How can I access open data for non-U.S. governments?

Question

If I wanted to access US government open data, I would go to data.gov.

What would I do for other countries such as Canada, the UK, or Germany? Is there a master list of open data websites for at least the major countries?

Answer 1

Disclaimer: I work for OpenDataSoft which is behind Open Data Inception project.

Open Data Inception is a project that aim to give a master list and a master map of every Open Data Websites. The data have been both gathered by us and crowdsourced.

• You can find the map here
• Here's a list by country
• And finally, here are the data as an open dataset

There are other similar project if you prefer, Open Data Websites by the OKFN, OpenGeocodes, and tons of Github accounts listing datasets and databases.

Cheers