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 September 30, 2024 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 Oct-2023 Nov-2023 Dec-2023 Jan-2024 Feb-2024 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Visits 298,875 316,515 278,815 364,111 363,841 350,897 347,874 350,796 285,977 232,773 245,696 298,877
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 Oct-2023 Nov-2023 Dec-2023 Jan-2024 Feb-2024 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 Downloads 154,074 169,375 107,962 127,391 112,939 108,127 104,835 92,007 78,998 67,908 68,257 72,456
Top 25 Downloaded Datasets These are the top 25 downloaded datasets for the month of September, 2024
Title Department Number of Downloads Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 10,381 Old Age Security (OAS) - Table of Benefit Amounts by marital status and income level Employment and Social Development Canada 4,795 Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2,423 Permanent Residents – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2,072 Operational Processing – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,159 Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 1,152 CRF Detailed Schedules of Payments - Employees with a gross salary of $75,000 or more Government of British Columbia 892 Government of Canada Employee Contact Information Shared Services Canada 638 Wages Employment and Social Development Canada 605 Pipeline Throughput and Capacity Data Canada Energy Regulator 542 First Nations Location Indigenous Services Canada 520 2023 - Employee Salaries Government of New Brunswick 475 High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM) - CanElevation Series Natural Resources Canada 446 Fuel consumption ratings Natural Resources Canada 444 Asylum Claimants – Monthly IRCC Updates Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 444 Single Window Initiative, Integrated Import Declaration (IID) - Regulated Commodities - Data Element Matching Criteria Table Canada Border Services Agency 441 Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) - 2022 to 2031 projections Employment and Social Development Canada 417 Statistics on the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program Transport Canada 409 Standing Offers and Supply Arrangements Public Services and Procurement Canada 404 Temporary Foreign Worker Program Labour Market Impact Assessment Statistics 2023Q1-2024Q1 Employment and Social Development Canada 380 Provinces/Territories, Cartographic Boundary File - 2016 Census Statistics Canada 379 CanadaBuys tender notices Public Services and Procurement Canada 369 Schedule 1 of Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations Transport Canada 365 Public Disclosure of Salary and Severance Government of Alberta 355 Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP): Negative Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Employers List Employment and Social Development Canada 346
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 September 30, 2024. 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 44 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 352 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 25 Canada Border Services Agency 16 Canada Council for the Arts 2 Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 4 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 16 Canada Energy Regulator 74 Canada Infrastructure Bank 2 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 37 Canada Revenue Agency 297 Canada School of Public Service 8 Canada Science and Technology Museum 1 Canadian Air Transport Security Authority 4 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 6 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 230 Canadian Grain Commission 13 Canadian Heritage 123 Canadian Human Rights Commission 4 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 27 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat 1 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 3 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 34 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 64 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 Canadian Space Agency 130 Canadian Transportation Agency 8 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 21 Commissioner of Canada Elections 4 Communications Security Establishment Canada 199 Copyright Board Canada 1 Correctional Service of Canada 186 Courts Administration Service 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 42 Defence Research and Development Canada 2 Department of Finance Canada 102 Department of Justice Canada 442 Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 2 Elections Canada 41 Employment and Social Development Canada 225 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,045 Export Development Canada 8 Federal Bridge Corporation 5 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario 10 Financial Consumer Agency of Canada 22 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 24 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 719 Global Affairs Canada 766 Government and Municipalities of Québec 1,400 Government of Alberta 2,750 Government of British Columbia 1,618 Government of Manitoba 218 Government of New Brunswick 157 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 76 Government of Northwest Territories 123 Government of Nova Scotia 778 Government of Ontario 939 Government of Prince Edward Island 70 Government of Saskatchewan 405 Government of Yukon 1,260 Health Canada 2,941 Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 57 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 88 Indigenous Services Canada 26 Infrastructure Canada 6 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 86 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 46 Library of Parliament 1 Military Grievances External Review Committee 2 National Capital Commission 22 National Defence 149 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 10,124 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 5 Office of the Auditor General of Canada 279 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 22 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 7 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 2 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 3 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 31 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General 1 Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 20 Pacific Economic Development Canada 3 Parks Canada 563 Parole Board of Canada 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 3 Polar Knowledge Canada 1 Prairies Economic Development Canada 4 Privy Council Office 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 754 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 8 Public Safety Canada 4 Public Service Commission of Canada 127 Public Services and Procurement Canada 192 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 47 Secretariat of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians 7 Shared Services Canada 107 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 8 Standards Council of Canada 4 Statistics Canada 9,557 Status of Women Canada 1 Telefilm Canada 1 The National Battlefields Commission 1 The Seaway International Bridge Corporation 5 Transport Canada 58 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 325 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 215 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 137 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 10 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 Women and Gender Equality Canada 22 Total 41,418
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 Oct-2023 Oct-2023 Nov-2023 Dec-2023 Jan-2024 Feb-2024 Mar-2024 Apr-2024 May-2024 Jun-2024 Jul-2024 Aug-2024 Sep-2024 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 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 44 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 346 1 1 1 2 -1 2 0 0 -1 0 0 1 352 Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 4 2 0 7 0 0 3 4 0 0 5 0 0 25 Canada Border Services Agency 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 Canada Council for the Arts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions 8 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 Canada Energy Regulator 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 0 0 0 0 37 Canada Revenue Agency 258 1 2 4 13 1 2 1 3 6 2 3 1 297 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 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Canadian Food Inspection Agency 207 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 3 1 8 3 1 230 Canadian Grain Commission 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Canadian Heritage 115 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 123 Canadian Human Rights Commission 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Canadian Institutes of Health Research 22 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27 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 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission 30 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 -1 0 34 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 64 Canadian Security Intelligence Service 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Canadian Space Agency 129 0 0 0 0 1 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 130 Canadian Transportation Agency 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP 16 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Commissioner of Canada Elections 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Communications Security Establishment Canada 153 1 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 199 Correctional Service of Canada 63 25 23 7 18 4 12 2 22 5 1 0 4 186 Courts Administration Service 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 41 0 1 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 98 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 102 Department of Justice Canada 403 2 13 3 0 5 0 0 4 4 4 3 1 442 Development Finance Institution - FinDev Canada 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Elections Canada 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 41 Employment and Social Development Canada 170 6 3 13 3 3 2 1 3 5 3 2 11 225 Environment and Climate Change Canada 1,009 2 5 7 -20 2 6 3 8 5 13 0 5 1,045 Export Development Canada 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 Federal Bridge Corporation 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22 Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Fisheries and Oceans Canada 599 7 3 8 2 20 10 9 19 19 1 13 9 719 Global Affairs Canada 340 9 10 80 21 1 6 45 38 34 87 85 10 766 Government and Municipalities of Qu�bec 1,352 -20 6 17 6 -27 24 7 1 0 28 0 6 1,400 Government of Alberta 2,669 2 4 85 12 -24 -82 122 -35 1 1 -6 1 2,750 Government of British Columbia 1,610 0 0 3 0 -14 0 -1 5 3 3 5 4 1,618 Government of Manitoba 229 -16 0 2 5 -2 0 -2 4 -5 2 2 -1 218 Government of New Brunswick 127 -1 0 1 5 -21 -1 11 16 4 3 11 2 157 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 -10 0 0 0 0 0 76 Government of Northwest Territories 143 0 -36 36 0 -9 9 -3 -7 0 -9 -1 0 123 Government of Nova Scotia 767 -3 -6 -2 0 13 1 -1 6 0 3 0 0 778 Government of Ontario 880 0 19 20 1 7 -2 2 8 1 2 2 -1 939 Government of Prince Edward Island 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 -67 -2 0 0 0 0 70 Government of Saskatchewan 414 0 3 -6 6 -2 2 -22 1 1 1 -7 14 405 Government of Yukon 1,120 0 0 -173 0 11 309 0 0 0 0 -8 1 1,260 Health Canada 2,400 67 23 87 2 108 33 28 65 101 -4 0 31 2,941 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 52 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 57 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 67 0 0 5 0 3 1 1 4 3 4 0 0 88 Indigenous Services Canada 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Infrastructure Canada 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada 81 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 International Development Research Centre 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Invest in Canada 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Library and Archives Canada 37 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 -1 1 0 46 Library of Parliament 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 National Capital Commission 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 22 National Defence 136 0 2 0 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 149 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 10,066 18 1 0 3 10 6 1 2 12 4 0 1 10,124 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 206 4 3 8 19 6 7 3 5 0 12 6 0 279 Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Office of the Intelligence Commissioner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada 21 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 31 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 15 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 20 Pacific Economic Development Canada 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Parks Canada 490 1 0 0 64 1 0 0 -2 3 2 1 3 563 Parole Board of Canada 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 4 Privy Council Office 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Public Health Agency of Canada 749 0 -1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 754 Public Prosecution Service of Canada 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 Public Safety Canada 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Public Service Commission of Canada 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 127 Public Services and Procurement Canada 182 0 1 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 192 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 22 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 8 3 1 6 1 47 Shared Services Canada 105 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 107 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Standards Council of Canada 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Statistics Canada 8,597 51 579 21 9 42 74 10 50 15 9 52 48 9,557 Status of Women Canada 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Telefilm Canada 0 0 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Transport Canada 58 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 Transportation Safety Board of Canada 262 3 7 4 7 3 10 1 9 3 7 6 3 325 Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 195 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 7 1 0 2 215 Vancouver Fraser Port Authority 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Veterans Affairs Canada 135 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 Veterans Review and Appeal Board 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 Western Economic Diversification Canada 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Total 38,154 175 712 250 191 152 514 172 258 244 201 191 168 41,382
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 0.4779 0.1984 0.121 0.0892 0.031 0.0225 0.0195 0.0177 0.009399999999999999 0.004699999999999999 0.0044 0.002 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 14,694,447 Ontario 7,022,429 47.79% Quebec 2,914,841 19.84% British Columbia 1,778,655 12.10% Alberta 1,310,380 8.92% Nova Scotia 455,086 3.10% Manitoba 331,348 2.25% Saskatchewan 287,191 1.95% New Brunswick 260,603 1.77% Newfoundland and Labrador 137,400 0.94% Prince Edward Island 69,109 0.47% unknown / Inconnu 64,763 0.44% Northwest Territories 28,813 0.20% Yukon 27,462 0.19% Nunavut 6,367 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 76.09 6.34 2.68 0.76 0.71 0.67 0.66 0.63 0.49 0.45 10.52
Total and percentages of site visits by Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits 19,270,151 Canada 14,661,839 76.09% United States 1,220,820 6.34% India 516,012 2.68% China 146,515 0.76% France 136,289 0.71% Nigeria 129,901 0.67% United Kingdom 126,548 0.66% Mexico 121,032 0.63% Pakistan 94,883 0.49% Colombia 87,154 0.45% Other 2,029,158 10.52%
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 Germany Other Percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country 26.49 11.2 3.18 2.96 2.82 2.75 2.63 2.06 1.89 1.49 42.53
Total and percentages of Site Visits by Foreign Country Chart colour Country Visits Percentage of Total Visits Total Number of Visits by Foreign Countries 4,608,312 United States 1,220,820 6.34% India 516,012 2.68% China 146,515 0.76% France 136,289 0.71% Nigeria 129,901 0.67% United Kingdom 126,548 0.66% Mexico 121,032 0.63% Pakistan 94,883 0.49% Colombia 87,154 0.45% Germany 68,792 0.36% Other 1,960,366 42.53%
