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Canada Open Data Pilot Project


 
  
The government of Canada made its data available for both non-commercial and commercial use. Data covers areas such as health, environment, agriculture, and natural resources.


Canada The government of Canada made its data available for both non-commercial and commercial use.

The GC Open Data Portal at www.data.gc.ca/ is a catalogue of federal government datasets are available for users, developers and data suppliers to find, evaluate, access, visualize and reuse federal government data. This pilot site is the first step in providing access to reusable government data.

Data covers areas such as health, environment, agriculture, and natural resources.

Currently, the largest selection is for

  • Economics and Industry (513 datasets)
  • Persons (88)
  • Nature and Environment (87 datasets)
The published data is not sensitive in nature (i.e. data which is NOT personal or confidential) and does not identify or provide ways to identify individuals.

Here is a sample file: Television viewing, by age and sex, by province - English version


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