British Columbia Data Catalogue

The British Columbia Data Catalogue is the official open data portal for the Government of British Columbia, Canada. Built on the CKAN open data platform, it provides programmatic access to thousands of BC government datasets spanning census and demographic data, environmental and climate information, geospatial and mapping data, financial reports, transportation and infrastructure data, and health and social services statistics. The CKAN API at api/3/action/ enables searching, listing, and retrieving dataset metadata and resources without authentication. DataBC publishes a first-party OpenAPI 3.0.0 for the catalogue in github.com/bcgov/api-specs, and serves the spatial half of the catalogue separately as OGC WMS 1.3.0 and WFS 2.0.0 at openmaps.gov.bc.ca — 895 layers and 896 feature types from the BC Geographic Warehouse, referenced by 884 catalogue datasets. Everything is published under the Open Government Licence — British Columbia and is free to use with attribution.

British Columbia Data Catalogue publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including BC Data Catalogue CKAN API, Datasets API, Groups API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Open Data, Government, Canadian Government, British Columbia, and Provincial Data.

British Columbia Data Catalogue’s developer surface includes authentication, sandbox, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, and 26 more developer resources.

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43.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

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1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

Open Data GovernmentCanadian GovernmentBritish ColumbiaProvincial DataCKAN Geospatial OGC WMS WFSDataset SearchPublic Sector

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Composite quality — 43.5/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.9 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 17

Access Clarity 4.9 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 6.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 6.9 / 15

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BC Data Catalogue CKAN API

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 in...

British Columbia Data Catalogue Datasets API

The Datasets API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 4 operation(s) for datasets.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Groups API

The Groups API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for groups.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Organizations API

The Organizations API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for organizations.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Resources API

The Resources API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for resources.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Site API

The Site API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 1 operation(s) for site.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Tags API

The Tags API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for tags.

DataBC Public OGC Web Services (WMS/WFS)

DataBC's public OGC endpoint serves the spatial half of the BC Data Catalogue: 895 queryable WMS 1.3.0 layers and 896 WFS 2.0.0 feature types drawn from the BC Geographic Wareho...

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets Groups API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets Organizations API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets Resources API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets Site API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets Tags API

OPEN COLLECTION

BC Data Catalogue CKAN API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

British Columbia Data Catalogue MCP Server

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Authentication

none/apiKey · 3 schemes

SECURITY

British Columbia Data Catalogue Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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British Columbia Data Catalogue Agentic Access

13 operations

13 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

GovernmentPortal

GovernmentPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

MCPServer

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

DataModel

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

TermsOfService

License

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

APIBaseURL

DatasetList

DatasetSearch

Source (apis.yml)

aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-columbia-data-catalogue/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: British Columbia Data Catalogue
tags:
- Open Data
- Government
- Canadian Government
- British Columbia
- Provincial Data
- CKAN
- Geospatial
- OGC
- WMS
- WFS
- Dataset Search
- Public Sector
type: Index
kind: government
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/british-columbia-data-catalogue.png
access: Open
created: '2024-11-07'
modified: '2026-09-04'
position: Producing
description: The British Columbia Data Catalogue is the official open data portal for the Government of British Columbia,
  Canada. Built on the CKAN open data platform, it provides programmatic access to thousands of BC government datasets spanning
  census and demographic data, environmental and climate information, geospatial and mapping data, financial reports, transportation
  and infrastructure data, and health and social services statistics. The CKAN API at api/3/action/ enables searching, listing,
  and retrieving dataset metadata and resources without authentication. DataBC publishes a first-party OpenAPI 3.0.0 for the
  catalogue in github.com/bcgov/api-specs, and serves the spatial half of the catalogue separately as OGC WMS 1.3.0 and WFS
  2.0.0 at openmaps.gov.bc.ca — 895 layers and 896 feature types from the BC Geographic Warehouse, referenced by 884 catalogue
  datasets. Everything is published under the Open Government Licence — British Columbia and is free to use with attribution.
apis:
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:ckan-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: BC Data Catalogue CKAN API
  tags:
  - CKAN
  - Open Data
  - Dataset Search
  - Metadata
  - Government Data
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  properties:
  - url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
    type: Documentation
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-bcdc-api-openapi.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/british-columbia-data-catalogue-bcdc-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://bcgov.github.io/data-publication/pages/dps_bcdc_api_w_common_calls.html
  description: 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.
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-datasets-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Datasets API
  description: The Datasets API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 4 operation(s) for datasets.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Datasets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-datasets-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-groups-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Groups API
  description: The Groups API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for groups.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Group
  tags_raw:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-groups-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-organizations-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-organizations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-resources-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Resources API
  description: The Resources API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for resources.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Resources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-resources-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-site-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Site API
  description: The Site API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 1 operation(s) for site.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Site
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-site-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:british-columbia-data-catalogue-tags-api
  baseURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  name: British Columbia Data Catalogue Tags API
  description: The Tags API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 2 operation(s) for tags.
  humanURL: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-tags-api-openapi.yml
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:databc-public-ogc-services
  baseURL: https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows
  name: DataBC Public OGC Web Services (WMS/WFS)
  description: 'DataBC''s public OGC endpoint serves the spatial half of the BC Data Catalogue: 895 queryable WMS 1.3.0 layers
    and 896 WFS 2.0.0 feature types drawn from the BC Geographic Warehouse. 884 catalogue datasets carry a resource pointing
    at this host, and a resource''s object_name (for example WHSE_LAND_AND_NATURAL_RESOURCE.PROT_CURRENT_FIRE_POLYS_SP) is
    the layer name here, so it is the join between catalogue metadata and live geometry. GetMap and GetFeature return PNG,
    GeoJSON, TopoJSON, UTFGrid, KML, PDF or Atom. No key and no account. The contract is the GetCapabilities document itself,
    saved verbatim in this repo; the service names DataBC as its ows:ServiceProvider (datamaps@gov.bc.ca).'
  humanURL: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-services/web-based-mapping/map-services
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - OGC
  - WMS
  - WFS
  - Open Data
  properties:
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-databc-pub-wms-capabilities.xml
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-databc-pub-wfs-capabilities.xml
  - type: WMS
    url: https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0
  - type: WFS
    url: https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=2.0.0
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-services/web-based-mapping/map-services
common:
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/british-columbia-data-catalogue-authentication.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/british-columbia-data-catalogue-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/british-columbia-data-catalogue-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/british-columbia-data-catalogue-conformance.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/british-columbia-data-catalogue-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/british-columbia-data-catalogue-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/british-columbia-data-catalogue-lifecycle.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/british-columbia-data-catalogue-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/british-columbia-data-catalogue-sandbox.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/british-columbia-data-catalogue-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/british-columbia-data-catalogue-packages.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/british-columbia-data-catalogue-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/british-columbia-data-catalogue-rate-limits.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/british-columbia-data-catalogue-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/british-columbia-data-catalogue-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/british-columbia-data-catalogue-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/british-columbia-data-catalogue-bcdc-api-overlay.yaml
- type: Website
  url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
- type: APIBaseURL
  url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/
- type: DatasetList
  url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/package_list
- type: DatasetSearch
  url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/package_search
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bcgov.github.io/data-publication/pages/dps_bcdc_api_w_how_to_use.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://bcgov.github.io/data-publication/pages/dps_bcdc_api_w_common_calls.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://bcgov.github.io/data-publication/pages/dps_bcdc.html
- type: Support
  url: https://dpdd.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bcgov
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/bcgov/api-specs
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=D1EE0A405E584363B205CD4353E02C88
- type: License
  url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A519A56BC2BF44E4A008B33FCF527F61
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/privacy
- type: GovernmentPortal
  url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-04'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 19
  pass: local-v3

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