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, 2023 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-2022 Apr-2022 May-2022 Jun-2022 Jul-2022 Aug-2022 Sep-2022 Oct-2022 Nov-2022 Dec-2022 Jan-2023 Feb-2023 Visits
255,983
226,722
222,922
211,167
212,608
235,900
230,033
240,218
263,299
199,321
268,339
248,567
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-2022 Apr-2022 May-2022 Jun-2022 Jul-2022 Aug-2022 Sep-2022 Oct-2022 Nov-2022 Dec-2022 Jan-2023 Feb-2023 Downloads
116,366
96,882
89,410
87,544
83,516
98,008
94,247
104,813
119,851
82,451
128,875
108,384
Top 25 Downloaded Datasets
These are the top 25 downloaded datasets for the month of February, 2023
Title
Department
Number of Downloads Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 16,527 Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 1,839 Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,829 Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,404 High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 1,362 Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 1,301 Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 1,295 National Hydro Network - NHN - GeoBase Series Natural Resources Canada 822 Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 814 Schedule 1 of Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations Transport Canada 736 Indexes of the National Topographic System of Canada Natural Resources Canada 736 Tender Notices Public Services and Procurement Canada 722 Aboriginal Lands of Canada Legislative Boundaries Natural Resources Canada 689 Temporary Foreign Worker Program 2021Q1-2022Q3 Employment and Social Development Canada 674 Canadian Digital Elevation Model, 1945-2011 Natural Resources Canada 672 Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 603 Licensed Natural Health Products Health Canada 518 National Road Network - NRN - GeoBase Series Statistics Canada 490 Statistics on the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program Transport Canada 426 Digital Topographic Raster Maps, 1944-2012 Natural Resources Canada 421 Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 418 Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 404 Historical minimum wage rates in Canada Employment and Social Development Canada 382 LiDAR Point Clouds - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 381 Topographic Data of Canada - CanVec Series Natural Resources Canada 377
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, 2023. 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 20 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 333 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 3 Canada Border Services Agency 14 Canada Council for the Arts 2 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 8 Canada Energy Regulator 73 Canada Infrastructure Bank 2 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 33 Canada Revenue Agency 241 Canada School of Public Service 8 Canada Science and Technology Museum 1 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 183 Canadian Grain Commission 13 Canadian Heritage 105 Canadian Human Rights Commission 1 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 12 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 26 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 60 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 Canadian Space Agency 128 Canadian Transportation Agency 3 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 14 Commissioner of Canada Elections 1 Communications Security Establishment Canada 123 Correctional Service of Canada 16 Courts Administration Service 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 45 Defence Research and Development Canada 2 Department for Women and Gender Equality 16 Department of Finance Canada 96 Department of Justice Canada 360 Elections Canada 37 Employment and Social Development Canada 157 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,116 Export Development Canada 1 Federal Bridge Corporation 3 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 10 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 14 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 22 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 553 Global Affairs Canada 120 Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,303 Government of Alberta 2,333 Government of British Columbia 565 Government of Manitoba 179 Government of New Brunswick 125 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86 Government of Nova Scotia 747 Government of Ontario 822 Government of Prince Edward Island 139 Government of Saskatchewan 386 Government of Yukon 1,132 Health Canada 1,982 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 1 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 50 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 53 Indigenous Services Canada 19 Infrastructure Canada 5 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 80 International Development Research Centre 2 Invest in Canada 8 Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1 Library and Archives Canada 34 Library of Parliament 1 National Capital Commission 14 National Defence 129 National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman 1 National Film Board 14 National Research Council Canada 49 National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 1 Natural Resources Canada 10,046 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5 Office of the Auditor General of Canada 161 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 15 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 1 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 1 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 18 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1 Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 13 Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 Parks Canada 488 Parole Board of Canada 127 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 1 Polar Knowledge Canada 1 Prairies Economic Development Canada 4 Privy Council Office 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 748 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7 Public Safety Canada 4 Public Service Commission of Canada 120 Public Services and Procurement Canada 177 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 11 Shared Services Canada 101 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 6 Statistics Canada 8,827 Status of Women Canada 1 The National Battlefields Commission 1 The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 3 Transport Canada 55 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 240 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 190 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 134 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 2 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 Total 35,796
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-2022 Apr-2022 May-2022 Jun-2022 Jul-2022 Aug-2022 Sep-2022 Oct-2022 Nov-2022 Dec-2022 Jan-2023 Feb-2023 Total number of new datasets
Accessibility Standards Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 404 2 0 0 -23 0 1 0 -4 2 0 -3 -46 333 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 1 1 0 0 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Canada Border Services Agency 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Canada Council for the Arts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 Canada Energy Regulator 68 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 73 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 206 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 -4 21 241 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 Food Inspection Agency 147 5 3 8 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 6 183 Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Canadian Heritage 94 1 1 0 2 1 -1 1 1 2 1 1 1 105 Canadian Human Rights Commission 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Canadian Institute of Health Information 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 1 1 0 3 26 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 57 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 60 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Canadian Space Agency 122 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 128 Canadian Transportation Agency 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 Commissioner of Canada Elections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Communications Security Establishment Canada 188 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 4 -86 0 0 -7 123 Correctional Service of Canada 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 Courts Administration Service 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 46 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 Defence Research and Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Department for Women and Gender Equality 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 16 Department of Finance Canada 89 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 96 Department of Justice Canada 294 1 6 1 1 26 5 2 3 9 4 7 1 360 Elections Canada 25 0 3 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 37 Employment and Social Development Canada 151 1 -11 1 3 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 157 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,013 13 5 2 6 0 16 3 20 10 -27 1 54 1,116 Export Development Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Federal Bridge Corporation 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 14 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 22 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 478 2 5 18 16 5 3 0 -2 6 0 1 21 553 Global Affairs Canada 73 1 0 2 1 0 2 26 -6 0 0 16 5 120 Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,188 116 -99 9 0 11 4 1 0 35 21 15 2 1,303 Government of Alberta 2,274 1,706 -1,672 14 0 -46 -14 72 2 -9 0 5 1 2,333 Government of British Columbia 565 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 565 Government of Manitoba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173 4 2 179 Government of New Brunswick 97 1 6 0 1 3 1 4 0 4 0 8 0 125 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 0 0 86 Government of Nova Scotia 0 0 212 516 3 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 2 747 Government of Ontario 745 39 -6 29 3 -2 1 0 1 4 1 7 0 822 Government of Prince Edward Island 0 88 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 Government of Saskatchewan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 384 2 0 386 Government of Yukon 1,129 4 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,132 Health Canada 1,212 1 31 3 145 83 60 103 79 55 75 75 60 1,982 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 44 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 50 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 32 0 8 0 4 3 0 2 0 3 0 -1 2 53 Indigenous Services Canada 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Infrastructure Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 80 International Development Research Centre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Invest in Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Library and Archives Canada 27 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 34 Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 National Capital Commission 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 National Defence 103 5 2 0 6 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 129 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 46 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 49 National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Natural Resources Canada 9,991 3 9 0 1 17 8 6 3 2 0 5 1 10,046 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 Office of the Auditor General of Canada 90 0 0 9 19 1 0 0 0 8 20 8 6 161 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 10 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 18 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 9 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 Pacific Economic Development Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Parks Canada 485 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 488 Parole Board of Canada 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Polar Knowledge Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Prairies Economic Development Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 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 737 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 748 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 55 8 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 8 36 1 120 Public Services and Procurement Canada 167 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 177 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 11 Shared Services Canada 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 101 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 Statistics Canada 6,796 1,292 40 95 7 65 108 63 63 140 19 54 85 8,827 Status of Women Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Transport Canada 51 -1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 55 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 178 4 2 3 4 5 6 1 11 9 4 7 6 240 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 176 1 1 1 -1 0 0 4 1 4 0 2 1 190 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 134 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Total 30,403 3,309 -1,373 725 217 194 245 307 204 244 803 266 244 35,796
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
Northwest Territories
Yukon
unknown / Inconnu
Nunavut
Percentages of Site Visits by Province and Territory 0.4908
0.1977
0.1164
0.0877
0.0268
0.0229
0.0205
0.0172
0.0096
0.0047
0.0019
0.0019
0.0014
0.0005
Total and percentages of site visits by Province and Territory Chart colour Region Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits in Canada 10,651,603 Ontario 5,227,523 49.08% Quebec 2,106,241 19.77% British Columbia 1,240,364 11.64% Alberta 933,926 8.77% Nova Scotia 285,096 2.68% Manitoba 243,648 2.29% Saskatchewan 218,089 2.05% New Brunswick 182,906 1.72% Newfoundland and Labrador 102,493 0.96% Prince Edward Island 49,875 0.47% Northwest Territories 20,691 0.19% Yukon 20,416 0.19% unknown / Inconnu 14,832 0.14% Nunavut 5,503 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.
Percentages of Site Visits by Country
Canada
United States
India
France
United Kingdom
China
Mexico
Colombia
Germany
Pakistan
Other Percentages of Site Visits by Country 76.9
5.99
2.71
0.85
0.74
0.73
0.67
0.43
0.41
0.38
10.19
Total and percentages of site visits by Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits 13,851,653 Canada 10,651,603 76.90% United States 829,493 5.99% India 375,164 2.71% France 118,290 0.85% United Kingdom 103,059 0.74% China 100,768 0.73% Mexico 92,848 0.67% Colombia 59,787 0.43% Germany 56,479 0.41% Pakistan 52,440 0.38% Other 1,411,722 10.19%
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
France
United Kingdom
China
Mexico
Colombia
Germany
Pakistan
Brazil
Other Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country 25.92
11.72
3.7
3.22
3.15
2.9
1.87
1.76
1.64
1.49
42.63
Total and percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits by Foreign Countries 3,200,050 United States 829,493 5.99% India 375,164 2.71% France 118,290 0.85% United Kingdom 103,059 0.74% China 100,768 0.73% Mexico 92,848 0.67% Colombia 59,787 0.43% Germany 56,479 0.41% Pakistan 52,440 0.38% Brazil 47,709 0.34% Other 1,364,013 42.63%
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