You can access the Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("loudtzu/cra-charities").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Canada Charity Lookup API – CRA Registered Charities API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data API in JavaScript

Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data API through CLI

Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data OpenAPI definition

Canadian Registered Charities (CRA) – Open Data API

UK Charity Commission Search

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Canada Charity Data — Directors & Financials (CRA T3010)

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Search 80K+ Canadian registered charities from the official CRA T3010 open data — identity, category, address, website, plus optional directors/trustees and detailed financials (revenue, expenditures, assets). Open Government Licence — Canada, no key.

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UK Charity Data — Trustees, Contact & Financials

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New Zealand Charities Register

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One structured charity_record per registered organisation from New Zealand's official Charities Register — keyless, logged-out, CC BY 3.0 NZ.

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Travis M

New Zealand Charity Status Check

nexgenwatch/nz-charity-status-check

One charity_status_check verdict per queried charity — resolve a registration number (CCxxxxx), NZBN, or exact name against the official NZ Charities Register OData feed, keyless and logged-out.

NexGen Watch

Maple Ridge Building Permits – Open Data API

loudtzu/maple-ridge-permits

Pull building permits from the City of Maple Ridge, BC official open data: type, status, dates, value. No street addresses or descriptions.

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Open Data Feed Watcher – Socrata, ArcGIS, CKAN

loudtzu/open-data-feed-watcher

Watch open data datasets and whole portals (Socrata, ArcGIS, CKAN) using metadata only: stale data, column changes, row-count jumps, licence and title changes, endpoint errors, possible personal-info columns. Snapshot kept between runs. JSON/CSV. $0.005 per check.

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Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts – Health Canada, CFIA, TC

loudtzu/health-canada-recalls

Government of Canada recalls and safety alerts (food, consumer products, vehicles, drugs, medical devices) from official open data. Filter by agency, category, class and date.

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