# Health Canada Medical Device Licences & Companies (`scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences`) Actor

Scrape Health Canada active medical device licences (MDALL): licence no/status, device name, risk class 1-4, licence type, status dates, plus the licence-holder company with full mailing address. Filter by risk class, status, company, device keyword, licence type and province.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapers\_lat/health-canada-device-licences.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrapers Lat](https://apify.com/scrapers_lat) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Health Canada Medical Device Licences & Companies

Get Canada's official **Medical Device Active Licence Listing (MDALL)** as clean, structured data — every licensed medical device joined with the **licence-holder company and its full mailing address**. Ideal for regulatory intelligence, KYB/supplier due diligence, competitive monitoring and lead generation in the medical device sector.

### What you get

Each record is one device licence enriched with its company:

- **licenceNo / licenceId** — Health Canada device licence number
- **status** — Active, Cancelled, Inactive, Suspended, Expired, Amended, Refused
- **deviceName** — the licensed device / product name
- **riskClass** — device risk class 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest)
- **licenceType** — Single Device, System, Test Kit, Device Family, Device Group, Device Group Family
- **firstStatusDate / lastStatusDate / endDate** — licence lifecycle dates
- **companyName / companyId / companyStatus** — the licence holder
- **address / city / province / country / postalCode** — full company mailing address

### Filters

Narrow the catalogue to exactly what you need:

- **Device keyword** — e.g. `catheter`, `implant`, `imaging`, `glucose`
- **Company name** — e.g. `Medtronic`, `GE Healthcare`
- **Risk class** — Class 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (multi-select)
- **Licence status** — Active / Cancelled / Inactive / …
- **Licence type** — Single Device / System / Test Kit / …
- **Province / region code** — `ON`, `QC`, `BC`, US state codes …
- **Country code** — `CA`, `US`, …
- **Max results** — cap how many licences to return

### Example output

```json
{
  "licenceNo": 9538,
  "status": "Active",
  "deviceName": "ESOPHAGEAL OR RECTAL TEMP",
  "riskClass": 2,
  "licenceType": "Device Family",
  "firstStatusDate": "1999-08-09",
  "companyName": "MEDTRONIC CANADA ULC",
  "address": "99 Hereford Street",
  "city": "Brampton",
  "province": "ON",
  "country": "CA",
  "postalCode": "L6Y 0R3"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per result. You are charged only for licence records actually returned — never on failure. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 results per run.

### Notes

- Data reflects Health Canada's public MDALL directory and refreshes daily.
- Company mailing addresses come from the official company directory joined by company id.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of device-licence records to collect.

## `deviceKeyword` (type: `string`):

Only keep licences whose device name contains this text (e.g. 'catheter', 'implant', 'imaging', 'glucose'). Leave empty for all devices.

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Only keep licences whose licence-holder company name contains this text (e.g. 'Medtronic', 'GE Healthcare').

## `riskClass` (type: `array`):

Restrict to one or more device risk classes (1 = lowest risk, 4 = highest risk). Leave empty for all classes.

## `status` (type: `array`):

Restrict to one or more licence statuses. Leave empty for all statuses.

## `licenceType` (type: `array`):

Restrict to one or more licence types. Leave empty for all types.

## `province` (type: `string`):

Only keep licence-holder companies in this province/state code (e.g. 'ON', 'QC', 'BC' for Canada, or US state codes). Optional.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Only keep licence-holder companies in this country code (e.g. 'CA', 'US'). Optional.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. The Health Canada API is an open endpoint reachable directly, so a proxy is not required.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResults": 100,
  "riskClass": [],
  "status": [],
  "licenceType": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "maxResults": 100,
    "deviceKeyword": "",
    "companyName": "",
    "province": "",
    "country": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "maxResults": 100,
    "deviceKeyword": "",
    "companyName": "",
    "province": "",
    "country": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "maxResults": 100,
  "deviceKeyword": "",
  "companyName": "",
  "province": "",
  "country": ""
}' |
apify call scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapers_lat/health-canada-device-licences"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/70fvJAm41P1xiKdzB/builds/Mt3A8QRc1LYHPNGDW/openapi.json