diff --git a/changes/240.canada.feature b/changes/240.canada.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ad513b1c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/240.canada.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added `TypedDict` sub-classes for `package_show`, `resource_show`, and `organization_show` to help improve code type checking.
diff --git a/ckan/types/__init__.py b/ckan/types/__init__.py
index 779acf85b13..70066e68848 100644
--- a/ckan/types/__init__.py
+++ b/ckan/types/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ckanext.activity.model import Activity
 
+# (canada fork only): TypedDict sub-classes for action results
+# TODO: upstream contrib!!!
+from sqlalchemy.types import DateTime
+from typing_extensions import Required
+from typing import Dict, List
+
 
 __all__ = [
     "Response", "Request",
@@ -41,6 +47,11 @@
     "AuthResult",
     "Action", "ChainedAction", "AuthFunction", "ChainedAuthFunction",
     "PFeed", "PFeedFactory", "PResourceUploader", "PUploader",
+    # (canada fork only): TypedDict sub-classes for action results
+    # TODO: upstream contrib!!!
+    'ExtrasDict', 'TagDict', 'TrackingSummaryDict',
+    'ResourceShowDict', 'PackageShowDict', 'GroupPackageDict',
+    'GroupMemberDict', 'OrganizationShowDict'
 ]
 Config: TypeAlias = Dict[str, Union[str, Mapping[str, str]]]
 CKANApp = Any
@@ -242,3 +253,155 @@ def get_path(self, id: str) -> str:
 
     def upload(self, id: str, max_size: int = ...) -> None:
         ...
+
+
+# (canada fork only): TypedDict sub-classes for action results
+# TODO: upstream contrib!!!
+class ExtrasDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary for object extras.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_tags_schema
+    '''
+    id: str
+    key: Required[str]
+    value: Required[Any]
+    state: str
+    deleted: bool
+    revision_timestamp: DateTime
+
+
+class TagDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary for tags.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_tags_schema
+    '''
+    name: Required[str]
+    vocabulary_id: str
+    revision_timestamp: DateTime
+    state: str
+    display_name: str
+
+
+class TrackingSummaryDict(TypedDict):
+    '''
+    Dictionary for tracking summaries.
+
+    see: ckan.model.tracking:TrackingSummary
+    '''
+    total: int
+    recent: int
+
+
+class ResourceShowDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary returned from the resource_show action.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_show_package_schema
+    '''
+    id: Required[str]
+    package_id: Required[str]
+    url: str
+    description: str
+    format: str
+    hash: str
+    state: str
+    position: int
+    name: str
+    resource_type: str
+    url_type: str
+    mimetype: str
+    mimetype_inner: str
+    cache_url: str
+    size: int
+    created: Required[DateTime]
+    last_modified: DateTime
+    metadata_modified: DateTime
+    cache_last_updated: DateTime
+    datastore_active: bool
+    tracking_summary: TrackingSummaryDict
+
+
+class PackageShowDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary returned from the package_show action.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_show_package_schema
+    '''
+    id: Required[str]
+    name: Optional[str]
+    title: str
+    notes: str
+    type: str
+    url: str
+    version: str
+    metadata_created: Required[DateTime]
+    metadata_modified: DateTime
+    plugin_data: Dict[str, Any]
+    private: bool
+    state: str
+    isopen: bool
+    license_url: str
+    creator_user_id: str
+    author: str
+    author_email: str
+    maintainer: str
+    maintainer_email: str
+    license_id: str
+    license_title: str
+    tracking_summary: TrackingSummaryDict
+    owner_org: str
+    organization: OrganizationShowDict
+    resources: List[ResourceShowDict]
+    num_resources: int
+    tags: List[TagDict]
+    tag_string: str
+    num_tags: int
+
+
+class GroupPackageDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary part of a group's packages.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_group_schema
+    '''
+    id: Required[str]
+    title: str
+    name: str
+
+
+class GroupMemberDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary part of a group's users and groups.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_group_schema
+    '''
+    name: Required[str]
+    capacity: str
+
+
+class OrganizationShowDict(TypedDict, total=False):
+    '''
+    Dictionary returned from the organization_show action.
+
+    see: ckan.logic.schema.default_show_group_schema
+    '''
+    id: Required[str]
+    name: Required[str]
+    title: str
+    description: str
+    image_url: str
+    image_display_url: str
+    type: str
+    state: str
+    created: DateTime
+    is_organization: bool
+    approval_status: str
+    extras: List[ExtrasDict]
+    packages: List[GroupPackageDict]
+    users: List[GroupMemberDict]
+    groups: List[GroupMemberDict]
+    num_followers: int
+    display_name: str
+    package_count: int