List of legal department names and their respective numbers as per the Government-wide Chart of Accounts

Description

The information included in this dataset lists the legal department names of organizations detailed in [Schedules I](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11/page-19.html#h-230472), [I.1](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11/page-20.html#h-230498), and [II](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11/page-21.html#h-230507) of the [Financial Administration Act](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11/index.html) that were authorized to use the Consolidated Revenue Fund and interface with the central systems operated by Public Services and Procurement Canada, along with the corresponding department numbers that were assigned to these organizations by the Receiver General. The source for this information is the [Government-wide chart of accounts for Canada](https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/recgen/pceaf-gwcoa/index-eng.html) website. As of August 2025, this dataset now also includes a historical, fiscal-year-specific view of how this departmental information has evolved since 2006/2007, in addition to the file containing the current, active mapping only. Please see the [Supporting Documentation](https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/min-dept/soutien-support-eng.html) for more details about this data. The [Government of Canada Organization Names and Codes](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/57180b36-3428-4a7f-afe3-2161a6b44ec5) dataset is also available, expanding on this data further.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
History of ministerial portfolios CSV https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/autodisp-authoravail/minc-mine-minf.csv
History of department names and numbers CSV https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/min-dept/hist-min-dept.csv
Legal department names and numbers (current) CSV https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/min-dept/min-dept.csv
Supporting Documentation (English) HTML https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/min-dept/soutien-support-eng.html
Supporting Documentation (French) HTML https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/min-dept/soutien-support-fra.html
Data Dictionary XML https://donnees-data.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ba1/pce-coa-dd.xml
Department aliases and acronyms HTML https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/ap/fip-pcim/reg-eng.asp
Department aliases and acronyms HTML https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/ap/fip-pcim/reg-fra.asp

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