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