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🇨🇦 Corporations Canada ~ federal corporation search API

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Real-time API over federally incorporated businesses (CBCA/NFP/co-ops) exposing status, registered office and directors; basic name/status lookups are free, director data needs a free account key.

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# Corporations Canada ~ federal corporation search API needs an API key ~ get yours at:
# https://api.ised-isde.canada.ca/en/docs?api=corporations
curl 'https://api.ised-isde.canada.ca' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

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API: Corporations Canada ~ federal corporation search API
Provider: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Auth: requires an API key (sign up: https://api.ised-isde.canada.ca/en/docs?api=corporations)
Pricing: free
Base URL: https://api.ised-isde.canada.ca
Important note: Real-time API over federally incorporated businesses (CBCA/NFP/co-ops) exposing status, registered office and directors; basic name/status lookups are free, director data needs a free account key.

Source: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (https://api.ised-isde.canada.ca/en/docs?api=corporations)
Source type: Official open-data catalogue
Endpoint type: Open-data catalogue JSON
Integration difficulty: Needs API key
Last checked: 2026-07-05
Production caveat: Keep credentials server-side and confirm current limits, pricing, and webhook/error behaviour in the provider docs.

Help me set up the correct onboarding/authentication path and make the first valid request ~ explain exactly where credentials go and what must happen before production.

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