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Government of Canada CKAN API

The catalogue covers data and information published by Canadian federal departments and agencies. Update schedules, temporal coverage and resource formats vary by dataset; the catalogue API supports GET requests only, and no query cap is stated.

Open open.canada.ca
Signal Scoredraft model
85
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-02
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

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Access
none
Free tier
The public catalogue Action API needs no key and supports GET requests only. Query and download caps are not stated; terms and formats can differ for linked resources.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
The Open Government Licence – Canada permits worldwide, royalty-free commercial and non-commercial reuse, modification and distribution. It requires source acknowledgement and excludes personal information, unlicensed third-party rights, official symbols and separately protected material.
Attribution
"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-02

  1. 01open.canada.ca/en/access-our-application-programming-interface-api
  2. 02open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
  3. 03open.canada.ca/data/en/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1

// Good for

osintcompany-datahistorical-dataalt-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "open-government-canada-ckan"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "Government of Canada CKAN API",
  "slug": "open-government-canada-ckan",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-02",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://open.canada.ca/en/access-our-application-programming-interface-api",
    "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada",
    "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "company-data",
    "historical-data",
    "alt-data"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://open.canada.ca/en/access-our-application-programming-interface-api"
}

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