Expansion of Open Data Portal
The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for FedNor, today announced the addition of more than 6,000 data sets to the Open Data Portal.The Open Data Portal now has more than 271,000 data sets from 17 participating organizations.
The Open Data Portal is a one-stop shop for federal government data that can be downloaded free of charge by Canadian citizens, researchers, voluntary organizations and private sector businesses. Application developers can reuse and mashup this data for commercial purposes, research or community services for the benefit of all Canadians.
“These new additions are high-value data sets that Canadians can use in innovative ways to create economic opportunities,” said Minister Clement. “I encourage current and potential Canadian entrepreneurs to take a look and determine how they could benefit their businesses.”
These additional data sets come from six federal government organizations, and include comprehensive socio-economic statistical data from Statistics Canada, national broadband coverage data from Industry Canada, reports and charts on water and air quality from Environment Canada, and data sets from the Treasury Board Secretariat, Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and Health Canada.
The new data sets available through this portal include:
Environment Canada
- Reports and charts on water and air quality, protected habitat indicators, and municipal water and wastewater surveys
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- International trade data for poultry products
Health
- Data for licensed natural health products and authorization dates for all drugs dating back to 1994 that have received a notice of compliance
Industry Canada
- National broadband coverage data and the technical and administrative frequency list that contains data on radio system frequencies.
Statistics Canada
- Data from the Canadian Socio-economic Information Management
System database
Treasury Board Secretariat
- Main Estimates tables by Statutory Forecast and Standard Object, which provide information on the type of expenditures planned by departments, agencies and Crown corporations
