{"id":580,"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","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","claude-code","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["measurement","agency-methodology","open-data"],"reference_body":"**For Candid Creative's SMB Kitchener-Waterloo client base, the highest-leverage starting points:**\n\n1. **StatCan Building Permits** (~2,400 municipalities, 95% of population, monthly with ~6-week lag) — construction, real estate, lending, insurance clients. The March 2026 release was published May 19, 2026. <https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260519/dq260519b-eng.htm>\n2. **Ontario Open Data Catalogue** (2,948 datasets — [[ontario-open-data-catalogue-2948-datasets]]) — local government, civic-tech, B2G clients\n3. **EIA APIv2 + CER pipeline data** — energy clients, manufacturers with energy exposure ([[eia-apiv2-free-petroleum-electricity]], [[cer-pipeline-throughput-ogl-canada]])\n4. **MSC GeoMet** — insurance, agriculture, outdoor services, construction scheduling ([[eccc-msc-open-data-end-use-licence]])\n5. **StatCan Labour Force Survey** (7 AM ET monthly) — recruiting, HR-tech, professional services\n\n**Other industries with underexploited Canadian + U.S. open data:**\n\n| Industry | Named dataset | Cadence |\n|---|---|---|\n| **Agriculture** | USDA NASS QuickStats | Updated each weekday |\n| | StatCan Field Crop Reporting Series (32-10-0359-01) | Monthly/seasonal |\n| **Construction** | StatCan Building Permits | Monthly, ~6-week lag |\n| | U.S. Census Building Permits Survey | Monthly |\n| **Fuel / Energy** | EIA APIv2 (Petroleum, Electricity, NatGas) | Weekly/monthly |\n| | Canada Energy Regulator – pipeline throughput | Monthly |\n| | NRCan Comprehensive Energy Use Database | Annual |\n| **Environmental services** | MSC Open Data (weather/climate/water) | Real-time via AMQP |\n| | EPA Envirofacts | Daily |\n| **Transportation** | StatCan Table 23-10-0308-01 (vehicle registrations) | Annual |\n| **Healthcare** | CIHI public reports | Quarterly/annual |\n| | CMS public use files (US) | Varies |\n| **Forestry** | National Forestry Database | Annual |\n\n**The \"no-scraping\" discipline is strategic, not just legal** — scraped pipelines break on every website redesign; OGL-Canada feeds don't. See [[rule-build-on-official-open-data-not-scraping]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"statistics-canada-open-licence-value-added","title":"Statistics Canada Open Licence: explicitly permits \"use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell value-added products\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"ontario-open-data-catalogue-2948-datasets","title":"Ontario Open Data Catalogue: 2,948 datasets under OGL-Ontario v1.0","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"cer-pipeline-throughput-ogl-canada","title":"Canada Energy Regulator: pipeline throughput/capacity/tolls + Market Snapshots, all under OGL-Canada","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"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","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"eia-apiv2-free-petroleum-electricity","title":"U.S. EIA APIv2: free registered-key access to petroleum/electricity/gas/coal/STEO/AEO data; WPSR releases 10:30 AM ET Wednesdays","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"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":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.255Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.255Z"}