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This report provides common criteria to help identify high value datasets and provide examples of common types of high value datasets. It was based on jurisdictional scans of high value dataset criteria, recent surveys, and international standards

In Canada’s Third Biennial Plan to the Open Government Partnership, the Government of Canada committed to “increase the quality and visibility of federal data holdings and set measurable targets for the release of open data over the next five years”(Commitment #3 : Expand and Improve Open Data)....

The Horizontal Initiative database provides planned and actual financial and non-financial information by horizontal initiatives. Details for each initiative include the lead departments, timing of the initiative, the total funding allocation, a description, the shared outcomes, governance...

This dataset includes qualitative and quantitative responses from 8212 participants in a 19-question questionnaire that was available via open.canada.ca from October 2017 to March 2018. The questionnaire was conducted as the first part of engagement leading to the creation of Canada’s 4th plan on...

Part I of the Estimates process is the Government Expenditure Plan. It provides a summary and highlights of year-over-year changes in departmental spending and transfer payments in order to provide perspective on the major issues influencing government planned spending. Part II is the Main...

This dataset provides information on the language obligations of offices for 185 federal institutions subject to Part IV of the Official Languages Act and the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations. "Language obligations" refers to the obligation of an...

Expenditure authorities are approvals from Parliament for individual government organizations to spend up to specific amounts. Expenditure authority from Parliament is provided in two ways: (1) annual appropriation acts that specify the amounts and broad purposes for which funds can be spent; and...

These statistical tables are one of the results from a project undertaken by Statistics Canada on behalf of the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) in support of the Horizontal Innovation and Clean Technology Review. They were produced from program data provided by 22 federal government departments...

Using Quarterly Financial Reports (QFR), this table presents net budgetary expenditures by standard object (including voted and statutory expenditures) for the quarter and year-to-date for each organization that produces a QFR. Data from the previous fiscal year is also presented for comparison....

Using Quarterly Financial Reports (QFR), this table presents net budgetary authorities and expenditures by vote and statutory item for the quarter and year-to-date for each organization that produces a QFR. Data from the previous fiscal year is also presented for comparison. Quarterly financial...

Departmental Results Reports (DRRs) – previously named Departmental Performance Reports (DPR) – are individual department and agency accounts of actual accomplishments against plans, priorities and results set out in their respective Departmental Plans (DPs). DPs and DRRs make up Part III (the...

Departmental Plans (DPs) – previously named Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP) – are forward-looking documents that provide plans for each department and agency (excluding Crown corporations). They describe departmental priorities, results and associated resource requirements covering three...

Supplementary Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward, therefore meeting the needs of Canadians. They present information to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s...

Using data from the Central Financial Management Reporting System (CFMRS), these datasets presents detailed expenditures by program. More specifically, program expenditures by authority type (voted and statutory) and by Standard Objects. Where detailed data on Program expenditures are available,...

This table presents results, targets (numeric – maximum and minimum - and non-numeric) as well as dates to achieve these targets by Program. For organizations still using the Program Alignment Architecture, the information included in this table will align with their Departmental Plan tabled in...

A dataset detailing the colleague connections within the Government of Canada’s social networking platform, GCconnex. The data has been anonymized, where each user on GCconnex is denoted by a random number. The dataset contains every user on GCconnex who has added a ‘colleague’ on the network,...

Supplementary Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward, therefore meeting the needs of Canadians. They present information to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s...

Part I of the Estimates process is the Government Expenditure Plan. It provides a summary and highlights of year-over-year changes in departmental spending and transfer payments in order to provide perspective on the major issues influencing government planned spending. Part II is the Main...

Supplementary Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward, therefore meeting the needs of Canadians. They present information to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s...

Supplementary Estimates are part of the normal parliamentary approval process to ensure that previously planned government initiatives receive the necessary funding to move them forward, therefore meeting the needs of Canadians. They present information to Parliament on the Government of Canada’s...