Make government data available digitally.

What success looks like

Digitized government data that are accessible to Canadians.

Government's narrative on progress

The government improved the Open government portal, Open.canada.ca, by adding content from across the Government of Canada and by simplifying the search process for users. The Government of Canada also added the Open by Default Pilot section to the portal, giving Canadians early access to draft and working documents from participating departments. The number of participating federal entities increased from 45 in 2014 to 67 as of October 2018. In the last year, more than 30,000 new data sets were published, and accessed hundreds of thousands of times. The government continues to make new data sets available on open.canada.ca while strengthening the quality, accessibility, and searchability of open data that are relevant to Canadians and to stakeholders in civil society, private sector, media, and academia. The government has repeatedly been recognized internationally as leaders on open government by the Open Government Partnership, which is a multinational organization that brings together government reformers and civil society leaders in order to secure concrete commitments from national and subnational governments to promote open government. Canada was elected to the steering committee of the Open Government Partnership in 2017 for a 3 year term, and in October 2018, it assumed the role of lead government chair. Budget 2018 also announced an investment of $1 million for Treasury Board Secretariat to support Canada’s co-chairmanship of the Open government Partnership and the organization of an international Summit to take place in Ottawa May 29-31, 2019. Finally, in September 2018 Canada ranked 1st globally (tied with the United Kingdom) on the World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Barometer Leaders Edition, which measures progress by 30 leading governments that have made concrete commitments to champion open data.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.