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Discover open-source software founded or developed in Canada — from academic projects to government tools and community initiatives.

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rc-servers

Featured Gaming
Graham Littlewood 2025 Ottawa, Ontario GPL-3.0 v1.2.2

rc-servers reimplements all Robocraft servers to make the defunct game playable again. The project is fully self-hostable and does not require any game client modifications. After the shutdown of FreeJam, the British game studio behind Robocraft, and inspired by the Stop Killing Games movement, the OpenJam project was founded in Ottawa to keep their games running.

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OpenHMD

Media & Design
Joey Ferwerda & contributors, Canadian team 2013 Toronto, Ontario Boost Software License v0.3.0

OpenHMD is a free and open-source API and drivers for immersive technology such as head-mounted displays (VR/AR). Canadian developers have been central contributors, and the project supports a wide range of VR headsets on Linux.

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LibreOffice

Office
The Document Foundation (with major Canadian contributors) 2010 National, National MPL-2.0 v24.8

LibreOffice is the world's leading free and open-source office suite. Canada's open-source community has long championed LibreOffice adoption, and Canadian contributors actively participate in development, translation into French, and accessibility improvements.

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OpenMRS

Health & Medicine
Regenstrief Institute (University of Toronto key contributor) 2004 Toronto, Ontario MPL-2.0 v2.7

OpenMRS is an open-source medical record system used in developing countries. The University of Toronto and affiliated Canadian researchers are among the primary contributors to its core platform and modules, helping deliver healthcare technology globally.

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NRC Open Tools

Science & Research
National Research Council of Canada 2010 Ottawa, Ontario MIT / Apache-2.0 vVarious

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) publishes numerous open-source tools and datasets for materials science, climate modelling, construction standards, and aerospace research. Their open-data and open-software initiatives are publicly available via the Government of Canada's open resource portal.

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Freenet

Networking
Ian Clarke (primarily), Canadian contributors 2000 Edinburgh / Toronto, Ontario GPL-2.0 v0.7.5

Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication and publishing. Ian Clarke, whose work has strong Canadian roots, created the project. Canadian privacy advocates and technical contributors have been essential to the project's ongoing development and adoption.

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Sage Math (PIMS Supported)

Mathematics
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) 2005 Vancouver, British Columbia GPL-3.0 v10.4

SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system. The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), a consortium of Canadian universities, provides infrastructure and hosting for SageMath and has been a key institutional backer of open mathematical software in Canada.

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Axiom

Mathematics
Tim Daly, Canadian NSERC-funded contributions 1971 Toronto, Ontario BSD v2023.01

Axiom is a free, open-source computer algebra system with a long history. Canadian mathematicians supported through NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) have contributed significantly to its formal mathematics libraries and documentation.

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Pidgin

Communication
Mark Spencer, Canadian community contributions 1997 Various, National GPL-2.0 v2.14.x

Pidgin is a free and open-source multi-protocol instant messaging client. Canadian open-source developers have long been contributors to Pidgin and its underlying libpurple library, which supports dozens of chat protocols.

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NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon

Language & Text
Dr. Saif Mohammad – National Research Council Canada 2010 Ottawa, Ontario Research License (Free) v0.92

Developed by the National Research Council of Canada, the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon (EmoLex) is a widely-cited open linguistic resource mapping words to emotions and sentiments. It is freely available for research and has been used in thousands of NLP studies worldwide.

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OSCAR EMR

Health & Medicine
McMaster University 2001 Hamilton, Ontario GPL-2.0 v19.x

OSCAR EMR (Open Source Clinical Application Resource) is a Canadian-developed open-source electronic medical records system used by thousands of primary care physicians across Canada. Developed at McMaster University, it supports bilingual interfaces and Canadian-specific clinical workflows including OHIP billing.

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Talent Cloud

Communication
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 2018 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Experimental Government of Canada recruiting and talent platform.

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Algorithmic Impact Assessment

Science & Research
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat 2019 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Tool for assessing the impact of automated decision systems in Government of Canada.

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StatCan RTRA

Health & Medicine
Statistics Canada 2019 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Real Time Remote Access tooling and documentation for Statistics Canada workflows.

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BCGov Cas Pipeline

System & Infrastructure
Government of British Columbia 2020 Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

CI/CD pipeline patterns for B.C. climate action systems.

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Open511 API

Health & Medicine
Government of British Columbia 2014 Victoria, British Columbia MIT

API implementation components for the Open511 road-event data standard.

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D-Wave Ocean SDK

Security
D-Wave Quantum 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Python SDK umbrella package for solving problems on D-Wave quantum computers.

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dimod

Security
D-Wave Quantum 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Shared API for binary quadratic models and samplers in D-Wave Ocean.

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dwave-neal

Security
D-Wave Quantum 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Simulated annealing sampler for binary quadratic models.

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dwave-networkx

Security
D-Wave Quantum 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Apache-2.0

NetworkX algorithms and generators for D-Wave optimization examples.

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penaltymodel

Security
D-Wave Quantum 2017 Burnaby, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Penalty model generation tools for binary quadratic optimization.

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Toxiproxy

System & Infrastructure
Shopify 2014 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Proxy for simulating network and system conditions in tests.

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Bootsnap

System & Infrastructure
Shopify 2017 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Ruby boot-time optimizer and cache library.

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go-lua

System & Infrastructure
Shopify 2014 Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Lua VM implemented in Go.

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The Littlest JupyterHub

Other
2i2c / Canadian research contributors 2018 Toronto, Ontario BSD-3-Clause

Simple JupyterHub distribution used in education and research deployments.

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Moh Primd

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Moh Primd is an open-source project or repository maintained by Government of British Columbia in Canada.

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Cloud Guardrails IBM

Communication
Government of Canada Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Tools and policy checks that help Government of Canada teams evaluate IBM Cloud deployments against common cloud guardrails. It is useful for repeatable compliance reviews, documentation of security expectations, and sharing implementation patterns across departments.

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Ransomware Prevention Guardrails

Communication
Government of Canada Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Minimum guardrails and practical guidance for preventing ransomware in Government of Canada environments. The project is useful as a policy and control reference for security teams reviewing digital services.

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GC Data Ecosystem

Communication
Government of Canada Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Repository used for Government of Canada data ecosystem experiments and supporting code. It captures early work around cataloguing, connecting, and documenting data resources across departments.

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Azure Landing Zone Base Cloud Architecture

Communication
Government of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

PowerShell reference implementation for an Azure landing-zone base cloud architecture. It documents reusable public-sector patterns for secure cloud account and network foundations.

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AAW Kubeflow Containers Multistage Testing

Development Tools
Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

Archived testing repository for containers used in Kubeflow-based Advanced Analytics Workspaces. It demonstrates build and test patterns for data-science images used by public-sector analytics teams.

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Banff Statistical Procedures

Development Tools
Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

Official Statistics Canada repository for Banff procedures, a modular statistical package for data editing and imputation. It supports production-quality statistical processing and modernization of survey data workflows.

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Zone Kubeflow Containers

Development Tools
Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

Container images built for use with Kubeflow in Statistics Canada data-science environments. The repository supports repeatable notebook and workload images for analytics users.

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EpiSim

Development Tools
Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

R package that builds multi-compartment epidemiological models from Excel-defined model structures. It includes sensitivity-analysis and visualization tools for users modelling infectious-disease scenarios.

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G-Series in R

Development Tools
Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Other

R implementation of Statistics Canada generalized G-Series methods for time-series benchmarking and balancing. It modernizes SAS-based statistical production procedures into an open R package.

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Service Inventory Lookup

Communication
Canadian Digital Service Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Tiny lookup utility that helps CDS teams find service IDs in the Government of Canada service inventory. It is a simple support tool for connecting digital products to service-management metadata.

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Static Content Lambda

Communication
Canadian Digital Service Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Go wrapper for serving static content from an AWS Lambda environment. It gives teams a lightweight way to deploy simple static assets through serverless infrastructure.

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Simplify Privacy Statements V2

Communication
Canadian Digital Service Ottawa, Ontario MIT

Starter-app based prototype for simplifying privacy statements in government services. It explores how plain-language content and service design can make privacy notices easier to understand.

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GeoBC Authorization Tools Dashboards

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Analytics dashboards for GeoBC authorization tools, helping teams understand usage and operational patterns. The repository supports evidence-based improvements to geospatial access services.

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BRMB PIM

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Java repository supporting the Base Resource Management Branch product-information-management ecosystem. It provides backend components for natural-resource data and business workflows.

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Try Quickstart

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Other

Companion repository for experimenting with B.C. Government quickstart OpenShift workflows. It is intended as a lightweight sandbox for validating platform onboarding and deployment patterns.

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Indy Catalyst

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

B.C. Government project for decentralized identity and Hyperledger Indy ecosystem experimentation. It supports pilots, integration work and shared components for verifiable credential services.

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CIRRAS Claims Calculator

Communication
Government of British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Apache-2.0

Java application for calculating claims in the CIRRAS agricultural insurance ecosystem. It supports structured business logic for claim evaluation and public-sector program administration.

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