British Columbia Data Catalogue

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 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.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/

Other Resources

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BaseURL
https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.