generated: '2026-07-25'
method: searched
source: npm, PyPI, RubyGems, pkg.go.dev, crates.io searches for an OSFI client; https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/open-government-osfi-financial-data/working-open-government-data
  for OSFI's own recommended tooling.
official_sdks: 0
note: OSFI publishes NO client libraries in any language, and its GitHub organization (github.com/osfi-bsif)
  exists but has zero public repositories and no profile metadata, so it is not recorded as a first-party
  source. The packages below are third-party CKAN clients that work against OSFI's data because the portal
  is CKAN — none are first-party, so no SDKs pointer is claimed.
packages:
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: ckanapi
  url: https://pypi.org/project/ckanapi/
  install: pip install ckanapi
  official: false
  maintainer: CKAN community (github.com/ckan/ckanapi)
  note: Generic CKAN Action API client + CLI. Point it at https://open.canada.ca/data/en and call package_search
    / datastore_search.
- language: r
  registry: cran
  name: ckanr
  url: https://cran.r-project.org/package=ckanr
  install: install.packages("ckanr")
  official: false
  maintainer: rOpenSci
  note: Generic CKAN client for R; useful for the FINDAT return series.
provider_recommended_tooling:
  note: OSFI's own guidance points analysts at Excel and Power BI rather than at code; each dataset ships
    a step-by-step guide for pulling it through the Open Government API into those tools.
  source: https://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/en/data-forms/open-government-osfi-financial-data/working-open-government-data
  power_bi_view: The portal has CKAN's power_bi_view extension enabled (status_show).