Canada Publishing Itself Screensaver
The Canada Publishing Itself screensaver shows datasets newly published to Canada's open government portal, key-less. Titles and department names arrive bilingually in a single string separated by a pipe, so the pipeline keeps the first half rather than drawing "Health Canada | Santé Canada" on every row. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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Press ESC to leave fullscreen. Settings are saved in your browser only.
How the Canada Publishing Itself screensaver works
The saver reads the source described above and draws it on a canvas — no account, no tracking.
Datasets newly published to Canada's open government portal, key-less. Titles and department names arrive bilingually in a single string separated by a pipe, so the pipeline keeps the first half rather than drawing "Health Canada | Santé Canada" on every row.
It refreshes on a schedule, so what you see stays current.
Colours can be changed in settings; nothing is stored beyond your own browser.
What Canada's open data catalogue holds
Open Government is the Government of Canada’s public portal for datasets, and its catalogue gathers records published by federal departments and agencies. Material is released under the Open Government Licence – Canada, which grants a free, long-term right to copy, modify, publish and distribute the information, including for commercial use, as long as you give the attribution the provider specifies.
Because Canada is officially bilingual, records are published in English and French. In the underlying feed the two language versions of a title or department name often arrive combined in a single string separated by a pipe character, and the saver splits them to show a clean title.
A catalogue date is when the catalogue entry was made, not necessarily when the data was collected, so a record listed this week may describe figures from several years ago. The catalogue also contains much more than spreadsheets, such as documents and maps alongside statistical tables. The screen shows the newest listings, so it reflects what departments are currently choosing to publish, not what data exists or is most important.
A worked example
Datasets newly published to Canada's open government portal, key-less. Titles and department names arrive bilingually in a single string separated by a pipe, so the pipeline keeps the first half rather than drawing "Health Canada | Santé Canada" on every row.
Settings & tips
- Accent and Background recolour the display.
- Every value on screen comes from the live source — nothing is simulated.
- Press ESC to leave fullscreen.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — it comes from the source named on this page and is refreshed on a schedule.
- Is a key needed?
- No. This source is fully key-less.
- Is it free?
- Yes, and it runs entirely in your browser.
- Is the date the day the data was collected?
- Not necessarily. It reflects the catalogue record, and the underlying data may cover earlier periods.
- Why do titles appear in two languages in the raw data?
- Canadian federal publications are bilingual, and the catalogue stores English and French text together in one field.