Opendata Canada MCP
An MCP server that connects AI agents to the Canadian federal open data catalogue (open.canada.ca) via CKAN. It provides tools to search datasets by keyword, retrieve specific datasets by ID or slug, list publishing organizations, and explore subject-area themes, enabling agents to access and analyze public government data without authentication.
Package and access
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- Popularity 1 GitHub star
What you can do with it
- Search open.canada.ca datasets by keyword
- Retrieve specific dataset details by ID or slug
- List government organizations publishing datasets
- Explore subject-area themes and filters
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
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- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"opendata-canada-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"opendata-canada-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"opendata-canada-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"opendata-canada-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opendata-canada@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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