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Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting

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).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2018-19: $12.2MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2019-20: $12.4MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2020-21: $14.2MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2021-22: $16MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2022-23: $17.2MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2023-24: $18.2MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2024-25: $18.8MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2025-26: $30.6MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2026-27: $20.3MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2027-28: $18.5MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting 2028-29: $20.2MGovernment-Wide Accounting and Reporting
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Government-Wide Accounting and ReportingThis program2018-19 – 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.

YearWhat changedSource
2023-24Indicators 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)
2023-24Indicators dropped: Public Accounts of Canada are posted on the Department’s website within 24 hours of tabling in the House of CommonsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2025-26Planned spending $30.6M, against $18.8M in 2024-25 (+63%).Latest Departmental Plan
2026-27Planned employees (FTEs) 93, against 131 in 2025-26 (−29%).FTEs (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators added: The Public Accounts of Canada are available online to Canadians within 24 hours of tabling in the House of CommonsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2026-27Indicators 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)
2026-27Planned 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

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.
Expected result: Canadians have timely access to reliable information on Canada’s finances.
100%2023-24✓ met100%2024-25✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2023-24≥ 100%2024100%Met
2024-25≥ 100%2025100%Met
Public Accounts of Canada are posted on the Department’s website within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons
Expected result: Canadians have timely access to reliable information on Canada’s finances
100%2018-19✓ met100%2019-20✓ met100%2020-21✓ met100%2021-22✓ met100%2022-23✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
2019-20≥ 100%2020100%
2019 Public Accounts were tabled in the House of Commons on December 12, 2019.
Met
2020-21≥ 100%2021100%Met
2021-22≥ 100%2022100%Met
2022-23≥ 100%2023100%Met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

The Public Accounts of Canada are available online to Canadians within 24 hours of tabling in the House of Commons
Expected result: Canadians have timely access to reliable information on Canada’s finances
100%2026-27

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
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

2018-19: $16.1M2018-19: $12.2M2018-192019-20: $15.7M2019-20: $12.4M2019-202020-21: $15.3M2020-21: $14.2M2020-212021-22: $15.8M2021-22: $16M2021-222022-23: $15.8M2022-23: $17.2M2022-232023-24: $15.9M2023-24: $18.2M2023-242024-25: $16.8M2024-25: $18.8M2024-252025-26: $30.6M2025-262026-27: $20.3M2026-272027-28: $18.5M2027-282028-29: $20.2M2028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
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)

2018-19: 912018-19: 792018-192019-20: 802019-20: 812019-202020-21: 862020-21: 802020-212021-22: 912021-22: 882021-222022-23: 922022-23: 852022-232023-24: 922023-24: 912023-242024-25: 1112024-25: 1092024-252025-26: 1312025-262026-27: 932026-272027-28: 922027-282028-29: 912028-29
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-199179
2019-208081
2020-218680
2021-229188
2022-239285
2023-249291
2024-25111109
2025-26131—
2026-2793—
2027-2892*—
2028-2991*—

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.