Open NshipyardAbout CRED
What is CRED
CRED stands for Canadian Research Economic Data: one search box across Statistics Canada and the Bank of Canada, one chart interaction language (ranges, download, compare, share), and a public API. Statistics Canada publishes over 5,000 data cubes as vectors, not named series, so the missing piece is not the data, it is packaging: curated titles, consistent units, and recession shading from the C.D. Howe Institute on every chart. The chart layout is inspired by FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data).
Sources
| Source | Coverage | Update cadence | Licence | Role in v1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics Canada Web Data Service | LFS, CPI, GDP, trade, retail, 5,000+ cubes | Monthly/quarterly, daily delta file | Statistics Canada Open Licence: reuse and republish with attribution | Core: about 85% of v1 series |
| Bank of Canada Valet API | Policy rate, bond yields, daily FX, monetary aggregates | Daily | Free reuse with attribution | Rates and markets |
| Canada Energy Regulator open data | Energy trade: crude, natural gas, LNG, NGL and electricity exports and imports | Monthly files, harvested monthly | Open Government Licence, Canada: reuse and republish with attribution | Energy category trade series |
| C.D. Howe Institute Business Cycle Council | Canadian recession peak/trough dates (1929+) | Per cycle | Public, cite with attribution | Recession shading on every chart |
CRED is never sourced from FRED itself: FRED's terms forbid building a competing product on its data.
Tutorials
Short walkthroughs of what CRED can do. The first three cover: reading the yield curve with the 10-year GoC spread, comparing provincial unemployment rates, and pulling a series through the public API.
Digital Badges
Saved graphs and embeddable badges need user accounts. Accounts are not in v1, so badges ship later; nothing is half-built here.
Branding and press
For press and partners: download the CRED logo below. Use the full-color logo on light backgrounds, the white logo on dark backgrounds, and the monochrome logo only when a single colour is available. Do not recolor, stretch, or redraw the logo.
Download all press assets (.zip)
| Asset | Format | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Full-color logo, transparent background | PNG, 819 x 216 | PNG |
| White logo, transparent background | PNG, 273 x 72 | PNG |
| Monochrome logo, transparent background | PNG, 273 x 72 | PNG |
| Standalone chart icon | PNG, 512 x 512 | PNG |
| Social avatar | PNG, 512 x 512 | PNG |
| Favicon set | ICO + PNG, 16, 32, 48, 64 | ICO · 16 · 32 · 48 · 64 |
| Logo variants sheet | PNG, 1536 x 1024 | PNG |
These files are PNG with transparent backgrounds, except the variants sheet, which has a light background baked in. No vector SVG file was supplied with this set, so none is offered here.
Contact Us
Bug reports and series requests go to the GitHub issue tracker: github.com/Nshipyard/CRED/issues. There is no support email address yet.