Statistics Canada Web Data Service
by statcan.gc.ca
Statistics
Added on November 7th, 2026
Checked and working on November 7th, 2026
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What it does
Statistics Canada's Web Data Service gives Canada's official statistical tables (population, labour, prices, trade, health) with their metadata, series and data points, for example to follow the Canadian consumer price index. Most methods are POST requests with a small JSON body naming a table or vector; whole tables also download as CSV. Free, no key needed.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, no key needed.
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON, CSV
- Interface
- REST
- Provider
- statcan.gc.ca
- Last checked
- Working on November 7th, 2026
More information: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/developers/wds
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Example request
curl
curl -X POST 'https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getCubeMetadata' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '[{"productId":17100005}]'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getCubeMetadata", {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify([{"productId":17100005}]),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/wds/rest/getCubeMetadata",
json=[
{
"productId": 17100005,
},
],
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.