Toronto Public Library's CIO is sharing lessons at Civic Tech Toronto from their 2023 cyber attack incident that led to a system-wide network shutdown. 📆Tuesday August 18th 🕑7pm 🔗https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-556-lessons-ctlgvm

Civic Meetup #556: Lessons Learned from a Cyber Attack: Toronto Public Library’s Experience | Guild

Aug 18th 7:00PM: Topic: Lessons Learned from a Cyber Attack: Toronto Public Library’s Experience On October 28, 2023, Toronto Public Library shut down every network and computer system wide after discovering a cyberattack, meanwhile all 100 branches remained open anyway. This session walks through

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🏆 The Toronto Open Data Awards are back for 2026! Built an app, dashboard, analysis, article, or tool using open data? Submit your project and showcase your work. Applications are open until Dec. 4, 2026. https://open.toronto.ca/toronto-open-data-awards-2026-call-for-submissions/

We've updated the data gathered by the City's Watch Your Speed program: https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/mobile-watch-your-speed-program-detailed-speed-counts/ https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/school-safety-zone-watch-your-speed-program-detailed-speed-counts/

👶💼New Dataset💼🧒 A list of youth employment opportunities programs from all City divisions and agencies. https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/youth-employment-programs/

🚨🚓Major Data Updates🚓🚨 Toronto Police Services published their 2025 Annual Statistical Report This means: ⬆️Updates to annual police datasets ✅Traffic Collisions, Homicide, and Dispatched Calls open data now quarterly 🆕Analysis of 2025 TPS data: https://data.tps.ca/pages/annualstatisticalreport

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A comprehensive overview of TPS-related statistics.

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👶🕵🏾New Dataset Alert 🕵🏼👶🏾 https://ow.ly/n8AX50ZtE9V Lists infection control inspection results for licensed child care centres in Toronto

🎾🏀New Dataset 🏈🏓 Locations of Association of Community Centres facilities. They're run by volunteer Boards of Management, and provide public space and recreational programs and services https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/association-of-community-centres/

Toronto City Council helped add new 🚽washroom location data 🚽 to https://open.toronto.ca/ Now, GoHere (a free app that helps users find washrooms in participating businesses and government buildings) has been able to expand their Toronto network by ~300 washrooms 🎉

👩‍🎤🎶New Dataset🎶👨🏽‍🎤 A directory of Toronto-based musicians available for live music events. Of course, this is not a list of all musicians in Toronto; just the ones who have registered with the City https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/musician-directory/

⛪🚶New Dataset Alert🚶‍➡️⛪ https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/church-street-pedestrianization-pilot-public-life-study/ The first of several datasets to come sharing data from the Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot!

🏛️🎶New Dataset!🎶🏠 The locations and details of local music industry services, retailers, supporting organizations and venues. (This is not an exhaustive list of music spaces in Toronto; just ones that opt to be part of the dataset) https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/music-venues-spaces-studios-stores/

That's a wrap on Open Data Jam 7! We spoke to folks in Scarborough about ideas for new datasets and new features on https://open.toronto.ca/ Importantly, we learned that we need recommendations for samosa restaurants in Scarborough

📊Our Q2 2026 Report is up! 📈 If you don't read it, know: - Bots are seeking Toronto Police data - City Council published new data - We went to/hosted a lot of events - We cleared (most of) our backlog Read it here: https://open.toronto.ca/quarterly-update-q2-2026/

We may be biased, but Wednesday evening's Open Data Jam might well be the hottest ticket in Scarborough - grab yours below! https://luma.com/rb38f1hw

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Learn how open data (open.toronto.ca) works at the City of Toronto, see some impactful projects and use cases from Scarborough residents, and meet the people…

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Scarberians use open data! The Scarborough North Community Map: https://jamaalmyersmap.up.railway.app/ SafePassage: https://www.invisiblecarbon.com/safepassage July 22 6-8pm Scarborough Civic Centre Learn about the Toronto Open Data program and how you can use it https://luma.com/rb38f1hw

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Learn how open data (open.toronto.ca) works at the City of Toronto, see some impactful projects and use cases from Scarborough residents, and meet the people…

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Open Data Jam #7 is coming your way! When - July 22 (next Wednesday!), 6-8pm Where - Scarborough Civic Centre What - see how Open Data works at the City of Toronto and what Scarberians are doing with it Register here, tell your friends, see you there! https://luma.com/rb38f1hw

We recently upgraded our Dining Inspections (Dinesafe) open dataset: https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/dinesafe/ - More historic data - Historic and Current IDs for establishments - Omitted inspections bug fix

If you've ever tried to track down open data from a Canadian organization and ended up going in circles, there's a directory for that now. Bilingual, crowdsourced, actually useful. https://directory.opendatasociety.ca/

We upgraded our PCards Expenditures Open Dataset, which lists all purchases made by City staff members using City-issued credit cards. It's now: - In one machine-readable file - Available via our API - Explore-able directly in the browser https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/pcard-expenditures/

Did you know that 94.54% of people have no idea we are your biggest fans? If you’re a developer who has used our data to build something cool, we want to feature you next. Take a look at the four new gallery additions and link to submit your own project: https://open.toronto.ca/gallery/

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

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Accountability, Transparency, and Open Data: Exploring Information Governance in the Public Sector Date: July 6, 2026 Time: 1:00-2:30 Location: CLAUDE T. BISSELL BUILDING, RM 417 Thank you for your interest in attending this research development workshop. Please complete the form below to register.

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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