The general government sector is composed of all governments as well as the non-profit entities created by public administrations to deliver services for the benefit of society. Adhering to the sectoring system of the Canadian System of National Accounts (CSNA), the general government sector is partitioned into sub-sectors, components and sub-components in order to group different types of government activity. Sub-sectors distinguish units by the government of control. Within the sub-sectors, the component category groups units by type of activity, specifically, general government, universities and colleges, school boards, and health and social service institutions. Sub-components isolate the constituents of the components to provide groupings for the lowest level of measurement. Examples of these categories are ministries, municipalities, universities, hospitals and residential care facilities.
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