Government

Open Government, Canada integrations

Connect Open Government, Canada to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Canadian Government Open Data. Public open-data portal — search dataset catalogs and retrieve published government records, statistics and reference data over a free, credential-less API.

No account neededopen.canada.ca

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want to automate with Open Government, Canada?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

Set it up in your client
Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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Pair it

Connect Open Government, Canada with another app

What your agent can do with Open Government, Canada

Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 5 actions

  • Trigger
    New dataset

    Fires when a new dataset is published to the Open Government portal.

  • Action
    Find datasets

    Search the Open Government portal's catalog of published datasets by keyword, tag, or organization.

  • Action
    Find records in a data resource

    Query the tabular records stored in a dataset's DataStore-backed resource, with filtering and search.

  • Action
    Get dataset

    Retrieve the full record for one published dataset, including its resources and metadata.

  • Action
    Get organization

    Retrieve details for one publishing organization, including its datasets.

  • Action
    List organizations

    List the government organizations that publish datasets on the portal.

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Open Government, Canada, answered

Is there a Open Government, Canada MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Open Government, Canada. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Open Government, Canada actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Open Government, Canada. Nothing to install.

What can start an automation from Open Government, Canada?

Any of Open Government, Canada's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New dataset. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Open Government, Canada?

Any of Open Government, Canada's 5 actions, including Find datasets, Find records in a data resource, Get dataset and Get organization. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Open Government, Canada directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Open Government, Canada two ways. Ask it to do something in Open Government, Canada once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Open Government, Canada API?

No. APIANT connects to the Open Government, Canada API for you. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Open Government, Canada triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Open Government, Canada API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Open Government, Canada connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Open Government, Canada with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.