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At Toronto Open Data, we’re putting in effort to make sure we work in the open. To that end, here’s […]

Here at Toronto Open Data, we strive to treat the City’s Open Data Portal like a product, not a project; […]

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

Imagine trying to bake a cake without ever tasting other cakes from other bakers. You’d figure out some things on your own, but you’d probably miss out on tricks, shortcuts, and flavours that others have already mastered.

Here at Toronto Open Data, we strive to treat the City’s Open Data Portal like a product, not a project; […]

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

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 […]