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Government of Canada Provider Extension

This package provides access to Canadian government and central-bank data, integrating the Bank of Canada Valet API and the Statistics Canada SDMX REST API.

Installation

Install into a Python environment (3.10 - 3.13) from PyPI with:

pip install openbb-government-ca

Then build the Python static assets:

openbb-build

Credentials

Credentials are not required. Both the Bank of Canada and Statistics Canada APIs are public.

Coverage

Coverage is added incrementally. See the package namespaces:

  • obb.boc.* — Bank of Canada data
  • obb.statscan.* — Statistics Canada data

Usage

The package can be used as a Python module, or a REST API.

REST API

Start the server over localhost with:

openbb-api

Python

from openbb import obb