Open Government Portal
About this information
Open data is defined as structured data that is machine-readable, freely shared, used and built on without restrictions.
The key things to remember about open data are:
- #Availability and access#: the data must be available as a whole and at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably by downloading over the internet. The data must also be available in a convenient and modifiable form.
- #Re-use and redistribution#: the data must be provided under terms that permit re-use and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets.
- #Universal participation#: everyone must be able to use, re-use and redistribute. There should be no discrimination against fields of endeavour or against persons or groups. For example, 'non-commercial' restrictions that would prevent 'commercial' use, or restrictions of use for certain purposes (e.g. only in education), are not allowed.
As part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to experimentation, TBS is supporting an inventory of experiments implemented as part …
Departments subject to the 2017 Directive on Internal Audit are to proactively disclose remuneration and expenses of individual external departmental …
This dataset consolidates all the proactive publication of contract reports submitted by federal government entities.
Note: The information contained …
This dataset consolidates all the consultations submitted by departments and agencies in the Government of Canada.
Please note that …
In accordance with the Access to Information Act, the government proactively publishes the package of question period notes that were …
In accordance with the Access to Information Act, the government proactively publishes titles and reference numbers of memoranda received …
All institutions subject to the Access to Information Act are required to post summaries of completed access to information (ATI) …
Updated datasets
As of April 2026, we have improved the “Federal Corporations” dataset by dividing the data into four …
This dataset provides statistics on download counts, visitors, as well as the increase of participation of Government of Canada departments …
In accordance with Appendix B of the Policies for Ministers’ Offices, the government proactively publishes the use of government …