Statistics Canada and Open Data

This paper is intended to give a brief overview of Statistics Canada’s involvement with open data. It will first discuss how the principles of open data are being adopted in the agency’s ongoing dissemination practices. It will then discuss the agency’s involvement with the whole of government open data initiative. This involvement is twofold: Statistics Canada is the major data contributor to the Government of Canada Open Data portal, but also plays an important behind the scenes role as the service provider responsible for developing and maintaining the Open Data portal (which is now part of the wider Open Government portal.)