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News & Events
Announcing the 2024 Toronto Open Data Award Winners
We’re excited to share the highlights and wrap-up of our first-ever Open Data Awards.
Call for Feedback: Share your ideas for Toronto’s next Open Data Policy
Hi, everyone! In our previous blog posts, we shared how (and why) the City is refreshing its open data policy […]
Data Stories
Guest Post: Web Analytics for City of Toronto’s Open Data Portal
Jinesh Dutt and Rishabh Kaushick are recent graduate Master students at Northeastern University Toronto. Under the supervision of Dr. Omar […]
Exploring the Future of Open Data: Hosting Community-Generated Datasets on Toronto’s Open Data Portal
When we think about open data, we often think about government-published datasets—like transit schedules, water quality data, or demographic information.
Tools & Training
3 Questions…
Why reinvent the wheel? We have some frequent questions that were asked through our Reedit forum administered a few years […]
What the @#%! is a Shapefile?
A beginner’s guide to common and not-so-common open data file formats!
Video & Multimedia
Explaining Open Data in Toronto
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.
Civic Issues
Exploring the Future of Open Data: Hosting Community-Generated Datasets on Toronto’s Open Data Portal
When we think about open data, we often think about government-published datasets—like transit schedules, water quality data, or demographic information.
Analyzing results from the civic issues campaign survey
Background: What is the civic issue campaign? In 2019, the Open Data team launched a campaign in order to help […]