Open Government API

This API provides live access to the CKAN portion of the Open Government Portal and Registry systems.

Portal: https://open.canada.ca

  • Our public data portal
  • Includes data federated from provinces and municipalities
  • Read-only API calls can be made without an API key
  • Authorization required only for publishing federated data

Registry: https://registry.open.canada.ca

  • Accessible within the Government of Canada (GoC) network for collecting and publishing data from GoC departments
  • New datasets must be manually reviewed and approved by the Open Government team
  • Publishes approved datasets to the Production Portal automatically
  • User account or API key required for all operations

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source
Version None
Author None
Author Email None
Maintainer None
Maintainer Email None
Data Level
Agreement Required
Purpose Constraints
Redistribution Allowed
AI Training Allowed
Data Steward
Title (French) API du gouvernement ouvert
Update Frequency as_needed
Geographic Scope []
Criticality Level ["general_public"]
Sensitivity Level unrestricted
Language
Contact Person {}
Contact Email
Data Dictionary []
Open Canada Date Published 2023-09-05 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject ["science_and_technology"]
Open Canada Keywords {"fr": ["API"], "en": ["API"]}
Open Canada Collection api
Principal Organization
Reference Data
Official Source