BC Data docs

statcan_table_dimensions

Dimensions and members of a table

For one curated Statistics Canada table: its dimensions and the member names you can pass to statcan_bc_latest (for example Gender: Women+, Age group: 65 years and older). Geography is fixed to British Columbia.

Cost: 2 units of your allowance (see Rate limits).

Parameters

  • product_id (integer, required): min 10000000, max 99999999

REST

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/v1/tools/statcan_table_dimensions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"product_id":10000000}'

MCP

Call the tool statcan_table_dimensions with these arguments. Over raw JSON-RPC:

curl -X POST https://api.bcmcp.ca/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BCDATA_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"statcan_table_dimensions","arguments":{"product_id":10000000}}}'

What comes back

Every answer is the same envelope, over REST and over MCP: available, data, citations, freshness and notes. See Citations and freshness.

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