At the end of each fiscal year, government-wide financial information is published in the Public Accounts. This dataset, based on the Volume 3 of the Public Accounts, provides, by ministry, details for all ex gratia payments of $100 or over. Payments of less than $100 are reported as one amount at the end of each department and agency, together with the total number of such payments. For the purposes of this statement, an ex gratia payment is a discretionary payment, made as an act of benevolence in the public interest, free of any legal obligation, whether or not any value or service has been received. Where the situation warrants non-disclosure, the recipient’s name may be withheld from publication. This dataset is from the Public Accounts of Canada and is not the official record of information. The official version of
record can be found on the Receiver General website for the most recent fiscal year and the Library and Archives website for historical years.