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Purpose Recognizing projects and people that push open data forward in Toronto. From impactful community tools to smart visualizations, this […]

We’re excited to share the highlights and wrap-up of our first-ever Open Data Awards.

At Toronto Open Data, we’re fans of working in the open. We’re the open data team, after all. We’re always […]

Jinesh Dutt and Rishabh Kaushick are recent graduate Master students at Northeastern University Toronto. Under the supervision of Dr. Omar […]

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

A beginner’s guide to common and not-so-common open data file formats!

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 […]