Open511-DriveBC API

Provides real-time access to road event information for provincial highways, including road closures, planned work and extreme weather conditions delivered according to the Open511 standard. Geospatial Data are accessible via the Open511 API are licensed under the Open Government License - BC. The API itself is licensed under the API Terms of Use (see documentation under More Information). For more information about the API and guidelines, please see our help documentation.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:02 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:02 (UTC)
contact_email	James.Munro@gov.bc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Information Management - TRAN", "fr": "Information Management - TRAN"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["society"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	federated
open_canada_date_published	2015-09-14 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["API", "DriveBC", "HWY", "OpenAPI spec", "TRAN", "drive", "event", "geospatial", "highway", "incident", "information", "road", "road conditions", "traffic", "transportation", "travel"], "fr-t-en": ["API", "Drive BC", "POURQUOI", "Spécification OpenAPI", "TRAN", "conduire", "événement", "géospatiale", "autoroute", "incident", "information", "route", "état des routes", "trafic", "transport", "voyage"]}
open_canada_subject	["society_and_culture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	as_needed