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URL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/c4c5c7f1-bfa6-4ff6-b4a0-c164cb2060f7
The open data portal catalogue is a downloadable dataset containing some key metadata for the general datasets available on the Government of Canada's Open Data portal.
Resource 1 is generated using the ckanapi tool (external link)
Resources 2 - 8 are generated using the Flatterer (external link) utility.
Description of resources:
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Dataset is a JSON Lines (external link) file where the metadata of each Dataset/Open Information Record is one line of JSON. The file is compressed with GZip. The file is heavily nested and recommended for users familiar with working with nested JSON.
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Catalogue is a XLSX workbook where the nested metadata of each Dataset/Open Information Record is flattened into worksheets for each type of metadata.
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datasets metadata contains metadata at the
datasetlevel. This is also referred to as thepackagein some CKAN documentation. This is themaintable/worksheet in the SQLite database and XLSX output. -
Resources Metadata contains the metadata for the resources contained within each dataset.
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resource views metadata contains the metadata for the views applied to each resource, if a resource has a view configured.
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datastore fields metadata contains the DataStore information for CSV datasets that have been loaded into the DataStore. This information is displayed in the Data Dictionary for DataStore enabled CSVs.
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Data Package Fields contains a description of the fields available in each of the tables within the Catalogue, as well as the count of the number of records each table contains.
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data package entity relation diagram Displays the title and format for column, in each table in the Data Package in the form of a ERD Diagram. The Data Package resource offers a text based version.
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SQLite Database is a
.dbdatabase, similar in structure to Catalogue. This can be queried with database or analytical software tools for doing analysis.
There are no views created for this resource yet.
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Data last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Metadata last updated | January 16, 2026 |
| Created | January 16, 2026 |
| Format | CSV |
| License | License not specified |
| Datastore active | False |
| Has views | False |
| Id | 44637211-3bef-44f3-800f-760b7bdd254a |
| Package id | 568dd709-aa58-478d-8974-96abeb7acabe |
| Position | 0 |
| State | active |