Ontario Open Data: Search Datasets

ontariodatacatalogue/search-datasets

Searches the Ontario Data Catalogue by keyword and returns matching dataset records: title, description, licence, publishing ministry, update frequency and the download links of each file. Pages with rows and start. Only datasets released under the Open Government Licence – Ontario are searched. Data from the Ontario Data Catalogue, served by Eden Engine; not an official Government of Ontario product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

Ontario Data Catalogue

Dataset metadata from the Ontario Data Catalogue (data.ontario.ca), Government of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario; only datasets released under that licence are served, and each record names it in `license_id`. Passed through unmodified. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Government of Ontario product.

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Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "ontariodatacatalogue/search-datasets" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "ontariodatacatalogue/search-datasets" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "ontariodatacatalogue/search-datasets", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "ontariodatacatalogue/search-datasets", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The search text, for example `covid`, `school boards` or `title:housing`. Solr query syntax is accepted."
    },
    "rows": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many datasets to return, 1 to 20. Leave out for the catalogue default (10)."
    },
    "sort": {
      "enum": [
        "score desc, metadata_modified desc",
        "metadata_modified desc",
        "title_string asc"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Order of the matches. Leave out for best match first."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "How many matches to skip, for the next page. Leave out to start at the first."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "count",
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many datasets matched in total."
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "title"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's unique id (a UUID)."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's slug, the id the dataset lookup takes."
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "description": "The dataset's keyword tags."
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's description."
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's title."
          },
          "resources": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "description": "The dataset's files and links, each with a name, format and download `url`."
          },
          "license_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The licence code, for example OGL-ON-1.0 (Open Government Licence – Ontario)."
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "The publishing ministry or agency.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "license_title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The licence name."
          },
          "update_frequency": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "How often the data is meant to be refreshed."
          },
          "metadata_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "When the record was last changed."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The datasets on this page."
    }
  },
  "description": "The match count and one page of dataset records.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}