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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.

British Columbia Data Catalogue publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Datasets API, Groups API, Organizations API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Open Data, Government, Canadian Government, British Columbia, and Provincial Data.

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27.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
7 APIs
Open DataGovernmentCanadian GovernmentBritish ColumbiaProvincial DataCKANGeospatial

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 27.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 11.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

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.

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Open Collections 1

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

BC Data Catalogue CKAN API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

British Columbia Data Catalogue Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

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

British Columbia Data Catalogue Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

British Columbia Data Catalogue Agentic Access

13 operations

13 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GovernmentPortal
GovernmentPortal

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

APIBaseURL
APIBaseURL
 DatasetList
DatasetList
 DatasetSearch
DatasetSearch

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
type: Index
kind: government
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: '2026-04-21'
position: Consumer
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.
apis:
- aid: british-columbia-data-catalogue:ckan-api
  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
  - url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
    type: BaseURL
  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
  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
  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:
  - 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
  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:
  - 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
  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
  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
  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
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/british-columbia-data-catalogue-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/british-columbia-data-catalogue-domain-security.yml
- 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: GovernmentPortal
  url: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/bc-data-catalogue
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'