Thanks to the Toronto Public Library for hosting and participating in our June Open Data Jam, and to Benny Goldman, creator of the TPL Passport App, for presenting! We spoke to folks about ideas for new library datasets and what problems people experienced when using https://open.toronto.ca/

Attention web developers and local creators! Looking for your next summer project idea? The City of Toronto Open Data team has a massive lineup of goodie datasets, and we’ve summarized the best ones for you in our new blog post Take a look and see what catches your eye: ➡️ https://ow.ly/vfc150ZfiIw

Our team is heading to UofT on July 6th to talk information governance, civic engagement, and how public institutions share data. Come hang with us, ask your burning questions, & bridging the gap between theory and practice! 🎟️ Register here: https://tinyurl.com/opendatardw

Now, you can instantly find your nearest court, see active player counts, and check local programs, making it way easier to actually lock down some court time. This is exactly what happens when civic data meets community innovation. Check it out here: https://www.racquetsandstrings.ca/courts

TransitBunnyRT tracks real-time transit performance, giving you an actual historical record of how your route performs over time. It pulls live data every 60 seconds, so you can spot patterns: when's the best time to catch the 99 Line? Try it https://ow.ly/ZEmN50Z7p3w

Did you know, we post all events we attend or host on open.toronto.ca. Scroll past the search bar near the top and you'll see upcoming and some past events we've been a part of. Join us at our next one open.toronto.ca

Missed the library’s AI panel? We’re keeping the tech momentum going! On June 25, we're crashing the Toronto Reference Library for the next Open Data Jam Come talk data, see cool community projects, and connect with fellow tech nerds. Spots fill up 👇 https://ow.ly/yx5X50Z7gWZ

☀️ Summer in Toronto just got easier to navigate! The City's 2026 Summer Safety Plan is here! Use the interactive map to find sports, arts, camps, jobs, mental health supports and more happening near you. https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/summer-safety-plan/ #TorontoYouth #newdatasetalert

We’ve officially released the Accelerators, Incubators & Coworking Spaces dataset. Whether you’re a freelancer, a tech founder searching for a dedicated incubator, or an ecosystem partner, this centralized directory has you covered. 👉https://ow.ly/lSQF50Z9oxZ #newdatasetalert

Are Diverse Neighbourhoods Safer? A significant relationship between community diversity and safety. In Toronto, neighbourhoods with a higher share of visible minorities experience lower rates of reported race-based hate crimes. Read the full analysis: https://ow.ly/qx6p50Z9nyw

At our monthly Jam Session, we saw how municipal data is powering AI chatbots for unhoused services, tracking building water leaks, and more. You called our site the "gold standard" and demanded "More events!"& we hear you! 📸👇 Come to our next Jam. See open.toronto.ca for more events like this....

New dataset for contractors and vendors 🏗️ Toronto's Capital Project Pipeline gives advance visibility into upcoming procurement opportunities: roads, water infrastructure, buildings, parks, and more. 🔗 open.toronto.ca/dataset/capital-project-pipeline

Did you know Toronto publicly posts pass/fail inspection results for every public pool, splash pad, wading pool & hot tub in the city? 💧☀️ Shoutout to #SwimSafe — keeping it transparent all summer long. 👉 open.toronto.ca/dataset/swimsafe

In Honour of World Bicycle Day🚲 here are some of our bike related datasets... 🚲https://open.toronto.ca/catalogue/?search=bike&sort=score%20desc🚲

🏠 #datasetalert Toronto Public Health's residential health hazard investigations — mould, indoor air quality, sanitation complaints. Great for renters, researchers, and anyone tracking housing conditions across the city. https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/residential-health-hazards/

Until now, it only hosted data created by the City. We've published new guidance that opens the door to third-party data — when a city division uses that data for decisions or services, and the public would benefit from access too. Read the new guidance: https://ow.ly/JslR50YIWgR

Shoutout to Derek Song for building the Toronto Census Visualizer. It’s a clean, interactive way to explore how Toronto neighbourhoods have changed over time using census data. https://torontocensusvisualizer.com/

NVIDIA's Spark Hack is coming to Toronto 📍⚡ Build agentic AI apps on real City of Toronto open data. Every team gets an ASUS GX10 (Grace Blackwell) for the weekend. Win one to keep. Part of #TorontoTechWeek — 30 teams max, apply as a crew. https://luma.com/spark-hack-toronto

We're at #TorontoTechWeek! 🙌 Come see how businesses are building with Toronto's open data — meet the team, hear real examples, and tell us how we can make the data work better for you. Samosas included. 🫓 RSVP 👉 https://luma.com/jfot7afn

Tonight, Sasha will tell the story of how this viral app, featured on major news networks, brought volunteers across the country together to make product information more transparent. We’re proud to host this event during Toronto Tech Week. See you! https://guild.host/civic-tech-toronto/events

New open dataset just dropped 🗺️ Transit-Oriented Communities. Publicly owned land near transit stations. As the city grows, knowing where density is being planned matters. Now anyone can see it. https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/transit-oriented-communities/

Open Data Jams are coming to a Toronto Tech Week near you, and we mean BUSINESS We're focusing on the entrepreneurs and enterprises building on the city - if you're into open data, business, or civic space, come through! May 28th Metro Hall luma.com/jfot7afn

Toronto municipal election: Oct 26, 2026 🗳️ Free tools to help you vote informed: 🏙️ civicdashboard.ca — councillor votes + City Hall alerts 👥 councillors.torontoinsights.com — voting history & profiles Check them out on open.toronto.ca/gallery. All free. All open data. RT for your ward

Enjoy the long weekend Toronto - your submitted requests will still be here Monday. Promise. 😄

For anyone who takes the TTC regularly, this one is worth a look. We just published a blog post on rideTO, an app built for daily commuters who want quick updates on arrivals, alerts, subway status, closures, and accessibility outages. Read it here: https://ow.ly/6E5C50YZ6AI

Toronto Public Library has open data programs too. The TPL runs programs and events promoting open data because data literacy is for everyone, not just developers. Your branch might have something on 👉 https://ow.ly/mhij50YVL9H. #dataliteracy #tpl #opendata

🕐 A data request, in stages: Day 1: submitted Day 4: someone's on it Day 19: turns out this data exists in 4 different systems Day 35: we found the person who owns it Day 52: they're on vacation Day 71: data needs cleaning Day 89: published 🎉 open.toronto.ca/quarterly-update-q1-2026/

Shoutout to Ilya Kreynin — the energizer bunny. He's somehow doing the work of several people at once : fielding requests, coordinating with City divisions to get data ready for publishing, moderating our monthly open data jam sessions + much more. We're lucky to have him. 💙

Toronto's 311 handled 1.58M interactions in 2025 and the City is committing to share even more data openly. Explore the full dataset (back to 2010!) on the Open Data Portal 👇 📊https://ow.ly/yGbO50YVKEk 📄https://ow.ly/vCSi50YVKEi 📄https://ow.ly/VPuJ50YVKEj

Toronto rideshare drivers spent 50% of time on the road unpaid in 2025 — up from 40% in 2022. 87M trips. 35,000+ vehicles on Toronto roads. The Globe wrote the story, we have the data https://ow.ly/6xe750YVaFV https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/private-transportation-companies-summary-and-trip-data/

Just wrapped an Open Data Jam 🎉 Organizers + data + local technologists = powerful solutions. Also: samosas are a meal. Join us for the next one: https://ow.ly/sEsC50YUAnI #Toronto #OpenDataJam

Learn about your City Council. A platform that transforms Toronto City Council data into clear, accessible insights, helping residents explore councillors’ voting records, priorities, performance. The data 👉 https://ow.ly/wyge50YNu0N The platform 👉 https://ow.ly/hfP850YNu0O

Toronto's municipal election is October 26. Nominations open May 1. Campaigns are starting. Debates will happen. If you want to understand your ward; demographics, services, infrastructure, the data is already public. It's been there the whole time. 👉 open.toronto.ca/catalogue

Our very own Fartash Haghani will be speaking at @GO OD Conference this year about How the city is transforming its operations with AI. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12465927/ 👉Register to attend: https://www.go-opendata.ca/

Toronto is hosting 6 FIFA World Cup matches this summer. ❓Where will people come from? ❓How will they move? ❓What happens to rideshare demand on game days? 💡We don't have all the answers, but we have the data that helps find them. 👉 open.toronto.ca/catalogue

Datasets we'd love to publish but can't: ☕ Tim Hortons vs. other coffee shop density by neighbourhood 🍁 Patio season start dates vs. actual Toronto weather, every year 🏒 Productivity loss per Leafs playoff run, by ward We publish what we can. The rest lives in our hearts. open.toronto.ca/catalogue

28,522 downloads in Q1.... We still don't know who most of you are. Hi.... We don't track users. We don't ask you to sign up We don't know who's downloading the data and for what purposes. We often don't know what you're doing with the data. So tell us....who are you? Introduce yourself.

👉The Beach BIA is promoting an open data-powered nighttime self-guided nature walk of The Beach. 👉Built by Aziza Reddy (one of the UofT students)! 👉Bike Share locations and streetcar stops are just one of the datasets used for this inspirational project. 👉https://thebeachbia.com/home

Did you know you can request any dataset? Our open data request page is open to everyone. Browse what others have asked for, vote on ideas you love, or submit your own. 👉 https://haveyoursay.toronto.ca/open-data/

Open Data Jams are back! 🚨 This time, we’re focusing on ORGANIZERS and IMPACT. Ever wonder what "Open Data" looks like in the real world? Look at RenovationWatch, Climate Voting Records, or the TorontoArts Impact Map. Want to build something similar? Come to Jam #4. https://ow.ly/cunS50YK0sS

Have you heard of Ahmed Nader's built SolveTO - a platform that lets Toronto residents report potholes, graffiti, and road damage directly to 311. Try it and tell us what you think?! solveto.ca — check it out

We updated out 3d massing data to include 8 years of historic data: This is one of our more popular datasets, and now it can show how the literal shape of the city has changed since 2017. 👉https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/3d-massing/

In light of the Mayor Chow looking to crack down on bad landlords, TFS added more geographic data to their fire inspections dataset. 👉https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/highrise-residential-fire-inspection-results/ 👉https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EX29.14

🚨 Open Data Jam #4 is happening!🚨 ✅ Inspire: See how local organizers are making an impact. ✅ Jam: Tell us how we can make the program better for YOU. ✅ Connect: Meet your next collaborator. Spots are limited https://ow.ly/cunS50YK0sS

We visited a school this week to talk open data with students. Getting younger folks thinking about what public data is, where it comes from, & what you can actually do with it — that's the kind of outreach that matters. What space should we visit next? 👀

Q1 is a wrap and we wrote about it 👇 New datasets, 60+ resolved data requests, a fresh homepage, and an upgraded explore feature that lets you search inside a dataset before you even download it... Read the full Q1 update on our blog: https://open.toronto.ca/quarterly-update-q1-2026/

🚨Two new datasets on private transportation companies in the city: 🚨 🚗Summary & Trip Data - https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/private-transportation-companies-summary-and-trip-data/ 🚗Vehicle Operating Data - https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/private-transportation-companies-vehicle-operating-data/

We visited a local high school this week — Grade 9, 11, and 12 classes across Geography and Computer Science. We started with the basics: what is a city, what is data, what does "open" even mean? Real data. Real Excel. Real city.

The Beach BIA + U of T students used Toronto open data to understand how people move through their neighbourhood — parks, Bike Share, pedestrian patterns, parking. https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/teaching/experiential-learning/curriculum-integrated-experiential-learning/sandbox

Today is Good Friday, a statutory holiday in Ontario. While City offices are closed, Toronto’s open data remains OPEN, supporting residents, researchers, and developers anytime, anywhere. Check out open.toronto.ca