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In honour of #opendataweek2026 A recent conversation about the “early days” of Toronto Open Data sent us down memory lane. […]

To celebrate Open Data Week, we’re excited to introduce the 2026 OD Day Treasure Hunt Puzzle, a self‑guided acrostic-poem style […]

Problem Statement: Toronto’s 311 system receives thousands of service requests every year from potholes and downed tree limbs to park […]

Toronto’s parking ticket dataset — 37 million records across 17 years — is one of the largest municipal enforcement datasets […]

Why reinvent the wheel? We have some frequent questions that were asked through our Reedit forum administered a few years […]

Improving data literacy and access “The new open data products bring value to the Public Service and residents alike, enabling […]

What is open data? How does the City of Toronto use it to improve decision-making? Learn about what open data is and how anyone, anywhere can use it to improve life in Toronto in this short animated video.

When we think about open data, we often think about government-published datasets—like transit schedules, water quality data, or demographic information.

Background: What is the civic issue campaign? In 2019, the Open Data team launched a campaign in order to help […]