# BC Data Catalogue CKAN API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/ckan-api/  
**Provider:** British Columbia Data Catalogue — https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/  
**Documentation:** https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/

BC Data Catalogue CKAN API is one of 7 APIs that [British Columbia Data Catalogue](https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CKAN, Open Data, Dataset Search, Metadata, and Government Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The BC Data Catalogue exposes a CKAN v3 REST API at https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/ providing programmatic access to BC government open datasets. Key endpoints include package_list (list all datasets), package_search (search datasets by query), package_show (retrieve dataset metadata and resources), organization_list (list BC government organizations), and resource_show (retrieve specific data resource information). Returns JSON with success status and result payloads. No authentication required for read access to public datasets.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
- **BaseURL** — https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-columbia-data-catalogue/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other British Columbia Data Catalogue APIs (6)

- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Datasets API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-datasets-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-groups-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Organizations API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-organizations-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Resources API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-resources-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Site API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-site-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Tags API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-tags-api/)

## Tags

CKAN, Open Data, Dataset Search, Metadata, Government Data

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