Canadian Federal Department Registry With Bilingual Titles

Open Government Portal Department List contains the registry of departments and organizations registered on Canada's open data portal. The dataset includes bilingual title fields in English and French, along with historical and unified department identifiers. It is maintained by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Build a lookup service for government departments using the `open_canada_id` field as a primary key.
• Analyze naming conventions by comparing `title_en` and `title_fr` fields across departments.
• Map historical department structures using the `department_number` and `umd_number` identifiers.
• Create a standardized department directory by joining on `uuid` or `open_canada_id` with other open government datasets.

Strengths

• Provides official bilingual naming with `title_en` and `title_fr` columns.
• Includes multiple unique identifiers (`uuid`, `open_canada_id`, `umd_number`) for reliable linking.
• Maintained by the authoritative Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
• Updated recently, with a last update timestamp of March 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown row count prevents assessment of completeness for all federal entities.
• Lacks descriptive metadata about department functions or hierarchies beyond names and IDs.
• Sample data is unavailable, making initial data structure validation impossible.

Provenance

Source

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Collection Method

Registered list from the Open Government Portal (open.canada.ca).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26.

Geography

Canada (federal government departments and organizations).