Health Canada Drug Product Database

Returns the medicinal ingredients of one drug product, each with its name (salt form in brackets where recorded), strength, strength unit and, for veterinary products, dosage value and unit.

Returns every company registered in the DPD as a JSON array of full address records - about 4,000 DIN owners and mailing designates, the lookup table the company_code on each product points at.

Returns one company record: company_code, company_name, company_type (DIN OWNER or mailing address designate), street, suite, PO box, city, province, country and postal code.

Returns the dosage form(s) a product is supplied in - tablet, capsule, ointment and so on - as {drug_code, pharmaceutical_form_code, pharmaceutical_form_name}; a kit returns several rows.

Returns the complete drug_code to {pharmaceutical_form_code, pharmaceutical_form_name} mapping for every product in the DPD - about 63,000 rows, the bulk form of the per-product dosage form capability.

Returns the drug product record(s) whose eight-digit Drug Identification Number contains the given digits, including the drug_code every other capability here is keyed on.

Returns one drug product record for a DPD drug_code: brand name, DIN, product class (Human, Veterinary, Disinfectant, Radiopharmaceutical), descriptor, active-ingredient count, AI group number, DIN-owner company and last update date.

Returns every drug product currently carrying one market status code - marketed, approved but not yet sold, dormant, cancelled for a safety issue, and so on - as full product records.

Returns every drug product whose brand name contains the given text, each as {drug_code, class_name, drug_identification_number, brand_name, descriptor, number_of_ais, ai_group_no, company_name, last_update_date}.

Returns every active-ingredient row whose ingredient name contains the given text, each carrying the drug_code of the product it belongs to plus the strength and unit - effectively the reverse index from molecule to product.

Returns the package record for one product: UPC, package type, package size and size unit, plus the free-text product_information field that has carried the size since 2025-05-01.

Returns {drug_code, pharmaceutical_std} - the compendial standard the product is manufactured and represented to, such as USP, BP or MFR (manufacturer's own standard). The field is empty where no standard is recorded.

Returns the complete drug_code to pharmaceutical_std mapping for every product in the DPD - about 96,000 rows naming the compendial standard (USP, BP, MFR and so on), empty where none is recorded.

Returns the market status of one product - status name and external_status_code, the date it took effect, the original market date, and for discontinued products the last lot number and expiry date.

Returns the route(s) by which a product is given - oral, topical, intravenous and so on - as {drug_code, route_of_administration_code, route_of_administration_name}; a product may have several.

Returns the regulatory schedule(s) a product falls under - PRESCRIPTION, OTC, Ethical, Narcotic (CDSA I/II), Targeted (CDSA IV), Schedule C, Schedule D, Schedule G and so on - as {drug_code, schedule_name}.

Returns the complete drug_code to schedule_name mapping for every product in the DPD, the bulk form of the per-product schedule capability.

Returns the product's therapeutic classification as {drug_code, tc_atc_number, tc_atc} - the WHO ATC code and its label, assigned by Health Canada according to the drug's main therapeutic use.

Returns the complete drug_code to {tc_atc_number, tc_atc} mapping for every product in the DPD - a full Canadian DIN-to-ATC crosswalk in one response.

Returns the animal species a veterinary product is approved for, as {drug_code, vet_species_name} - cats, dogs, cattle, swine, horses, poultry and so on. Empty for human products.

Returns every drug_code to vet_species_name pair in the DPD, i.e. the full list of which Canadian veterinary products are approved for which animals.