Open Government Canada (CKAN Action API)
LiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Searches and retrieves metadata for Canada's federal open-government dataset catalog via CKAN.
Example request
curl -s 'https://open.canada.ca/data/en/api/3/action/package_search?q=climate&rows=1'
Free tier, in plain English
Free, keyless CKAN catalog API with no published rate limit for read-only actions.
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