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ontario

Ontario Government Open Data Catalogue (data.ontario.ca). 2,946+ datasets across 20+ ministries: Health, Education, Finance, Agriculture, Transportation, Environment, and more. Includes curated datasets such as population projections (2024–2051). Licensed under the Open Government Licence - Ontario.

6tools
All tools accept lang: "en" | "fr". Open each tool below for its source-derived parameters.
01

ontario_search_datasets

Search Ontario's Open Data Catalogue (data.ontario.ca) for datasets by keyword.

Use forfinding Ontario provincial government datasets on any topic — health, education, population, housing, transit, environment, finance, infrastructure, energy, and more.

ontario, provincial, open data, search, dataset, catalogue, government, ministry, health, education, population, housing, transit, environment, finance, infrastructure

ParameterTypeDefault
querystrrequired
filtersstr | NoneNone
rowsint10
startint0
sortstr'relevance asc'
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'
02

ontario_get_dataset_details

Get full details for a specific Ontario Open Data dataset including all resources.

Use forretrieving complete metadata, resources list, and description for a known dataset ID or name slug from data.ontario.ca. Resources capped at 10.

ontario, dataset, details, metadata, resources, files, open data, provincial, package, description, organization, tags, ckan, ministry

ParameterTypeDefault
dataset_idstrrequired
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'
03

ontario_get_resource

Get details for a specific data resource (file) from the Ontario Open Data Catalogue.

Use forretrieving format, size, URL, and description for a known resource UUID from data.ontario.ca datasets. Use after ontario_get_dataset_details to inspect individual files.

ontario, resource, file, download, url, format, csv, excel, xlsx, json, xml, pdf, size, open data, provincial, dataset resource

ParameterTypeDefault
resource_idstrrequired
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'
04

ontario_list_organizations

List all Ontario government ministries and agencies that publish open data.

Use fordiscovering which Ontario ministries and departments publish datasets, finding organizations by name, or browsing available data publishers on data.ontario.ca.

ontario, ministries, organizations, departments, publishers, provincial, government, agencies, list, browse, open data, catalogue

ParameterTypeDefault
sortstr'name asc'
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'
05

ontario_get_dataset_stats

Get aggregate statistics for the Ontario Open Data Catalogue (data.ontario.ca).

Use forfinding out how many datasets are available on the Ontario Open Data portal, getting a high-level overview of the data.ontario.ca catalogue size and scope.

ontario, statistics, stats, count, total, datasets, portal, summary, overview, provincial, open data, catalogue, how many

ParameterTypeDefault
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'
06

ontario_get_population_projections

Fetch Ontario Ministry of Finance population projections by age and gender (2024-2051).

Use forgetting Ontario population forecasts, demographic projections, provincial growth estimates, age distribution, gender breakdown from the Ministry of Finance.

ontario, population, projections, forecast, demographics, growth, ministry of finance, provincial, age, gender, scenario, reference, 2024, 2051, estimates

ParameterTypeDefault
scenariostr | NoneNone
yearint | NoneNone
genderstr | NoneNone
filterstr | NoneNone
langLiteral['en', 'fr']'en'