,384 | $17,185,344 | $18,230,972 | $18,777,710 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.