A list of websites, publications, apps, and more using Toronto Open Data.
By Mark Richardson
HousingNowTO is an affordable housing development tracking and transparency project that monitors progress on government-sponsored projects in Toronto since 2019. This site shows "Housing Now" sites 2018-2025
By Gabe Sawhney
Tabs makes it easy for anyone to find out in advance when a topic they care about will be discussed by city council/committee You give it your email address and terms you care about. Every night it emails you related City of Toronto council or committee items.
By Matt Elliot
City Hall Watcher is a weekly newsletter exploring the dark corners and nerdy details of Toronto City Hall. Published by award-winning journalist Matt Elliott, its delivered to thousands of people with an interest in knowing how local government works
By GottaGoTO
GottaGoTO displays washrooms from Toronto Open Data alongside crowdsourced public washrooms on one simple to use map.
By Mark McCarthy
This project analyzed the attendance of city councillors at council meetings, and clustered city councillors based on their voting behaviour into blocs.
By Urban Data Research Centre, School of Cities, University of Toronto
The mission of the Canadian Urban Data Catalogue (CUDC) is to provide awareness of the vast array of urban and non-urban Canadian data by providing an open catalogue of Canadian datasets. It catalogues both open and closed datasets, along with data accessible
By Shawaiz Akhter
This piece explores ward demographics, socio-income and facilities throughout Toronto’s 25 wards.
By Ghazaleh Mohseni, Mehdi Nourinejad, Peter Park
BikesharePro is a web-based tactical planning tool that leverages data-driven descriptive, predictive and prescriptive models to enhance bike-share network expansion, improve accessibility, and support equitable, sustainable mobility planning.
By Inori Roy, The Local
A feature investigating how 311 requests vary by type and frequency across Toronto, and what that might say about civic engagement and privilege in the city.
By Civic Tech Toronto Volunteers
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BikeSpace is a free web app run by volunteers from Civic Tech Toronto that allows users to report issues with bicycle parking in Toronto (e.g. broken post and rings, locked abandoned bikes, and areas where bicycle parking is not provided).
By Mason Yekta
Learn more about Toronto City Councillors! The website is a comprehensive resource for learning about Toronto city councillors, offering detailed profiles that include their voting history, committee memberships, and key initiatives.
By Thomas
This app utilizes the NextBus API provided by TTC. TOBus.ca is a quick bus time checker, and a handy data explorer on what the API provides.
