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 February 28, 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 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-2025 Visits 350,897 347,874 350,796 285,977 232,773 245,696 298,877 374,970 368,891 318,074 465,461 393,042
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 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-2025 Downloads 108,127 104,835 92,007 78,998 67,908 68,257 72,456 95,073 84,772 64,805 86,114 80,475
Top 25 Downloaded Datasets These are the top 25 downloaded datasets for the month of February, 2025
Title Department Number of Downloads Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 5,646 Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 4,579 Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,778 Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,418 CRF Detailed Schedules of Payments - Employees with a gross salary of $75,000 or more Government of British Columbia 1,055 Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 891 Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 867 Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements Public Services and Procurement Canada 716 First Nations Location Indigenous Services Canada 606 Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 585 Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 573 Historical and current Canadian Armed Forces pay scale adjustments for Regular Force and Class C Non-Commissioned Members (NCMs) National Defence 571 2024 - Employee Salaries Government of New Brunswick 533 Asylum Claimants – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 499 Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 475 CanadaBuys tender notices Public Services and Procurement Canada 467 High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 437 Government of Canada Employee Contact Information Shared Services Canada 431 Pipeline Throughput and Capacity Data Canada Energy Regulator 415 Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 335 Canadian Importers Database (2022) Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 330 National Road Network - NRN - GeoBase Series Statistics Canada 320 CanadaBuys contract history Public Services and Procurement Canada 304 Public disclosure of salary and severance Government of Alberta 301 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in various languages Canadian Heritage 271
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 February 28, 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 375 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 314 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 237 Canadian Grain Commission 13 Canadian Heritage 124 Canadian Human Rights Commission 4 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 60 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 72 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 205 Courts Administration Service 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 42 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 481 Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 2 Elections Canada 44 Employment and Social Development Canada 230 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,065 Export Development Canada 8 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 762 Global Affairs Canada 945 Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,435 Government of Alberta 2,869 Government of British Columbia 1,636 Government of Manitoba 221 Government of New Brunswick 163 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 76 Government of Northwest Territories 110 Government of Nova Scotia 731 Government of Ontario 957 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 58 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 91 Indigenous Services Canada 27 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 89 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 153 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 10,143 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 33 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1 Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 23 Pacific Economic Development Canada 3 Parks Canada 571 Parole Board of Canada 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 3 Polar Knowledge Canada 1 Prairies Economic Development Canada 6 Privy Council Office 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 755 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 8 Public Safety Canada 8 Public Service Commission of Canada 133 Public Services and Procurement Canada 207 Royal Canadian Mint 2 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 65 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 9,685 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 344 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 278 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 42,454
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 Mar-2024 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Oct-2024 Nov-2024 Dec-2024 Jan-2025 Feb-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 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 48 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 350 2 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 5 0 13 3 375 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 13 3 4 0 0 5 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 37 Canada Border Services Agency 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 Canada Energy Regulator 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 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 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 Canada Revenue Agency 279 2 1 3 6 2 3 1 2 1 2 10 2 314 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 1 0 3 5 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 12 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 208 6 0 3 1 8 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 237 Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Canadian Heritage 118 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 124 Canadian Human Rights Commission 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 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 0 2 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 31 2 0 2 0 0 -1 0 2 13 0 0 11 60 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 62 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 72 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Canadian Space Agency 130 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 132 Canadian Transportation Agency 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 27 Commissioner of Canada Elections 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Communications Security Establishment Canada 154 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 48 251 Correctional Service of Canada 140 12 2 22 5 1 0 4 4 5 1 9 0 205 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 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 99 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 103 Department of Justice Canada 426 0 0 4 4 4 3 1 53 0 -18 2 2 481 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 0 2 0 -2 0 0 0 2 1 44 Employment and Social Development Canada 198 2 1 3 5 3 2 11 2 0 1 0 2 230 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,005 6 3 8 5 13 0 5 -5 15 3 6 1 1,065 Export Development Canada 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Federal Bridge Corporation 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 9 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 1 0 30 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 639 10 9 19 19 1 13 9 7 5 13 11 7 762 Global Affairs Canada 461 6 45 38 34 87 85 10 10 29 3 34 103 945 Government and Municipalities of Qu�bec 1,334 24 7 1 0 28 0 6 8 -4 9 14 8 1,435 Government of Alberta 2,748 -82 122 -35 1 1 -6 1 -12 77 47 2 5 2,869 Government of British Columbia 1,599 0 -1 5 3 3 5 4 2 1 9 0 6 1,636 Government of Manitoba 218 0 -2 4 -5 2 2 -1 10 -39 44 -12 0 221 Government of New Brunswick 111 -1 11 16 4 3 11 2 -1 1 0 5 1 163 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86 0 -10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 Government of Northwest Territories 134 9 -3 -7 0 -9 -1 0 1 -14 0 0 0 110 Government of Nova Scotia 769 1 -1 6 0 3 0 0 -1 0 -1 -39 -6 731 Government of Ontario 927 -2 2 8 1 2 2 -1 6 -4 5 8 3 957 Government of Prince Edward Island 139 0 -67 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 Government of Saskatchewan 415 2 -22 1 1 1 -7 14 0 -11 20 0 0 414 Government of Yukon 958 309 0 0 0 0 -8 1 -6 -1 0 3 1 1,257 Health Canada 2,687 33 28 65 101 -4 0 31 2 1 1 2 4 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 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 1 0 0 58 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 75 1 1 4 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 91 Indigenous Services Canada 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 89 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 0 3 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 40 1 4 1 0 -1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 52 Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 National Capital Commission 17 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24 National Defence 139 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 153 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 0 1 0 1 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 10,098 6 1 2 12 4 0 1 3 3 5 3 5 10,143 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 246 7 3 5 0 12 6 0 0 2 15 6 6 308 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 5 1 0 1 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 0 1 0 3 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 23 Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Parks Canada 556 0 0 -2 3 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 3 571 Parole Board of Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 2 1 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 0 1 Prairies Economic Development Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 Privy Council Office 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 750 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 755 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Public Safety Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 Public Service Commission of Canada 124 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 133 Public Services and Procurement Canada 187 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 3 1 207 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 25 2 1 8 3 1 6 1 4 3 5 3 3 65 Shared Services Canada 106 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 109 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 Standards Council of Canada 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 Statistics Canada 9,299 74 10 50 15 9 52 48 22 31 13 17 45 9,685 Telefilm Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 Transport Canada 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 286 10 1 9 3 7 6 3 5 2 6 2 4 344 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 198 2 1 4 7 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 59 278 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 0 1 138 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 13 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Total 39,605 513 172 258 241 199 190 166 178 152 217 122 351 42,364
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 0.475 0.19760000000000003 0.1226 0.08960000000000001 0.0329 0.0227 0.0194 0.0179 0.009300000000000001 0.0048 0.0040999999999999995 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 16,150,022 Ontario 7,670,536 47.50% Quebec 3,191,870 19.76% British Columbia 1,980,224 12.26% Alberta 1,446,788 8.96% Nova Scotia 531,021 3.29% Manitoba 367,241 2.27% Saskatchewan 312,678 1.94% New Brunswick 289,620 1.79% Newfoundland and Labrador 149,575 0.93% Prince Edward Island 77,001 0.48% unknown / Inconnu 66,172 0.41% Northwest Territories 30,864 0.19% Yukon 29,886 0.19% Nunavut 6,546 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 Colombia Other Percentages of Site Visits by Country 76.0 6.96 2.57 0.73 0.66 0.64 0.62 0.6 0.47 0.42 10.33
Total and percentages of site visits by Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits 21,206,109 Canada 16,116,280 76.00% United States 1,475,531 6.96% India 544,011 2.57% China 154,015 0.73% France 140,417 0.66% Nigeria 135,417 0.64% United Kingdom 131,524 0.62% Mexico 127,600 0.60% Pakistan 99,890 0.47% Colombia 89,660 0.42% Other 2,191,764 10.33%
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 Colombia Hong Kong Other Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country 28.99 10.69 3.03 2.76 2.66 2.58 2.51 1.96 1.76 1.76 41.3
Total and percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits by Foreign Countries 5,089,829 United States 1,475,531 6.96% India 544,011 2.57% China 154,015 0.73% France 140,417 0.66% Nigeria 135,417 0.64% United Kingdom 131,524 0.62% Mexico 127,600 0.60% Pakistan 99,890 0.47% Colombia 89,660 0.42% Hong Kong 89,627 0.42% Other 2,102,137 41.3%
