University of British Columbia

UBC Shibboleth Identity Provider Metadata

UBC's own SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata, entityID https://authentication.ubc.ca, asserting the ubc.ca scope. Institution-operated by definition — no vendor can publish this on UBC's behalf — and it is the only machine-readable artifact UBC's central IT serves to the open internet. Verified live 2026-08-19: 9,213 bytes of application/xml headed "(c) The University of British Columbia / Identity Provider", supporting SAML 2.0, SAML 1.1 and the Shibboleth 1.0 protocol.

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Documentation

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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubc/refs/heads/main/authentication/ubc-authentication.yml

Other Resources

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IdentityFederation
https://authentication.ubc.ca/idp/shibboleth
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubc/refs/heads/main/conformance/ubc-domain-standards-conformance.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ubc:shibboleth-idp
name: UBC Shibboleth Identity Provider Metadata
x-operator: institution
description: 'UBC''s own SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata, entityID https://authentication.ubc.ca,
  asserting the ubc.ca scope. Institution-operated by definition — no vendor can publish this on UBC''s
  behalf — and it is the only machine-readable artifact UBC''s central IT serves to the open internet.
  Verified live 2026-08-19: 9,213 bytes of application/xml headed "(c) The University of British Columbia
  / Identity Provider", supporting SAML 2.0, SAML 1.1 and the Shibboleth 1.0 protocol.'
humanURL: https://it.ubc.ca/services
baseURL: https://authentication.ubc.ca
tags:
- Identity Federation
- Shibboleth
- SAML
- Single Sign-On
properties:
- type: IdentityFederation
  url: https://authentication.ubc.ca/idp/shibboleth
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ubc-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/ubc-domain-standards-conformance.yml