On Thursday, October 27th, take part in the Toronto Open Data Showcase and see how Open Data can be used to help our communities and create a more financially efficient City!

Open Data is a new thing for most people and understanding its potential and usage is not always easy to understand. That is why this event will show you exactly what can be done with Open Data.

This event is to demo all the amazing tools, visualizations, and platforms that have been created by our members over the last 1.5 years in the Toronto Open Data Book Club. Whether it be Budget, TDSB, Library, 211, 311, Election, or Wellbeing Toronto Data, the tools that will be demoed are nothing short of insightful.

We will have a special guest as Ward 43 Councillor Paul Ainslie will join us in the proceedings. Councillor Ainslie is not only a member of the Toronto Public Library board, but he is also the Chair of the Government Management Committee and a champion of Open Government & Open Data at Toronto Council.

Lastly, we will also share with you an innovative method designed by the Toronto Open Data Book Club and the Ontario Ministry of Housing (MOH) on how Open Data sets can be released in reversed. This method has even helped the MOH be nominated for a national award!



Below is a list of Open Data sets that will be showcased.







Toronto District School Board Learning Opportunities Index

---Rayis Imayev





311 Toronto

---Richard Hydomako

311 Toronto

---David Dou





211 Youth Data

---Rayis Imayev





Toronto Dashboard

---David Dou





MP Expenditures

---Murali Aiyer







Toronto Public Library Subject Map

---Richard Hydomako

Toronto Public Library Alternate Open Data Portal

---Patrick Connolly







Municipal Financial Information Return

---Rayis Imayev







Budget Data: Toronto Transit Commission (part 1)

---John Matyskiel

Budget Data: Toronto Transit Commission (part 2)

---John Matyskiel

Budget Data: Toronto Capital Budget Data

---Richard Hydomako

Budget Data: 2016 Preliminary Operating Budget

---Richard Hydomako

Budget Data: Toronto Capital Budget Plan By Ward (approved)

---David Dou

Budget Data: Toronto Operating Budget

---David Dou

Budget Data: Toronto Historical Operating Budget

---David Dou





2011 Election Data (runoff off ballot simulation)

---Richard Hydomako





Wellbeing Toronto Cartogram

---Richard Hydomako

Wellbeing Toronto Data Matrix

---David Dou