culture
CULTURE
Budget-vs-disclosure reconciliation by fiscal year. Budget is drawn from the General Revenue Fund estimates; disclosed is the sum of published grant payments, transactions, and contracts. Gaps typically live in operationally-independent entities (e.g. Alberta Health Services, universities) that consolidate into the ministry total but don’t disclose line-item payments via the Blue Book.
Data quality note
The largest absolute gap for this ministry is $256,662,912. Large gaps are expected when a ministry consolidates operationally-independent entities (AHS, universities, school boards) that publish financial statements but not transaction-level disclosures. See specs/data-quality-issues.md DQ-001 (ministry name merges) and DQ-016 (small-budget gap-pct overflow) for the known limitations.
| Expand | Fiscal year | Budget | Disclosed — Grants | Disclosed — Transactions | Disclosed — Contracts | Gap | Gap % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | $305,421,000 | $48,758,088 | $0 | $0 | $256,662,912 | 84.04% | |
| 2022-2023 | $0 | $96,208,442 | $0 | $20,000 | -$96,228,442 | — | |
| 2021-2022 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $25,000 | -$25,000 | — | |
| 2018-2019 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $22,668 | -$22,668 | — | |
| 2014-2015 | $2,370,000 | $112,783,476 | $0 | $0 | -$110,413,476 | -4658.80% | |
| 2013-2014 | $4,486,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $4,486,000 | 100.00% |