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Statistics Canada Web Data Service

Statistics Canada data tables across population, labour, prices, trade, national accounts, agriculture, transport and other subjects. Granularity ranges from table metadata to individual vector observations with reference periods, release time, frequency, status, decimals and scalar codes. Updates are available each business day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern; some methods can be unavailable while tables update between midnight and 8:30 a.m. Free history depth varies by series. Delay beyond release time: Not stated.

Open statcan.gc.ca
Signal Scoredraft model
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Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-04
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
20

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Keyless JSON methods for discrete observations and metadata plus full-table CSV/SDMX and daily delta files for bulk updates. Per-method point limits vary; the guide says WDS is not intended for large data updates.
Rate limits
25 requests per second per IP address; 50 requests per second server-wide
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
The Statistics Canada Open Licence grants a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, sell, adapt and create value-added products from covered information, subject to source acknowledgement and other licence conditions.
Attribution
Identify Statistics Canada as the source and include the title of the Statistics Canada product used, where available.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-04

  1. 01www.statcan.gc.ca/en/developers/wds/user-guide
  2. 02www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getAllCubesList
  3. 03www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence

// Good for

macro-economichistorical-datatime-seriesreleases

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "statcan-wds"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
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  "name": "Statistics Canada Web Data Service",
  "slug": "statcan-wds",
  "domain": "Global Macro",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "25 requests per second per IP address; 50 requests per second server-wide",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-04",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/developers/wds/user-guide",
    "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getAllCubesList",
    "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "macro-economic",
    "historical-data",
    "time-series",
    "releases"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/developers/wds/user-guide"
}

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