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How to Pull Canadian Charity Data via API in 2026
Canada's 85,000 registered charities are available as open data from the CRA, but the dataset ships as separate CSVs that must be joined by Business Number. This post explains how to query the data via CKAN's datastore API without downloading files, or use a hosted API for programmatic access. It also covers the key tables: identification, contact web addresses, and directors/officers.
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A practical guide for developers, but the real value is in the hosted API option that saves the join work.
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