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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.

 

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 263,299 199,321 268,339 248,567 269,028 218,389 262,804 246,595 244,078 205,791 206,523 298,875
 

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 119,851 82,451 128,875 108,384 130,729 98,956 113,586 106,948 84,262 86,899 88,037 154,074
 

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 69,300
Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 10,226
Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2,741
Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,537
Government of Canada Employee Contact Information Shared Services Canada 1,509
Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,366
Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 1,016
Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 986
Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 955
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 941
Temporary Foreign Worker Program Labour Market Impact Assessment Statistics 2022Q1-2023Q2 Employment and Social Development Canada 828
2022/2023 Public Service Employee Survey Results Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 679
Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 666
Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 627
High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 597
2022 - Employee Salaries Government of New Brunswick 596
Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) - 2022 to 2031 projections Employment and Social Development Canada 581
Schedule 1 of Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations Transport Canada 559
First Nations Location Indigenous Services Canada 554
Canada’s Energy Future 2023: Energy Supply and Demand Projections to 2050 Canada Energy Regulator 448
Pipeline Throughput and Capacity Data Canada Energy Regulator 445
Licensed Natural Health Products Health Canada 439
City rate limits for accommodation of federal public servants Public Services and Procurement Canada 382
Historical minimum wage rates in Canada Employment and Social Development Canada 375
National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces Manual of Abbreviations National Defence 374
 

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 37
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 347
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 6
Canada Border Services Agency 15
Canada Council for the Arts 2
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 1
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 8
Canada Energy Regulator 74
Canada Infrastructure Bank 2
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 33
Canada Revenue Agency 259
Canada School of Public Service 8
Canada Science and Technology Museum 1
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 1
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 207
Canadian Grain Commission 13
Canadian Heritage 116
Canadian Human Rights Commission 2
Canadian Institutes of Health Research 22
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 30
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 16
Commissioner of Canada Elections 4
Communications Security Establishment Canada 154
Correctional Service of Canada 88
Courts Administration Service 2
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 41
Defence Research and Development Canada 2
Department for Women and Gender Equality 18
Department of Finance Canada 98
Department of Justice Canada 405
Elections Canada 41
Employment and Social Development Canada 176
Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,011
Export Development Canada 3
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 606
Global Affairs Canada 349
Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,332
Government of Alberta 2,671
Government of British Columbia 1,610
Government of Manitoba 213
Government of New Brunswick 126
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86
Government of Northwest Territories 143
Government of Nova Scotia 764
Government of Ontario 880
Government of Prince Edward Island 139
Government of Saskatchewan 414
Government of Yukon 1,120
Health Canada 2,467
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 52
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 67
Indigenous Services Canada 24
Infrastructure Canada 5
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 84
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 38
Library of Parliament 1
National Capital Commission 17
National Defence 136
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 10,084
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada 210
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 18
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 5
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 1
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 21
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 15
Pacific Economic Development Canada 2
Parks Canada 491
Parole Board of Canada 13
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 749
Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7
Public Safety Canada 4
Public Service Commission of Canada 124
Public Services and Procurement Canada 182
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 22
Shared Services Canada 105
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 7
Statistics Canada 8,648
Status of Women Canada 1
The National Battlefields Commission 1
The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 3
Transport Canada 58
Transportation Safety Board of Canada 265
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 195
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1
Veterans Affairs Canada 135
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 4
Western Economic Diversification Canada 16
Total 38,347
 

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 Nov-2022 Total number of new datasets
Accessibility Standards Canada 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada 20 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 37
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 380 2 0 -3 -46 7 0 1 1 -1 1 4 1 347
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
Canada Border Services Agency 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Canada Energy Regulator 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 218 3 3 -4 21 3 5 3 4 1 1 0 1 259
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Canadian Food Inspection Agency 176 0 0 1 6 0 11 7 2 1 3 0 0 207
Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Canadian Heritage 100 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 116
Canadian Human Rights Commission 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Canadian Institute of Health Information 3 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canadian Institutes of Health Research 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 22
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 21 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 30
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 62
Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Canadian Space Agency 124 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 129
Canadian Transportation Agency 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16
Commissioner of Canada Elections 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
Communications Security Establishment Canada 216 -86 0 0 -7 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 154
Correctional Service of Canada 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 26 1 25 88
Courts Administration Service 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 45 0 0 0 0 -1 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 41
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 14 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18
Department of Finance Canada 93 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
Department of Justice Canada 339 9 4 7 1 7 2 1 14 6 12 1 2 405
Elections Canada 36 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 41
Employment and Social Development Canada 153 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 6 176
Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,078 10 -27 1 54 -148 -2 17 4 5 6 11 2 1,011
Export Development Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Federal Bridge Corporation 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 525 6 0 1 21 10 0 9 10 10 1 6 7 606
Global Affairs Canada 99 0 0 16 5 1 88 2 3 12 2 112 9 349
Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,230 35 21 15 2 10 9 -1 19 7 3 2 -20 1,332
Government of Alberta 2,336 -9 0 5 1 301 11 2 18 0 4 0 2 2,671
Government of British Columbia 565 0 0 0 0 0 1,038 4 0 0 2 1 0 1,610
Government of Manitoba 0 0 173 4 2 4 38 1 5 0 2 0 -16 213
Government of New Brunswick 113 4 0 8 0 1 0 -2 1 0 2 0 -1 126
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Government of Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0 0 127 0 0 6 0 9 1 0 143
Government of Nova Scotia 732 13 0 0 2 12 2 3 1 0 2 0 -3 764
Government of Ontario 810 4 1 7 0 3 1 2 4 1 18 29 0 880
Government of Prince Edward Island 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
Government of Saskatchewan 0 0 384 2 0 325 -318 21 0 0 0 0 0 414
Government of Yukon 1,132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -12 0 0 1,120
Health Canada 1,717 55 75 75 60 79 1 77 49 38 63 111 67 2,467
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 46 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 52
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 49 3 0 -1 2 0 0 0 1 5 5 3 0 67
Indigenous Services Canada 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 24
Infrastructure Canada 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 78 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 84
International Development Research Centre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Invest in Canada 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Library and Archives Canada 30 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 38
Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
National Capital Commission 13 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
National Defence 124 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 136
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 47 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 51
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Natural Resources Canada 10,038 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 6 4 2 6 18 10,084
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada 119 8 20 8 6 9 23 0 3 9 0 1 4 210
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 18
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 5
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15
Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Parks Canada 488 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 -1 0 -3 1 491
Parole Board of Canada 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 -115 0 0 1 0 0 13
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Polar Knowledge Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Prairies Economic Development Canada 3 0 1 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 747 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 749
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 72 3 8 36 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 124
Public Services and Procurement Canada 172 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 182
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 22
Shared Services Canada 99 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 105
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Statistics Canada 8,529 140 19 54 85 57 -496 548 45 39 8 -431 51 8,648
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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Transport Canada 53 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 58
Transportation Safety Board of Canada 214 9 4 7 6 12 0 2 2 1 4 1 3 265
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 183 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 195
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Veterans Affairs Canada 132 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
Veterans Review and Appeal Board 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Total 34,239 244 803 266 244 866 443 604 218 171 184 -110 175 38,347
 

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 12,080,176  
  Ontario 5,866,233 48.56%
  Quebec 2,397,392 19.85%
  British Columbia 1,434,551 11.88%
  Alberta 1,073,855 8.89%
  Nova Scotia 333,989 2.76%
  Manitoba 273,713 2.27%
  Saskatchewan 243,280 2.01%
  New Brunswick 210,996 1.75%
  Newfoundland and Labrador 114,751 0.95%
  Prince Edward Island 56,399 0.47%
  Northwest Territories 24,255 0.20%
  Yukon 22,985 0.19%
  unknown / Inconnu 21,873 0.18%
  Nunavut 5,904 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 15,813,830  
  Canada 12,066,983 76.31%
  United States 944,738 5.97%
  India 437,648 2.77%
  France 131,932 0.83%
  United Kingdom 120,086 0.76%
  China 113,831 0.72%
  Mexico 105,177 0.67%
  Nigeria 78,468 0.50%
  Pakistan 73,287 0.46%
  Colombia 68,338 0.43%
  Other 1,673,342 10.58%
 

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 3,746,847  
  United States 944,738 5.97%
  India 437,648 2.77%
  France 131,932 0.83%
  United Kingdom 120,086 0.76%
  China 113,831 0.72%
  Mexico 105,177 0.67%
  Nigeria 78,468 0.50%
  Pakistan 73,287 0.46%
  Colombia 68,338 0.43%
  Germany 65,024 0.41%
  Other 1,608,318 42.93%
 
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