Open Data Links
Articles
Can digital government produce usable and useful data for nonexpert users? Canada’s National Energy Board faced the challenge with data visualization
http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2019/data-visualization-government-can-empower-dialogue/
Data Driven Journalism: Where Journalism Meets Data
http://datadrivenjournalism.net/
The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
https://www.ire.org/nicar
To download or open the Power Point presentation for this two-day session,
please click here.
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada’s data tables
Statistics Canada Releases Schedule
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dai-quo/cal3-eng.htm
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/dai-quo/cal1-eng.htm
Canada’s Unemployment Rate Edges Higher, Despite A Rush Of New Jobs In January
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2019/02/08/unemployment-rate-canada-january_a_23664967/
Labour Force Survey, January 2019
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/190208/dq190208a-eng.htm?HPA=1
Hate crimes reached all-time high in 2017, Statistics Canada says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/statistics-canada-2017-hate-crime-numbers-1.4925399
Police-reported hate crime, 2017
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/181129/dq181129a-eng.htm
SNC-Lavalin’s failure to secure deferred prosecution comes after years of legal fights, lobbying blitz
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/snc-failure-to-secure-deferred-prosecution-comes-after-years-of-legal-fights-lobbying-blitz
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/eic/site/012.nsf/eng/h_00000.html
Ontario Lobbyist Registry
http://www.oico.on.ca/home/lobbyists-registration/overview
Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists, British Columbia
https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/
Quebec Lobbyists Registry
https://www.commissairelobby.qc.ca/en/lobbyists-registry/
Provincial
College enrolment: Enrolment and statistical data for colleges of applied arts and technology in the province
https://www.ontario.ca/data/college-enrolment
University enrolment:Enrolment and statistical data for universities in the province that receive regular operating funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development
https://www.ontario.ca/data/university-enrolment
Census of agriculture: Statistical data from census of agriculture for 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016
https://www.ontario.ca/data/census-agriculture
Consumer Inquiries: Number of consumer inquiries by method
https://www.ontario.ca/data/consumer-inquiries\
Employment standards claims report
https://www.ontario.ca/data/employment-standards-claims-report
Municipal
Toronto Open Data Catalogue
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/open-data-catalogue/
311 Service Requests – Customer Initiated
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/open-data-catalogue/#2fc027de-d27a-2a00-1388-6849497cb84c
Dinesafe Data
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/open-data-catalogue/#e3c15b0f-5f83-0f12-fabb-c84018395c38
Vancouver Open Data Catalogue
https://vancouver.ca/your-government/open-data-catalogue.aspx
Montreal’s Open Data Catalogue
http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/portail/english-version-of-the-portail-des-donnees-ouvertes-de-la-ville-de-montreal/
Public Services
Public Tenders: https://buyandsell.gc.ca/
https://buyandsell.gc.ca/procurement-data/tenders/download-tenders-data
Public Accounts: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset?portal_type=dataset&q=Public+accounts&organization=pwgsc-tpsgc
Treasury Board Secretariat’s Access to Information summaries: https://open.canada.ca/en/search/ati
For more great examples, check out another page I created called The Best of Open Data
National Parole Board Pardon Statistics
PardonsGrantedAndDenied – FY2011-2012 to MY2018-2019.xlsx