Transport & ShippingDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

OC Transpo GTFS (free key) and alerts RSS

OC Transpo bus and O-Train service in Ottawa: GTFS and realtime feeds (free key) and an English alerts RSS (French also offered)

Freeauth: none for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feedsCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree alerts RSS with no key; GTFS and realtime feeds need a free key.
Sign-up?: None needednone for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feeds
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: OC Transpo developer terms: a world-wide, royalty-free, limited, revocable licence to use the API Service for any lawful purpose, with dataset use under the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Follow the OC Transpo developer terms and the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use.

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// Overview

OC Transpo GTFS (free key) and alerts RSS

OC Transpo, Ottawa's transit agency, offers GTFS schedule and GTFS-realtime feeds through its developer portal with a free key, plus a public service-alerts RSS feed that needs no key. Its documentation says "To access the GTFS open data feeds, you will have to sign up for a key."

Coverage

OC Transpo bus and O-Train service in Ottawa: GTFS and realtime feeds (free key) and an English alerts RSS (French also offered).

Good for

#transport-shipping#public-transport#canada#ottawa#gtfs#rss

Verdict

Ottawa transit schedules, realtime positions and service alerts, alongside ttc-gtfs-toronto. Licence: Custom: OC Transpo's terms say "The City of Ottawa now grants you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, limited, revocable license to use the API Service for any lawful purpose." and "The City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use grant you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, modify, and distribute the datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose". The free key is not a paid tier. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feeds
Free tier	Free alerts RSS with no key; GTFS and realtime feeds need a free key.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	OC Transpo developer terms: a world-wide, royalty-free, limited, revocable licence to use the API Service for any lawful purpose, with dataset use under the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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Quick facts

Provider: octranspo.com
Type: Dataset
Category: Transport & Shipping
Domain: Transport & Shipping
Auth: none for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feeds
Free tier: Free alerts RSS with no key; GTFS and realtime feeds need a free key.
Rate limit: Not stated.
License: Custom (see note)
License note: OC Transpo developer terms: a world-wide, royalty-free, limited, revocable licence to use the API Service for any lawful purpose, with dataset use under the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
Verified: Nov 13, 2026

Ask your agent

Fetch https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/catalog.json, find slug "octranspo-open-data", and write a Python loader that pulls data from OC Transpo GTFS (free key) and alerts RSS into a pandas DataFrame. Handle authentication (none for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feeds). Respect rate limits and follow provider terms.

// Full record · catalog.json

name: OC Transpo GTFS (free key) and alerts RSS
slug: octranspo-open-data
category: Transport & Shipping
domain: Transport & Shipping
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/octranspo-open-data
providerUrl: https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/
badge: Free
auth: none for the alerts RSS; free API key for the GTFS feeds
freeTierLimits: Free alerts RSS with no key; GTFS and realtime feeds need a free key.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/
coverage: OC Transpo bus and O-Train service in Ottawa: GTFS and realtime feeds (free key) and an English alerts RSS (French also offered).
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/
https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/dev-terms/
https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/dev-doc
https://www.octranspo.com/feeds/updates-en/
tasks: transport-shipping
public-transport
canada
ottawa
gtfs
rss
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://www.octranspo.com/en/plan-your-trip/travel-tools/developers/dev-terms/
licenseNote: OC Transpo developer terms: a world-wide, royalty-free, limited, revocable licence to use the API Service for any lawful purpose, with dataset use under the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use. Custom. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Follow the OC Transpo developer terms and the City of Ottawa Open Data Terms of Use.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "octranspo-open-data"
    }
  }
}

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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