{"id":560,"slug":"eccc-msc-open-data-end-use-licence","title":"ECCC/MSC Open Data: free anonymous access to weather/climate/water via OGC-compliant GeoMet APIs","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","dev","candid-team"],"topics":["tech-stack","open-data"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Environment and Climate Change Canada / Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) publishes weather, climate, and water datasets via OGC-compliant APIs through MSC GeoMet — *\"anonymous and free of charge.\"*\n\n**Sources:**\n- <https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/>\n- <https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/msc-geomet/readme_en/>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Required attribution:** *\"Contains information licenced under the **Data Server End-use Licence of Environment and Climate Change Canada**.\"* (Note: third-party data inside MSC products may carry separate terms — check per-dataset metadata.)\n\n**For Candid client use:** Weather data drives insurance, agriculture, outdoor services, and construction scheduling. The MSC AMQP feed delivers near-real-time updates — buildable into alerting products. Pairs with [[noaa-nws-public-domain-disclaimer]] for the U.S. side.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"ogl-canada-v2-perpetual-royalty-free-commercial","title":"OGL-Canada v2.0: worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence for commercial use","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"attribution-checklist-by-source","title":"Reference: compliance-grade attribution checklist by open-data source","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"underexploited-canadian-open-data-by-industry","title":"Reference: underexploited Canadian open data by industry — highest-leverage starts for KW SMB clients","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-public-data-private-moat","title":"Research brief: Public data as a private moat — building proprietary intelligence from government open data (piece 11 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.158Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.158Z"}