Access our Application Programming Interface (API)

Open.canada.ca uses a feature-rich registry system called CKAN. CKAN can be accessed by users through browsing and instructions on using the API here but for starters, here are some examples of using the API:

These are just a few of the ways you can use our API which can can be accessed using the domain name https://open.canada.ca/data/en/ or https://ouvert.canada.ca/data/fr/dataset. As we implement more features, the possibilities of using the API will increase.

Please Note: The CKAN API on open.canada.ca only supports GET requests. Please pass parameters as part of the request url, not as JSON in the body of a POST request.