# British Columbia Data Catalogue

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/  
**Website:** https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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.

## Kin Score — 17.6 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 17.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 46.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 11.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **British Columbia Data Catalogue Agentic Access** — 13 operations

## Security (1)

- **British Columbia Data Catalogue Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **British Columbia Data Catalogue Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Open Data, Government, Canadian Government, British Columbia, Provincial Data, CKAN, Geospatial

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.