Public Services and Procurement Canada
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Public Services and Procurement Canada is a federal department responsible for providing central administrative, real property, and procurement services to the Government of Canada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Services and Procurement Canada canonical | 22 |
| Public Works and Government Services Canada | 4 |
| Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1119180 — 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: Public Services and Procurement Canada Context triple: [Parliament Hill, maintainedBy, Public Services and Procurement Canada]
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A.
Treasury Board of Canada
The Treasury Board of Canada is a central committee of the federal government responsible for overseeing public expenditures, financial management, and administrative policies across the Canadian public service.
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B.
Office of the Auditor General
The Office of the Auditor General is a financial oversight body within the Roman Curia responsible for auditing the economic and administrative activities of the Holy See and Vatican City.
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C.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is a Canadian federal government department responsible for fostering innovation, scientific research, and economic growth across the country.
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D.
Public Safety Canada
Public Safety Canada is the federal department responsible for coordinating national security, emergency management, and public safety policies and agencies across Canada.
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E.
Department of Finance Canada
The Department of Finance Canada is the federal government department responsible for developing the country's fiscal policy, preparing the federal budget, and overseeing economic and financial policy.
- 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: Public Services and Procurement Canada Target entity description: Public Services and Procurement Canada is a federal department responsible for providing central administrative, real property, and procurement services to the Government of Canada.
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A.
Treasury Board of Canada
The Treasury Board of Canada is a central committee of the federal government responsible for overseeing public expenditures, financial management, and administrative policies across the Canadian public service.
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B.
Office of the Auditor General
The Office of the Auditor General is a financial oversight body within the Roman Curia responsible for auditing the economic and administrative activities of the Holy See and Vatican City.
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C.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is a Canadian federal government department responsible for fostering innovation, scientific research, and economic growth across the country.
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D.
Public Safety Canada
Public Safety Canada is the federal department responsible for coordinating national security, emergency management, and public safety policies and agencies across Canada.
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E.
Department of Finance Canada
The Department of Finance Canada is the federal government department responsible for developing the country's fiscal policy, preparing the federal budget, and overseeing economic and financial policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian federal institution
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federal government department ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | federal departments and agencies of Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employerOf | federal public servants ⓘ |
| formerName |
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
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| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| hasMinister | Minister of Public Services and Procurement ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Ottawa
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surface form:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| jurisdiction |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
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| legalForm | department of the Government of Canada ⓘ |
| mandate |
to ensure value for money in federal procurement
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to manage federal real property and accommodations ⓘ to provide common, central services to federal departments and agencies ⓘ to support the operations of Parliament and federal institutions through common services ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada
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| officialLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ |
| oversight |
Financial Administration Act of Canada
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surface form:
Treasury Board policies of the Government of Canada
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| parentOrganization |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
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| partOf |
Public Service of Canada
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surface form:
federal public service of Canada
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| precededBy |
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
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| responsibility |
acquisition of goods and services for federal departments
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central administrative services for the Government of Canada ⓘ federal procurement services ⓘ management of Receiver General functions for Canada ⓘ management of federal government accommodations ⓘ management of federal government accounting and reporting systems ⓘ management of federal government buildings and facilities ⓘ management of federal government linguistic services ⓘ management of federal government office space ⓘ management of federal government pay system ⓘ management of federal government pension administration ⓘ management of federal government procurement integrity framework ⓘ management of federal government procurement policy ⓘ management of federal government purchasing processes ⓘ management of federal government real estate portfolio ⓘ management of federal government translation bureau ⓘ pay and pension services for federal public servants ⓘ real property services for federal departments ⓘ translation and linguistic services for the Government of Canada ⓘ |
| seat |
Ottawa
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surface form:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| sector | public administration ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Canada ⓘ |
| shortName |
PSPC
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SPAC ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ ⓘ |
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: Public Services and Procurement Canada Description of subject: Public Services and Procurement Canada is a federal department responsible for providing central administrative, real property, and procurement services to the Government of Canada.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Public Services and Procurement Canada
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nativeName
→
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada
Public Services and Procurement Canada
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precededBy
→
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Public Services and Procurement Canada
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formerName
→
Public Services and Procurement Canada
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
subject surface form:
Statue of Queen Victoria (Parliament Hill, Ottawa)
National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy
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administeredBy
→
Public Services and Procurement Canada
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this entity surface form:
Public Works and Government Services Canada
National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy
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administeredBy
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Public Services and Procurement Canada
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