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At the end of each fiscal year, financial information is
published in the Public Accounts. This dataset presents debts,
obligations and claims written off or forgiven.

At the end of each fiscal year, the Receiver general of Canada publishes financial information in the Public Accounts. This dataset presents accountable advances which is required by section 38(3) of the Financial Administration Act. The data is provided for each department and includes advances outstanding at the end of the fiscal year, advances settled and advances outstanding as at April 30.

The following tables provide statistical information about the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) penalties; zero-rated penalties are not included.

At the end of each fiscal year, the Receiver General of Canada publishes financial information in the Public Accounts. This dataset shows international reserves held in and advances to the Exchange Fund Account.

At the end of each fiscal year, financial information is published in the Public Accounts. This dataset provides a distribution of budgetary appropriations by allotment as approved by Treasury Board, together with related current year expenditures.

At the end of each fiscal year, financial information is published in the Public Accounts. This dataset presents the source and disposition of budgetary and non-budgetary authorities by ministry and by type of authority (voted and statutory).

Under the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and Regulations, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) may issue an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) as an enforcement measure to encourage compliance with the Health of Animals Act, the Plant Protection Act, the Meat Inspection Act and their associated regulations.

Railway Administrative Monetary Penalties are fines issued by Transport Canada to corporations and individuals for contraventions to the Railway Safety Act, or regulations and rules made under the Act.

Below is a list of Railway Administrative Monetary Penalties issued by Transport Canada.

An overpayment occurs when benefits are paid to a beneficiary who has no entitlement or when benefits have been paid in excess of entitlement. Once an overpayment has been detected, Finance Division can collect, write-off, forgive or remit the overpayment. A remission is the cancellation of or release from an otherwise enforceable debt, tax, fee or penalty. A remission may occur under the following circumstances:

• the overpayment cannot be recovered within the reasonably foreseeable future;

• the administrative costs of recovering the overpayment are likely to equal or exceed the amount to be recovered;

• the repayment of the overpayment would cause undue hardship to the person or a beneficiary; or

• the overpayment is the result of an administrative error, a delay or an oversight on the part of an officer or employee of the federal public administration.

At the end of each fiscal year, financial information is published in the Public Accounts. This dataset provides the full wording of most authorities (budgetary and non-budgetary) available from previous years, by ministry.