Receiver General for Canada
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The Receiver General for Canada is the federal official responsible for receiving and disbursing public funds, maintaining the accounts of Canada, and preparing the government’s financial statements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Receiver General for Canada canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6948979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Receiver General for Canada Context triple: [Financial Administration Act, definesRoleOf, Receiver General for Canada]
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A.
Canada Post
Canada Post is the primary postal operator in Canada, providing mail and parcel delivery services nationwide.
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B.
Canadian Plus
Canadian Plus was the frequent flyer loyalty program of Canadian Airlines, offering points and rewards to its regular passengers.
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C.
Health Canada
Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health through national health policy, regulation, and oversight of health products and services.
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D.
Service Canada
Service Canada is a Canadian federal government agency that delivers a wide range of public services and benefits to citizens through online, phone, and in-person channels.
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E.
CANADIAN
CANADIAN was the radio callsign used by Canadian Airlines for its commercial flight operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Receiver General for Canada Target entity description: The Receiver General for Canada is the federal official responsible for receiving and disbursing public funds, maintaining the accounts of Canada, and preparing the government’s financial statements.
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A.
Canada Post
Canada Post is the primary postal operator in Canada, providing mail and parcel delivery services nationwide.
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B.
Canadian Plus
Canadian Plus was the frequent flyer loyalty program of Canadian Airlines, offering points and rewards to its regular passengers.
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C.
Health Canada
Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health through national health policy, regulation, and oversight of health products and services.
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D.
Service Canada
Service Canada is a Canadian federal government agency that delivers a wide range of public services and benefits to citizens through online, phone, and in-person channels.
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E.
CANADIAN
CANADIAN was the radio callsign used by Canadian Airlines for its commercial flight operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian public office
ⓘ
federal government office ⓘ |
| associatedWithDepartment | Public Services and Procurement Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| ensures |
compliance of federal financial operations with applicable laws and regulations
ⓘ
that payments are made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund as authorized by Parliament ⓘ that public money is deposited to the credit of the Receiver General ⓘ |
| FrenchName | Receveur général du Canada ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasisIn |
Financial Administration Act (Canada)
ⓘ
linked to:
Financial Administration Act of Canada
|
| hasResponsibilityType |
cash management
ⓘ
financial administration ⓘ financial reporting ⓘ public accounting ⓘ |
| isTitleHeldBy | Minister of Public Services and Procurement ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Government of Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
|
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| maintains | Public Accounts of Canada ⓘ |
| oversees |
central accounting system of the Government of Canada
ⓘ
consolidated revenue of the Government of Canada ⓘ deposit of public money to the credit of the Receiver General ⓘ issuance of payments on behalf of the Government of Canada ⓘ |
| partOf | federal public administration of Canada ⓘ |
| publishes |
Public Accounts of Canada
ⓘ
annual consolidated financial statements of the Government of Canada ⓘ |
| reportsThrough | President of the Treasury Board ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Parliament of Canada ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
central payment services for federal departments and agencies
ⓘ
central receivables services for federal departments and agencies ⓘ disbursing public funds of Canada ⓘ ensuring accuracy of the Government of Canada’s financial reporting ⓘ issuing cheques and direct deposits for federal payments ⓘ maintaining the accounts of Canada ⓘ managing the federal government’s central accounting records ⓘ preparing the Government of Canada’s financial statements ⓘ receiving public funds of Canada ⓘ reconciliation of the Government of Canada’s bank accounts ⓘ safeguarding the integrity of the Government of Canada’s financial systems ⓘ tabling the Public Accounts of Canada in Parliament ⓘ |
| scope | federal ⓘ |
| sector | public finance ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Department of Finance Canada
ⓘ
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat ⓘ
linked to:
Treasury Board of Canada
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Receiver General for Canada Description of subject: The Receiver General for Canada is the federal official responsible for receiving and disbursing public funds, maintaining the accounts of Canada, and preparing the government’s financial statements.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Financial Administration Act of Canada