Toronto Open Data is an open data initiative by the city of Toronto. It provides a "world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, modify, and distribute the datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose" with proper credit. The goal of the open data is to make the "government open, accessible and transparent."
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Datasets
As of March 2016, data presented at the City of Toronto's open data catalogue, includes over 200 data sets such as Festivals and Events, Licensed Child Care Centers, Priority Investment Neighbourhoods, Wellbeing Neighbourhood index and transportation data.
History
Toronto Open Data was launched at the Toronto Innovation Showcase forum on November 2, 2009.
Comparable Initiatives
Many cities have launched open data initiatives.
Issues
As of 2010, Toronto Open Data required a click-through license for any reuse, which made it unsuitable for producing physical products (such as haptic maps for the blind). Toronto adopted the Pan Canada Open Government licence in August, 2013. The new licence clarified much confusion on behalf of users as to attribution and rights to use data.