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  "apiVersion": "v0.1",
  "methodology": "https://sourcescore.org/methodology/",
  "canonical": "https://sourcescore.org/source/statcan/",
  "source": {
    "slug": "statcan",
    "name": "Statistics Canada",
    "domain": "statcan.gc.ca",
    "category": "Government",
    "summary": "Canada's national statistical agency, founded 1971; primary source for Canadian economic + demographic data.",
    "founded": 1971,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
    "methodologyVersion": "v0.1"
  },
  "scores": {
    "index": {
      "value": 82,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B — strong Canadian statistical authority with open-data API; lower velocity vs G7 peers.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 90 + Modern Reference 85 + Velocity 72."
        }
      ]
    },
    "discipline": {
      "value": 90,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Statistics Canada Quality Guidelines explicit; methodology + revisions public; Statistics Canada Act compliant.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Quality guidelines",
          "detail": "statcan.gc.ca/en/concepts/quality publishes methodology + standards."
        }
      ]
    },
    "modernReference": {
      "value": 85,
      "grade": "A",
      "rationale": "Open Data Portal + Web Data Service API; structured datasets; bilingual.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Web Data Service",
          "detail": "Programmatic API + bulk downloads (CSV + SDMX)."
        }
      ]
    },
    "velocity": {
      "value": 72,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Default citation for Canadian statistics; lower international cross-cite vs G7 peers.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Canadian-press default",
          "detail": "Primary citation for Canadian census, GDP, employment data."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "license": {
    "methodology": "Cite as: SourceScore Methodology v0.1, sourcescore.org",
    "data": "Underlying public-source data credited to original publishers"
  }
}