Transport Canada Authentication

generated: '2026-07-28'
method: derived
source: >-
  Derived from the machine-readable service descriptors harvested into
  capabilities/ and from the anonymous HTTP probes recorded in review.yml
  (2026-07-28). Transport Canada publishes no OpenAPI, so there are no
  securitySchemes to aggregate; this profile records the auth model that the
  live endpoints actually enforce.
docs: https://open.canada.ca/en/access-our-application-programming-interface-api
summary:
  types: [none]
  api_key_in: []
  oauth2_flows: []
  note: >-
    All three Transport Canada public interfaces are genuinely unauthenticated.
    Every probe in review.yml was issued from a clean anonymous client and
    returned HTTP 200. There is no API key, no OAuth client registration, no
    signed request, and no click-through terms gate. "Self-serve" here means
    no credential exists, not "register for a free key".
schemes: []
apis:
  - aid: transport-canada:transport-canada-vehicle-recalls-database-api
    baseURL: https://data.tc.gc.ca/v1.3/api/eng/vehicle-recall-database
    authentication: none
    evidence: >-
      GET /v1.3/api/eng/vehicle-recall-database/recall/recall-number/2024001?format=json
      returned 200 with a full record and no credential (review.yml probes).
  - aid: transport-canada:transport-canada-canadian-airports-arcgis-rest-api
    baseURL: >-
      https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/rest/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer
    authentication: none
    evidence: >-
      MapServer?f=json and layer 0 /query both returned 200 anonymously. The
      ArcGIS service descriptor declares no token endpoint and no secured
      capability (capabilities/transport-canada-airports-arcgis-mapserver.json).
  - aid: transport-canada:transport-canada-canadian-airports-wms
    baseURL: >-
      https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer/WMSServer
    authentication: none
    evidence: >-
      WMS_Capabilities 1.3.0 carries an empty <Fees/> element and an
      <AccessConstraints> of "Open Government Licence - Canada" — the OGC
      encoding of unrestricted access
      (capabilities/transport-canada-airports-wms-capabilities.xml).
authorization:
  model: none
  scopes: none
  note: >-
    There is no scope, role or permission surface. Access control is exercised
    upstream of the API by deciding which datasets get published at all; the
    published surface is fully open under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
gated_surfaces:
  - name: Drone Management Portal
    url: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/drone-management-portal
    authentication: GCKey / Sign-In Partner account (interactive only)
    note: >-
      Regulatory account service for RPAS registration and pilot certificates.
      Human sign-in only; no public API, no OAuth client registration, and no
      documented machine interface.
  - name: Canadian Civil Aircraft Register (CCARCS)
    url: https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/RchSimp.aspx
    authentication: none
    note: >-
      Unauthenticated but non-programmatic — an ASP.NET search form capped at
      1000 results with no API and no bulk download.
license: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada