Document Record

Creator

Canada. Office of the Auditor General.

Title

Auditor General of Canada : Inspector General of public accounts of Upper Canada

Identifier

lac_mikan_136255
136270
RG 58 2 a
R711-28-X-E
R711-28-X-F
Government
oocihm.lac_mikan_136255

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language

English

Description

The Office of the Auditor General of Canada was established in 1878 to audit the accounts of the federal government's departments, agencies and many of its Crown Corporations. Before 1878, an officer of the Department of Finance, namely the Minister of Finance, had fulfilled this role. The auditor general is independent of the government and reports results of annual examinations of government financial statements to the House of Commons, which are then contained in the Public Accounts of Canada. The office also conducts comprehensive audits of individual departments and agencies or specific programs, and government-wide issues such as management of human resources, contracting and the use of computers. Auditors general are appointed by the governor general in council for 10 year terms during good behaviour. However, removal of an auditor general requires the approval of both the House of Commons and Senate. Auditors general can only serve one term and cannot be reappointed to the position.
Upon completion of the audit of the public accounts, the Auditor General submitted his findings to the Inspector General who made comments on the accounts and the audit before submitting them to the Executive Council.
This collection consists of one book containing the remarks of the Inspector General on the public accounts of Upper Canada for the years 1832 to 1840.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_136255