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 June 18, 2013 to March 31, 2025 Open Government Analytics .
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 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-2025 Mar-2025 Visits 347,874 350,796 285,977 232,773 245,696 298,877 374,970 368,891 318,074 465,461 393,042 436,089
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 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-2025 Mar-2025 Downloads 104,835 92,007 78,998 67,908 68,257 72,456 95,073 84,772 64,805 86,114 80,475 93,725
Top 25 Downloaded Datasets These are the top 25 downloaded datasets for the month of March, 2025
Title Department Number of Downloads Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 6,315 Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 6,117 Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,803 Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,437 CRF Detailed Schedules of Payments - Employees with a gross salary of $75,000 or more Government of British Columbia 1,140 Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 960 Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 849 2024 - Employee Salaries Government of New Brunswick 745 Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 729 Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 728 Pipeline Throughput and Capacity Data Canada Energy Regulator 713 Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 677 Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements Public Services and Procurement Canada 648 Federal Electoral Districts - Canada 2023 Elections Canada 608 First Nations Location Indigenous Services Canada 594 High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 548 Public disclosure of salary and severance Government of Alberta 524 Historical and current Canadian Armed Forces pay scale adjustments for Regular Force and Class C Non-Commissioned Members (NCMs) National Defence 523 CanadaBuys tender notices Public Services and Procurement Canada 482 Changes in functional difficulties among children and youth between 2019 and 2023, Canadian Health Survey of Children and youth, 2023 Longitudinal sample Statistics Canada 460 Statistics on the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program Transport Canada 385 Government of Canada Employee Contact Information Shared Services Canada 385 Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 378 Asylum Claimants – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 372 RCMP Core Values What We Heard Report Royal Canadian Mounted Police 353
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 March 31, 2025. See how much we have grown since June 18, 2013 .
Government of Canada Department or Agency Number of datasets Accessibility Standards Canada 2 Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 48 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 376 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 37 Canada Border Services Agency 17 Canada Council for the Arts 2 Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 8 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 18 Canada Energy Regulator 78 Canada Infrastructure Bank 2 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 37 Canada Revenue Agency 300 Canada School of Public Service 8 Canada Science and Technology Museum 5 Canadian Air Transport Security Authority 4 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 12 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 239 Canadian Grain Commission 13 Canadian Heritage 124 Canadian Human Rights Commission 5 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 31 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1 Canadian Museum of History 7 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 5 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 65 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 73 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 Canadian Space Agency 132 Canadian Transportation Agency 8 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 27 Commissioner of Canada Elections 4 Communications Security Establishment Canada 251 Copyright Board Canada 1 Correctional Service of Canada 209 Courts Administration Service 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 43 Defence Construction Canada 3 Defence Research and Development Canada 2 Department of Finance Canada 103 Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities 6 Department of Justice Canada 484 Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 2 Elections Canada 45 Employment and Social Development Canada 233 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,086 Export Development Canada 9 Federal Bridge Corporation 9 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 4 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 10 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 30 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 26 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 779 Global Affairs Canada 943 Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,437 Government of Alberta 2,869 Government of British Columbia 1,638 Government of Manitoba 221 Government of New Brunswick 163 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 76 Government of Northwest Territories 110 Government of Nova Scotia 737 Government of Ontario 960 Government of Prince Edward Island 70 Government of Saskatchewan 414 Government of Yukon 1,257 Health Canada 2,951 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 59 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 91 Indigenous Services Canada 29 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 90 International Development Research Centre 2 Invest in Canada 14 Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1 Laurentian Pilotage Authority Canada 1 Library and Archives Canada 52 Library of Parliament 1 Military Grievances External Review Committee 2 National Capital Commission 24 National Defence 159 National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman 1 National Film Board 14 National Research Council Canada 53 National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 1 Natural Resources Canada 10,145 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5 Office of the Auditor General of Canada 308 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 23 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 7 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 3 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 4 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 34 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1 Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 24 Pacific Economic Development Canada 3 Parks Canada 572 Parole Board of Canada 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 3 Polar Knowledge Canada 2 Prairies Economic Development Canada 6 Privy Council Office 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 756 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 8 Public Safety Canada 8 Public Service Commission of Canada 133 Public Services and Procurement Canada 218 Royal Canadian Mint 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 70 Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians 7 Shared Services Canada 109 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 9 Standards Council of Canada 6 Statistics Canada 9,823 Telefilm Canada 4 The Correctional Investigator Canada 1 The National Battlefields Commission 1 The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 7 Transport Canada 58 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 354 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 279 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 138 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 13 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority 2 Women and Gender Equality Canada 22 Total 42,694
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 June 18, 2013 .
Government of Canada Department or Agency Prior to Apr-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-2025 Mar-2025 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 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 48 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 352 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 5 0 13 3 1 376 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 16 4 0 0 5 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 37 Canada Border Services Agency 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 Canada Council for the Arts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 Canada Energy Regulator 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 78 Canada Infrastructure Bank 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 33 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Canada Revenue Agency 281 1 3 6 2 3 1 2 1 2 10 2 -14 300 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 1 0 3 0 5 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 12 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 214 0 3 1 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 239 Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Canadian Heritage 120 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 124 Canadian Human Rights Commission 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 25 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 31 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 33 0 2 0 0 -1 0 2 13 0 0 11 5 65 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 62 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 73 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Canadian Space Agency 129 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 132 Canadian Transportation Agency 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 27 Commissioner of Canada Elections 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Communications Security Establishment Canada 199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 48 0 251 Copyright Board Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Correctional Service of Canada 152 2 22 5 1 0 4 4 5 1 9 0 4 209 Courts Administration Service 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 Defence Research and Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Department of Finance Canada 100 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 103 Department of Justice Canada 426 0 4 4 4 3 1 53 0 -18 2 2 3 484 Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Elections Canada 41 0 0 0 2 0 -2 0 0 0 2 1 1 45 Employment and Social Development Canada 200 1 3 5 3 2 11 2 0 1 0 2 3 233 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,011 3 8 5 13 0 5 -5 15 3 6 1 21 1,086 Export Development Canada 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Federal Bridge Corporation 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 18 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 0 0 30 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 26 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 649 9 19 19 1 13 9 7 5 13 11 7 17 779 Global Affairs Canada 467 45 38 34 87 85 10 10 29 3 34 103 -2 943 Government and Municipalities of Qu�bec 1,358 7 1 0 28 0 6 8 -4 9 14 8 2 1,437 Government of Alberta 2,666 122 -35 1 1 -6 1 -12 77 47 2 5 0 2,869 Government of British Columbia 1,599 -1 5 3 3 5 4 2 1 9 0 6 2 1,638 Government of Manitoba 218 -2 4 -5 2 2 -1 10 -39 44 -12 0 0 221 Government of New Brunswick 110 11 16 4 3 11 2 -1 1 0 5 1 0 163 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86 -10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 Government of Northwest Territories 143 -3 -7 0 -9 -1 0 1 -14 0 0 0 0 110 Government of Nova Scotia 770 -1 6 0 3 0 0 -1 0 -1 -39 -6 6 737 Government of Ontario 925 2 8 1 2 2 -1 6 -4 5 8 3 3 960 Government of Prince Edward Island 139 -67 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Government of Saskatchewan 417 -22 1 1 1 -7 14 0 -11 20 0 0 0 414 Government of Yukon 1,267 0 0 0 0 -8 1 -6 -1 0 3 1 0 1,257 Health Canada 2,720 28 65 101 -4 0 31 2 1 1 2 4 0 2,951 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 54 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 1 59 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 76 1 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 91 Indigenous Services Canada 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 29 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 90 International Development Research Centre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Invest in Canada 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 14 Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Laurentian Pilotage Authority Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Library and Archives Canada 41 4 1 0 -1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 52 Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 National Capital Commission 17 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 National Defence 145 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 159 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 51 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Natural Resources Canada 10,104 1 2 12 4 0 1 3 3 5 3 5 2 10,145 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 253 3 5 0 12 6 0 0 2 15 6 6 0 308 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 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 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 24 Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Parks Canada 556 0 -2 3 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 3 1 572 Parole Board of Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Polar Knowledge Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Prairies Economic Development Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Privy Council Office 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 750 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 756 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Public Safety Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 Public Service Commission of Canada 124 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 133 Public Services and Procurement Canada 189 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 3 1 11 218 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 27 1 8 3 1 6 1 4 3 5 3 3 5 70 Shared Services Canada 106 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 109 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Standards Council of Canada 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 Statistics Canada 9,373 10 50 15 9 52 48 22 31 13 17 45 138 9,823 Telefilm Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 The National Battlefields Commission 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 Transport Canada 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 296 1 9 3 7 6 3 5 2 6 2 4 10 354 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 200 1 4 7 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 59 1 279 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 138 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Women and Gender Equality Canada 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Total 40,140 173 258 241 199 190 166 178 152 217 122 351 239 42,626
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.
Percentages of Site Visits by Province and Territory Ontario Quebec British Columbia Alberta Nova Scotia Manitoba Saskatchewan New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island unknown / Inconnu Northwest Territories Yukon Nunavut Percentages of Site Visits by Province and Territory 0.47450000000000003 0.19760000000000003 0.12300000000000001 0.0897 0.0329 0.0227 0.019299999999999998 0.018000000000000002 0.009300000000000001 0.0048 0.004 0.0019 0.0019 0.0004
Total and percentages of site visits by Province and Territory Chart colour Region Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits in Canada 16,490,481 Ontario 7,825,410 47.45% Quebec 3,258,178 19.76% British Columbia 2,027,910 12.30% Alberta 1,479,372 8.97% Nova Scotia 542,728 3.29% Manitoba 374,611 2.27% Saskatchewan 319,029 1.93% New Brunswick 296,633 1.80% Newfoundland and Labrador 153,163 0.93% Prince Edward Island 78,560 0.48% unknown / Inconnu 66,427 0.40% Northwest Territories 31,323 0.19% Yukon 30,546 0.19% Nunavut 6,591 0.04%
Percentages of Site Visits by Country This graph illustrates the percentage of total of visits the Open Government Portal has received by country.
Percentages of Site Visits by Country Canada United States India China France Nigeria United Kingdom Mexico Pakistan Hong Kong Other Percentages of Site Visits by Country 75.99 7.02 2.54 0.72 0.66 0.63 0.62 0.6 0.46 0.44 10.32
Total and percentages of site visits by Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits 21,644,565 Canada 16,448,091 75.99% United States 1,518,983 7.02% India 549,920 2.54% China 155,760 0.72% France 142,954 0.66% Nigeria 136,526 0.63% United Kingdom 135,197 0.62% Mexico 130,289 0.60% Pakistan 100,613 0.46% Hong Kong 94,913 0.44% Other 2,231,319 10.32%
Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country This graph illustrates the percentage of total of visits the Open Government Portal has by foreign country.
Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country United States India China France Nigeria United Kingdom Mexico Pakistan Hong Kong Colombia Other Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country 29.23 10.58 3.0 2.75 2.63 2.6 2.51 1.94 1.83 1.73 41.2
Total and percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits by Foreign Countries 5,196,474 United States 1,518,983 7.02% India 549,920 2.54% China 155,760 0.72% France 142,954 0.66% Nigeria 136,526 0.63% United Kingdom 135,197 0.62% Mexico 130,289 0.60% Pakistan 100,613 0.46% Hong Kong 94,913 0.44% Colombia 90,088 0.42% Other 2,141,231 41.2%
