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Explore the ways we track the progress of Open Government. Browse through statistics on download counts, visitors, as well as the increase of participation of Government of Canada departments and agencies in supplying more open datasets. All statistics presented, unless otherwise noted, are as of to . To access the open data used to create the tables below, visit Open Government Analytics.

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Number of Visits

These numbers summarize the number of visits to the Open Government Portal. A visit represents a sequence of requests from a uniquely identified client that expired after a certain amount of inactivity, usually 30 minutes.

Number of Visits
 
Visits 218,389 262,804 246,595 244,078 205,791 206,523 298,875 316,515 278,815 364,111 363,841 350,897
 

Number of Downloads

These numbers summarize the number of downloads on the Open Government Portal. A download represents the number of times a user has clicked to download a resource for a particular dataset.

Number of Downloads
 
Downloads 98,956 113,586 106,948 84,262 86,899 88,037 154,074 169,375 107,962 127,391 112,939 108,127
 

Top 25 Downloaded Datasets

These are the top 25 downloaded datasets for the month of .

Title Department Number of Downloads
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 15,944
Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 12,052
Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2,472
Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2,030
Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,421
Government of Canada Employee Contact Information Shared Services Canada 1,088
Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 963
2023 - Employee Salaries Government of New Brunswick 796
Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 740
Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 738
Consolidated Revenue Fund Schedules of Payments - Employees with a gross salary of $75,000 or more Government of British Columbia 682
Schedule 1 of Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations Transport Canada 627
High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 610
Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 609
Asylum Claimants – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 595
Licensed Natural Health Products Health Canada 591
Pipeline Throughput and Capacity Data Canada Energy Regulator 572
Statistics on the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program Transport Canada 569
Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 508
Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance Government of Alberta 503
First Nations Location Indigenous Services Canada 474
Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements Public Services and Procurement Canada 474
Temporary Foreign Worker Program Labour Market Impact Assessment Statistics 2022Q1-2023Q3 Employment and Social Development Canada 461
CanadaBuys tender notices Public Services and Procurement Canada 452
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 434
 

Datasets by Department or Agency

These numbers represent the breakdown of raw datasets on the Open Government Portal by department or agency. These numbers were captured on See how much we have grown since .

Government of Canada Department or Agency Number of datasets
Accessibility Standards Canada 2
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 38
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 352
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 16
Canada Border Services Agency 15
Canada Council for the Arts 2
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 3
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 15
Canada Energy Regulator 74
Canada Infrastructure Bank 2
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 33
Canada Revenue Agency 281
Canada School of Public Service 8
Canada Science and Technology Museum 1
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 6
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 214
Canadian Grain Commission 13
Canadian Heritage 120
Canadian Human Rights Commission 2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research 25
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 3
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 33
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 62
Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18
Canadian Space Agency 129
Canadian Transportation Agency 7
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 21
Commissioner of Canada Elections 4
Communications Security Establishment Canada 199
Copyright Board Canada 1
Correctional Service of Canada 152
Courts Administration Service 2
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 42
Defence Research and Development Canada 2
Department of Finance Canada 100
Department of Justice Canada 426
Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 2
Elections Canada 41
Employment and Social Development Canada 200
Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,011
Export Development Canada 5
Federal Bridge Corporation 5
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 10
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 18
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 24
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 649
Global Affairs Canada 467
Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,358
Government of Alberta 2,666
Government of British Columbia 1,599
Government of Manitoba 218
Government of New Brunswick 110
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86
Government of Northwest Territories 143
Government of Nova Scotia 770
Government of Ontario 925
Government of Prince Edward Island 139
Government of Saskatchewan 417
Government of Yukon 1,267
Health Canada 2,720
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 54
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 76
Indigenous Services Canada 26
Infrastructure Canada 6
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 86
International Development Research Centre 2
Invest in Canada 11
Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1
Laurentian Pilotage Authority Canada 1
Library and Archives Canada 41
Library of Parliament 1
National Capital Commission 17
National Defence 145
National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman 1
National Film Board 14
National Research Council Canada 51
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 1
Natural Resources Canada 10,104
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada 253
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 21
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 6
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 2
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 23
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 18
Pacific Economic Development Canada 2
Parks Canada 556
Parole Board of Canada 16
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 3
Polar Knowledge Canada 1
Prairies Economic Development Canada 4
Privy Council Office 5
Public Health Agency of Canada 750
Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7
Public Safety Canada 4
Public Service Commission of Canada 124
Public Services and Procurement Canada 189
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 27
Shared Services Canada 106
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 8
Standards Council of Canada 3
Statistics Canada 9,373
Status of Women Canada 1
Telefilm Canada 1
The National Battlefields Commission 1
The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 5
Transport Canada 58
Transportation Safety Board of Canada 296
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 200
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1
Veterans Affairs Canada 137
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 8
Western Economic Diversification Canada 16
Women and Gender Equality Canada 21
Total 40,170
 

Datasets Released by Month

The following table represents the number of datasets that have been published each month since the Open Government Portal's relaunch on .

Government of Canada Department or Agency Prior to Apr-2023 Total number of new datasets
Accessibility Standards Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 20 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 38
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 340 0 1 1 -1 1 4 1 1 1 2 -1 2 352
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 3 16
Canada Border Services Agency 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Canada Council for the Arts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 15
Canada Energy Regulator 73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
Canada Infrastructure Bank 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Canada Revenue Agency 244 5 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 4 13 1 2 281
Canada School of Public Service 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Canada Science and Technology Museum 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 183 11 7 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 -1 0 6 214
Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Canadian Heritage 107 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 120
Canadian Human Rights Commission 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research 12 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 25
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 26 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 33
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 60 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Canadian Space Agency 128 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 129
Canadian Transportation Agency 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 21
Commissioner of Canada Elections 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Communications Security Establishment Canada 149 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 45 199
Correctional Service of Canada 16 0 0 0 20 26 1 25 23 7 18 4 12 152
Courts Administration Service 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 44 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 42
Defence Research and Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Department of Finance Canada 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 100
Department of Justice Canada 367 2 1 14 6 12 1 2 13 3 0 5 0 426
Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Elections Canada 38 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
Employment and Social Development Canada 158 0 0 1 0 2 9 6 3 13 3 3 2 200
Environment and Climate Change Canada 968 -2 17 4 5 6 11 2 5 7 -20 2 6 1,011
Export Development Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Federal Bridge Corporation 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 18
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 563 0 9 10 10 1 6 7 3 8 2 20 10 649
Global Affairs Canada 121 88 2 3 12 2 112 9 10 80 21 1 6 467
Government and Municipalities of Qu�bec 1,313 9 -1 19 7 3 2 -20 6 17 6 -27 24 1,358
Government of Alberta 2,634 11 2 18 0 4 0 2 4 85 12 -24 -82 2,666
Government of British Columbia 565 1,038 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 -14 0 1,599
Government of Manitoba 183 38 1 5 0 2 0 -16 0 2 5 -2 0 218
Government of New Brunswick 126 0 -2 1 0 2 0 -1 0 1 5 -21 -1 110
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Government of Northwest Territories 127 0 0 6 0 9 1 0 -36 36 0 -9 9 143
Government of Nova Scotia 759 2 3 1 0 2 0 -3 -6 -2 0 13 1 770
Government of Ontario 825 1 2 4 1 18 29 0 19 20 1 7 -2 925
Government of Prince Edward Island 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
Government of Saskatchewan 711 -318 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 -6 6 -2 2 417
Government of Yukon 1,132 0 0 0 0 -12 0 0 0 -173 0 11 309 1,267
Health Canada 2,061 1 77 49 38 63 111 67 23 87 2 108 33 2,720
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 54
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 53 0 0 1 5 5 3 0 0 5 0 3 1 76
Indigenous Services Canada 20 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26
Infrastructure Canada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 80 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 86
International Development Research Centre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Invest in Canada 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11
Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Laurentian Pilotage Authority Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Library and Archives Canada 34 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 41
Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
National Capital Commission 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
National Defence 129 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 145
National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
National Film Board 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
National Research Council Canada 49 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Natural Resources Canada 10,047 1 0 6 4 2 6 18 1 0 3 10 6 10,104
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada 170 23 0 3 9 0 1 4 3 8 19 6 7 253
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 21
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 23
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 18
Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Parks Canada 488 0 5 1 -1 0 -3 1 0 0 64 1 0 556
Parole Board of Canada 127 0 -115 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 16
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Polar Knowledge Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Prairies Economic Development Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Privy Council Office 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Public Health Agency of Canada 748 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 750
Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Public Safety Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Public Service Commission of Canada 122 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
Public Services and Procurement Canada 178 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 189
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 11 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 27
Shared Services Canada 102 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 106
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
Standards Council of Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
Statistics Canada 8,884 -496 548 45 39 8 -431 51 579 21 9 42 74 9,373
Status of Women Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Telefilm Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
The National Battlefields Commission 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Transport Canada 56 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 58
Transportation Safety Board of Canada 252 0 2 2 1 4 1 3 7 4 7 3 10 296
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 191 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 200
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Veterans Affairs Canada 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 137
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 8
Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Total 36,645 443 604 218 171 184 -111 175 712 250 191 152 514 40,148
 

Percentages of Site Visits by Province and Territory

This graph illustrates the percentage of total of visits the Open Government Portal has received from Canadian provinces and territories.

 
Total and percentages of site visits by Province and Territory
Chart colour Region Visits Percentage of Total Visits
Total Number of Visits in Canada 13,326,985  
  Ontario 6,406,234 48.07%
  Quebec 2,636,223 19.78%
  British Columbia 1,600,308 12.01%
  Alberta 1,186,840 8.91%
  Nova Scotia 388,569 2.92%
  Manitoba 301,786 2.26%
  Saskatchewan 264,520 1.98%
  New Brunswick 234,524 1.76%
  Newfoundland and Labrador 126,106 0.95%
  Prince Edward Island 62,292 0.47%
  unknown / Inconnu 62,084 0.47%
  Northwest Territories 26,343 0.20%
  Yukon 25,020 0.19%
  Nunavut 6,136 0.05%
 

Percentages of Site Visits by Country

This graph illustrates the percentage of total of visits the Open Government Portal has received by country.

 
Total and percentages of site visits by Country
Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits
Total Number of Visits 17,496,831  
  Canada 13,313,082 76.09%
  United States 1,057,851 6.05%
  India 480,952 2.75%
  France 134,992 0.77%
  United Kingdom 125,138 0.72%
  China 124,536 0.71%
  Nigeria 118,698 0.68%
  Mexico 114,842 0.66%
  Pakistan 87,154 0.50%
  Colombia 79,382 0.45%
  Other 1,860,204 10.62%
 

Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country

This graph illustrates the percentage of total of visits the Open Government Portal has by foreign country.

 
Total and percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country
Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits
Total Number of Visits by Foreign Countries 4,183,749  
  United States 1,057,851 6.05%
  India 480,952 2.75%
  France 134,992 0.77%
  United Kingdom 125,138 0.72%
  China 124,536 0.71%
  Nigeria 118,698 0.68%
  Mexico 114,842 0.66%
  Pakistan 87,154 0.50%
  Colombia 79,382 0.45%
  Germany 67,517 0.39%
  Other 1,792,687 42.85%
 
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