Featured Toronto Projects
A page about Projects -– improved introduction text and information comming soon.
We invite people from all backgrounds and skill levels to join us. Whether you’re a tech expert, a curious beginner, or passionate about civic issues, your presence and contribution are valued.
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Projects
01. Hacknight Projects
Citizen Dashboard
Figuring out how to make city council's activity accessible! Currently looking to get city council minutes into Open Data, maybe make a Citizen Dashboard out of it
Bikespace
a tool that enables cyclists to identify places where there is not enough bicycle parking
Police tech audit
Pol.is Toronto
Civic Tech Toolkit
tRacket - Noise Meter Project
We’re making it easy and affordable to collect data about noise
OpenShelter.space
#proj-library-passport
Missing Persons Project
This application facilitates the identification of missing persons by comparing physical characteristics and personal information with unidentified remains. This application streamlines the identification process, reducing manual cross-referencing and time-consuming searches.
Tech Audit Project
#proj-speed-camera
COVID Graphic Model
Open Data Profiler
talking about building a profiler for city of toronto open datasets
Chalmers Cards
Tabs Toronto
Law & Design CoLab
Techfugees Toronto
Accelerator Project
aims to help homeless and at-risk youth escape the cycle of poverty by helping them to use tech skills
Our Data Futures
COVID Connect
a lightweight process to match design and technology volunteers to existing COVID-19 initiatives and mutual aid projects that need digital support
TTC Subway times
Ample Labs
Health Atlas - Mapping project for Mississauga Halton Health Integration Network
Councilmatic Toronto
The Carded
Uses Human Centered Design to change how policies are communicated to black communities.
Basecount
Mapping the capacity and current occupancy of City of Toronto emergency shelters
Women and color
an online community of talented women and people of color available for speaking opportunities at tech-related events.
Budgetpedia
Making the City of Toronto budget more accessible to promote informed debate; advocate for better budgeting
Democracy Kit
a not-for-profit startup working to open the democratic process by publishing a shared campaign resource package for councillor and trustee races
#proj-adroit
TPL Digital Innovation Hub booking app
Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative
Toronto Meshnet
#greathumanexperiences
Section 37 funding
#refugeeswelcome
Plain Language Project
Planning Applications
Free the Electorate
Make elections results more accessible outside of media cycles.
Open Cabinet
Transit Clock
Orders in Council
Toronto City Hall app
EI eligibility tool
02. Other Local Projects
Toronto Tree Inequities
An analysis of the relationship between Toronto neighbourhoods' street tree density, income, and visible minority population, utilizing spatial autoregression methods.
Open Water Data
For open water swimmers, paddleboarders, surfers and other beach-goers to check beach conditions.
Know Your Vote T.O.
Know Your Vote T.O. is a municipal election candidate civic learning website developed by the Toronto Public Library.
TorontoBot
TorontoBot is a tool for querying Toronto Open Data. It answers questions either on the command line or as a Discord bot.
Torontoverse
We’re a new kind of news publisher using innovative, cutting-edge technology to tell honest, local stories. We’re using data, code, and even a little AI to do something completely fresh.
tobus.ca
A extremely fast and simple website, parsing TTC's ETA data.
TaxGPT
TaxGPT generates answers based on publicly information from the Canada Revenue Agency website. It uses the ChatGPT’s AI model to return information about Canada’s tax system, and is intended for a beginner audience. The intent is to provide a friendly and approachable way to start learning about taxes, not to solve for complex scenarios.
Place and Politics in Toronto
Mapping the 2022 Toronto Election
Parking Tickets Toronto
Tracking Gentle Density in Toronto
Visualizing 10 years (2012 to 2022) of Secondary Suite and Laneway / Garden Suite building permits in Toronto
Rate the Landlord
We are a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote landlord accountability.
time2reach Transit Map
time2reach is an interactive map that lets you see how far you can go just using public transit.
Toronto Lobbying Report
This database contains information about lobbyist activities in Toronto, including subject matters, registrants, beneficiaries, firms, communications, and more. Use this tool to explore relationships between lobbyists, their clients, and government officials.
The Grocery Tracker
As we are all painfully aware, the cost of living in this country has increased. As a result, stories focused on the necessities of life (food, shelter, health) have become even more important. That's why we're so proud to present the live beta of The Hoser's Grocery Tracking Project. With this dashboard, you'll be able to find the cheapest grocery stores in the city. As we work towards that goal, we thought we'd provide you with the data we are tracking from grocery stores across the city.
Potential locations for public wi-fi
The City of Toronto has been expanding its public Wi-Fi program in spaces such as community centres and community housing. As the City looks to further implement its free Wi-Fi program, interviews with community stakeholders have emphasized the need for Wi-Fi connectivity in third spaces, such as public parks.
Danforth Dad
Toronto playground map and reviews
Parks and Rec Bot
I used ChatGPT to train a custom bot using open Parks and Rec data -- facilities, locations, programming, hours of operation -- to train a custom Toronto Parks and Rec Bot. Ask it a question, like "I have two kids, 5 and 12, and I want them to both take swimming on Saturdays" and get help finding the right classes.