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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 […]

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; […]

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

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.

Hi, everyone! In our previous blog posts, we shared how (and why) the City is refreshing its open data policy […]

Public Presentations In September, Technology Services invited Civic Tech Toronto to host their weekly hack-nights out of Metro Hall, creating an opportunity […]

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Toronto’s Open Data program, we’re launching the Toronto Open Data Awards!

In our first blog post, we talked about how we’re reviewing other cities’ open data policies and chatting with colleagues […]

Hi! We’re Toronto’s Open Data team; we’re Denis, Mackenzie, Reham, Reza, Mohammad, Yanan, Luke, Adam and Swati. We help Torontonians […]

As we enter a new year, it’s a great time to reflect on the strides we’ve made in enhancing our services and engaging with our community. Our team has been buzzing with activity throughout 2023, and we’re excited to share some highlights with you.

Blog post about what is the DQS and why we’re upgrading it. Dig deep into our analysis and how we’re calculating each dataset based on the desired metrics.

Open Data is changing how our backend prepares downloadable files for users. We’re doing this for 2 reasons: Scalability and Shareability.

The Open Data Team, known for handling vast amounts of data, was surprised to find themselves analyzing their own dataset statistics. Upon reviewing the numbers and charts, they realized they had much to learn about their portal’s performance and impact.

It’s been a minute, but we’re back ON! We’re a little older and more mature. Lots has happened in the last couple years, but I think the good news is that we’re still kicking and UBER interested in what YOU’VE been up to.

In my first story on Open Data Toronto’s Data Quality Score (DQS), I shared why data quality matters to us and what the DQS is at a high-level; in this story, I walk through the steps of exactly how we created it so it is more detailed and a little more technical. Read on if that’s your jam.

Open data at the City of Toronto has been up and running for a decade this year, with an amazing and active community. However, this is not the case everywhere, and outside of our exceptional community, open data is still unknown by many. Why?

2019 was a riveting year for open data in Toronto. From hosting community events to fulfilling what was promised in the Open Data Master Plan, join us on a journey through the last twelve months.

Traditionally, Open Data Toronto program performance has been tied to the number of datasets in the catalogue. Today, however, catalogue size is less relevant primarily because it fails to measure progress towards the program’s vision of enabling anyone, anywhere, to improve life in Toronto with open data. To solve this issue, we created a score to assess data quality and what it measures.

On July 25th 2019, we’ll be waving goodbye to the old open data catalogue on toronto.ca/open. Please update your open data bookmarks and links. Read on to learn more about how to do this.

The prioritization framework is a set of processes and tools developed by the Open Data team to help prioritize dataset releases. This framework includes expected value scores and weighting methodology, and will be shared with the public for enhanced visibility into planned open data releases.

The Toronto Open Data team is excited to share our newest release: the Open Data Update! Subscribe now and receive monthly updates on new open data releases, upcoming events, and more.

2018 was an exciting year for Toronto Open Data. From a drastic redesign of our open data portal, to countless community engagements… read about our accomplishments and where we’re headed next.