Health Canada Medical Device Licences & Companies

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "licenceId": "9538",
  "licenceNo": 9538,
  "status": "Active",
  "statusCode": "O",
  "deviceName": "ESOPHAGEAL OR RECTAL TEMP",
  "riskClass": 2,
  "licenceType": "Device Family",
  "licenceTypeCode": "F",
  "firstStatusDate": "1999-08-09",
  "lastStatusDate": "2026-08-12",
  "endDate": "2000-10-31",
  "companyId": 106916,
  "companyName": "MEDTRONIC CANADA ULC",
  "companyStatus": "Active",
  "address": "99 Hereford Street",
  "city": "Brampton",
  "province": "ON",
  "country": "CA",
  "postalCode": "L6Y 0R3",
  "sourceUrl": "https://health-products.canada.ca/mdall-limh/",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T03:58:40.044Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Health Canada medical device licence scraper available. It returns every field the Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL) exposes for each licence, joined with its licence-holder company, from licence number, status, device name, and risk class to the full company mailing address, and gives you seven filters to target exactly the licences you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor queries Health Canada's Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL), applies the filters you pass, and writes one normalized record per device licence to the run's dataset. Each licence is joined with its licence-holder company, so every record carries the licence number and status, device name, risk class, licence type, status dates, and the company name plus its full mailing address (street, city, province, country, postal code).

Filter by device-name keyword, company name, risk class, licence status, licence type, and the company's province and country. The MDALL endpoint is open and reachable directly, so no proxy is needed by default.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 100 licences held by companies whose name contains Medtronic.

{
  "companyName": "Medtronic",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Every input is optional. With an empty input the actor returns the most recent device licences. Add deviceKeyword, riskClass, or status to narrow the results.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
deviceKeyword	string	no	(empty)	Only keep licences whose device name contains this text, for example catheter, implant, imaging, glucose.
companyName	string	no	(empty)	Only keep licences whose licence-holder company name contains this text, for example Medtronic, GE Healthcare.
riskClass	string[]	no	(all)	Restrict to one or more device risk classes: 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest).
status	string[]	no	(all)	Restrict to one or more licence statuses: Active, Cancelled, Inactive, Suspended, Expired, Amended, Refused.
licenceType	string[]	no	(all)	Restrict to one or more licence types: Single Device, System, Test Kit, Device Family, Device Group, Device Group Family.
province	string	no	(empty)	Only keep companies in this province/state code, for example ON, QC, BC, or a US state.
country	string	no	(empty)	Only keep companies in this country code, for example CA, US.
maxResults	integer	no	100	Maximum device-licence records to collect.
proxyConfiguration	object	no	(none)	Optional Apify proxy configuration. The MDALL endpoint is reachable directly, so a proxy is not required.

Filters combine with logical AND.

Output reference

One dataset item per device licence, joined with its licence-holder company. Types: string, integer, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
licenceId	string	MDALL licence identifier.
licenceNo	integer	Licence number.
status	string	Licence status, for example Active, Cancelled, Suspended.
statusCode	string	Health Canada status code.
deviceName	string	Name of the licensed device.
riskClass	integer	Device risk class, 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest).
licenceType	string	Licence type, for example Single Device, Device Family.
licenceTypeCode	string	Health Canada licence type code.
firstStatusDate	string	Date of the first status (YYYY-MM-DD).
lastStatusDate	string	Date of the most recent status change (YYYY-MM-DD).
endDate	string	Licence end date when set (YYYY-MM-DD).
companyId	integer	MDALL company identifier.
companyName	string	Licence-holder company name.
companyStatus	string	Company status.
address	string	Company street address.
city	string	Company city.
province	string	Company province/state code.
country	string	Company country code.
postalCode	string	Company postal/ZIP code.
sourceUrl	string	MDALL source URL.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"companyName":"Medtronic"}), a US-based licence holder:

{
  "licenceId": "2850",
  "licenceNo": 2850,
  "status": "Active",
  "statusCode": "O",
  "deviceName": "DLP CARDIAC INSULATORS",
  "riskClass": 2,
  "licenceType": "Single Device",
  "licenceTypeCode": "D",
  "firstStatusDate": "1999-05-14",
  "lastStatusDate": "2026-08-12",
  "endDate": "2002-10-25",
  "companyId": 103188,
  "companyName": "MEDTRONIC CARDIAC SURGICAL PROD., DIV. OF MEDTRONIC INC.",
  "companyStatus": "Active",
  "address": "620 Watson S.W., P.O. Box 409",
  "city": "Grand Rapids",
  "province": "MI",
  "country": "US",
  "postalCode": "49504",
  "sourceUrl": "https://health-products.canada.ca/mdall-limh/",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T03:58:40.050Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~health-canada-device-licences/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"deviceKeyword":"catheter","riskClass":["3","4"],"status":["Active"],"maxResults":50}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~health-canada-device-licences/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"companyName":"GE Healthcare","country":"CA","maxResults":200}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences \
  --input '{"deviceKeyword":"glucose","riskClass":["3"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. Each device-licence record (joined with its company) bills on the result event. See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 records per run. Upgrade for higher maxResults.

FAQ and troubleshooting

How do I find every licence for a company? Set companyName to a name fragment, for example Medtronic. All matching licence-holder companies and their licences are returned.

How do I focus on high-risk devices? Set riskClass to ["3","4"]. Class 3 and 4 are the highest-risk device categories.

Does a record include the company address? Yes. Every licence is joined with its licence-holder company, so each record carries the full mailing address (street, city, province, country, postal code).

Why do some companies have US or other non-Canadian addresses? MDALL lists the licence holder's registered address, which can be outside Canada for a device licensed for the Canadian market. Filter with country to keep only one country.

A run returned 0 records. Why? The filter combination matched nothing, for example a device keyword or company name with no licences. Loosen the filters. Zero-result runs are not charged.

Is this an official Health Canada tool? No. This actor is independent and is not affiliated with Health Canada. It reads only data published in the public MDALL system. Company addresses are public business-registration details; use them in accordance with Health Canada terms and applicable law.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with Health Canada. Accesses only data publicly available in the Health Canada MDALL system. Use in accordance with Health Canada terms of use.