AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Community Benefits Secured (Planning Act Sections 37 and 45)

The legacy Section 37 density bonusing framework in the  Planning Act, 1990 enabled the City to negotiate contributions towards local community benefits for development applications that exceeded a site’s zoned height and density. Toronto’s Official Plan provided that Section 37 may be used for development, excepting non-profit developments, with more than 10,000 square metres of gross floor area where the zoning by-law amendment increases the permitted density by at least 1,500 square metres and/or significantly increases the permitted height.

When a developer submitted an application requesting more height and density than allowed, City Planning staff initiated a review process. Section 37 benefits were negotiated on a case-by-case basis with developers, incorporating consultation with the Ward Councillor, the community, and various City Divisions and Agencies. 

In-kind contributions occur where a development applicant agrees to directly provide the negotiated benefit, such as dedicating physical space within a building for use by non-profit groups. Alternatively, a development applicant can provide cash-in-lieu of the negotiated benefit, transferring responsibility for implementation to the City.

After approval by City Council, the proposed Section 37 benefits are considered to be “secured”, and the developer has a legal obligation to provide the benefits at a future date, usually when applying for a building permit.

Similar to Section 37, community benefits can also be obtained pursuant to Section 45(9) of the Planning Act, 1990, where the Committee of Adjustment adds a condition on the approval of a minor variance to the zoning by-law. 

**Note:** There is often a lag between when the City secures and receives a benefit as, in some cases, it can take years before an approved development submits an application for a building permit. Delays in receiving the benefit can also occur when large investments require the pooling of funds from multiple projects. 

To access the full dataset, use the “Download Data” section to download a CSV, JSON, or XML file.


Tags: benefits
Organization: City of Toronto
Current and Future Climate

This dataset was developed by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority for the City of Toronto.

This data shows climate projections for 53 climate variables across two climate scenarios (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5) and three future time periods (2015-2040, 2041- 2070, 2071-2100). This dataset represents the averages across the City of Toronto's municipal boundary area. Climate variables covering temperature, precipitation, extreme heat and cold days, dry days, agricultural variables, freeze-thaw cycles, and freezing rain potential are presented.  

Tags: adaptation, climate, climate change, cooling, flood, precipitation, resilience, storm, weather
Organization: City of Toronto
The City Operated Electric Vehicle Charging Station Map

The map shows an expanding network of publicly accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging stations operated by the City of Toronto. The City provides public EV charging stations at both on-street and off-street parking facilities, which are managed by Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), an agency of the City of Toronto. Moving from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to EVs is a key action in reaching the City’s goal of achieving net zero GHG emissions by 2040. For more information, visit [TransformTO Net Zero Strategy](https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmentally-friendly-city-initiatives/transformto).

Organization: City of Toronto
Topographic Mapping - Water Line

Line layer representing small waterways. These are for any waterways too narrow to accurately determine both banks of the waterway. For any waterway wide enough to determine both sides of the banks, please refer to the Topographic Mapping - Water Bodies and Rivers dataset.

These lines are part of the City’s topographic mapping products, the data is collected from high resolution aerial photography. The data is a representation of the physical features that are visually identifiable in an aerial photograph.


Tags: GIS, Rivers, Topo, TopographicMapping, Waterbodies
Organization: City of Toronto
Green Streets

Green Streets are roads that include [green infrastructure](https://www.toronto.ca/?page_id=696180&accordion=descriptions-of-green-infrastructure-types) – natural and human-made – that capture rainwater and direct it to plants and trees, acting as a natural filter that cleans the water before it makes its way into local waterways. It is a cost-effective, resilient approach to managing the impact of wet weather events and provides social, economic and environmental benefits.

This dataset provides an overview of green infrastructure assets that have been constructed. The dataset will be updated annually.

Tags: Green, LID
Organization: City of Toronto
Litter Bin Collection Frequency

There are more than 10,000 garbage/recycling street litter bins across the city and the frequency of collection varies based on the location and/or usage of each bin and seasonality. Bins located in Business Improvement Areas and the downtown core are collected daily with some bins in these areas receiving additional collection during the day as required, and where it is feasible to do so.

Every week more than 50,000 collections of street litter bins are scheduled with the majority of these taking place at night for safety and efficiency reasons.

In 2023, there was an average of 43 validated service requests per week for uncollected or overflowing bins. This reflects a reliability rate for the scheduled collections of more than 99.9 per cent.

In 2023, only about 20 per cent of service requests for overflowing or uncollected bins were repeats of the same location and just under 5 per cent were locations that received three or more service requests.

Any overflowing bins should be reported to 311. Solid Waste Management Services addresses any service requests related to overflowing street litter bins within 24 hours. 

Tags: SWMS, collections, garbage, litter
Organization: City of Toronto
StrollTO

This dataset list points of interest associated with each of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods as compiled by the Visitor Economy Office. The self-guided itineraries are built around Toronto’s main streets to highlight attractions, public art, green spaces, historic buildings and more.  

To suggest inclusion of additional points of interest or for any comments or update requests to existing comments please email stroll@toronto.ca. 

The list was last updated spring 2024. 

Tags: itinerary, self-guided, stroll, strollto, tour, walking
Organization: City of Toronto
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics

The City of Toronto’s Immunization Task Force is readying nine City-operated COVID-19 immunization clinics to open when vaccine supply is secured by the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario provides direction to open. The clinics are in strategically-located areas of the city and are part of an overall Vaccination Program that includes mobile clinics and response teams to ensure priority neighbourhoods and vulnerable populations have access to immunization and are part of a wider community plan that involves health sector partners, including hospitals and other community health organizations. This dataset includes information about City-operated immunization clinics. 


Organization: City of Toronto
Zoning By-law

Zoning By-law 569-2013 has been updated to include amendments up to June 18th, 2023.

This dataset also contains static shapefiles that are part of the Zoning By-law 569-2013 (as well as amendments from 2019), which were approved by Council but with sections that still remain under appeal.  
  
The Zoning By-law team is responsible for the revising the city-wide zoning bylaw. Zoning bylaws regulate the use, size, height, density and location of buildings on properties and affect every property in the City.

View [Amendments to Zoning By-law 569-2013 website](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/zoning-by-law-preliminary-zoning-reviews/zoning-by-law-569-2013-2/)


Tags: city-wide by-law, development, mapping, zoning
Organization: City of Toronto
Blacklegged Tick Surveillance

Toronto’s tick surveillance program monitors the number of blacklegged ticks, their locations and the number of them that carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi). This information helps to determine the overall risk of Lyme disease in Toronto. Toronto has been engaged in active tick surveillance since 2013.
The tick surveillance program consists of ticks found by dragging.

Tick dragging is a process of collecting ticks in the environment and is done in the spring and fall when adult ticks are active. Dragging locations are selected based on suitable blacklegged tick habitat or a previous confirmed finding of a blacklegged tick. Blacklegged ticks may still be present in very low numbers at a site where none were found by tick dragging efforts.  Ticks are found in wooded or bushy areas with lots of leaves on the ground or where there are tall grasses. As tick populations are expanding, it is possible that blacklegged ticks could be present outside the areas identified by Toronto Public Health. In addition, ticks can travel or migrate on the bodies of animals such as birds and therefore can be present in an area for a year in very low numbers and then disappear. The ticks are sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for confirmation of species and testing of adults and nymphs for Borrelia burgdorferi.


Tags: Disease, Health, Lyme Disease, Parks, Surveillance, Ticks
Organization: City of Toronto
Sign Bylaw Districts

The data layer shows the sign district designations of all properties in the City of Toronto - the sign bylaw 
regulations/permissions/restrictions that are applicable to each property in the city are based on its sign 
district designation. The data is used in conjunction with a City of Toronto map so that individual properties 
can be searched by address or through a zoom tool. The city provides this data to the public through an 
online mapping and search tool at: https://map.toronto.ca/maps/map.jsp?app=SignView_2


Organization: City of Toronto
Indoor Ice Rinks

This dataset includes information on arenas, community centres, and recreation centres with indoor ice pads owned by the City of Toronto.

The dataset provides details on ice pad size according to Hockey Canada Line Markings diagrams approved by Hockey Canada, and location information.

The operational status of an indoor ice rink is updated in near real-time by staff throughout the day. The most updated information can be found by accessing the JSON file linked below:

[https://www.toronto.ca/data/parks/live/skate_allupdates.json](https://www.toronto.ca/data/parks/live/skate_allupdates.json)

Operational Statuses include:

*	0 = closed

*	1 = open

*	2 = service alert

The json file and the rink list should be joined by first parsing the numeric digits from the [locations] column in the json, and then joining to the rink file on [locationid]. Note: The json file will only show status information for ice pads that have active service alerts on them.

**Note:**
The dataset contains information about indoor ice rinks owned by the City of Toronto and operated by either by the Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Division or another City of Toronto Corporation or Agency. All other indoor ice rinks (either public access, or private) are out of scope of this dataset.

**Lakeshore Arena Corporation:** 
The Lakeshore Arena Corporation is a City corporation that manages the Lakeshore Arena (operating as the Ford Performance Centre), a marquee four-pad ice arena in the South Etobicoke area of Toronto. The Lakeshore Arena offers ice rentals, leagues, public skating, drop-in programs, tournaments and special events to the local community. 

**Arena Boards:**
Eight arenas in Toronto are operated by volunteer Arena Boards of Management (Arena Boards). The board-run arenas provide indoor ice sport facilities and other recreational spaces such as community rooms and banquet halls. Programs offered include hockey and figure skating and leisure skating. Some arenas also offer dry floor rentals (i.e., floor hockey) in the summer. These services are complemented by snack bars, pro-shops, and meeting rooms rentals at some locations.


Tags: ice rink, indoor ice rink
Organization: City of Toronto
Topographic Mapping - Poles


Topographic mapping includes features that are visible on the ground (planimetric), or can be derived from photogrammetric measurements. The pole dataset is broken down into the following subtypes:

 

- Circular Hydro Tower

- Pedestrian Light Pole

- Street Light Pole

- Street Light and Traffic Signal Pole

- Traffic Signal Pole

- Miscellaneous Pole

 

**Limitation:**

Data is collected via manual digitization from aerial imagery. It has a ground accuracy of +- 30cm. Poles added/deleted/moved through construction may not be reflected in the dataset immediately due to operational constraints. Due to the inability to see poles located close to tall buildings, or in areas of deep shadow; some poles may not be collected at all.


Organization: City of Toronto
Pedestrian Network

The Pedestrian Network (pednet) was created by the DAV team at the City of Toronto, and it is based on the sidewalk inventory from Transportation Services, Toronto road centrelines, and manual collection from aerial imagery. Pednet is integrated with centerline intersections, traffic signals, pedestrian crosswalks and crossovers, traffic signal data from Transportation Services as well as other City of Toronto datasets.

Pednet was built using a variety of open source libraries such as NetworkX, Pandana, Quantum GIS, and Space syntax, as well as production mapping tools from ESRI’s ArcPro/ArcMap. The project source code can be found on DAV’s GitHub account here, which includes the semi-automated offsetting method from the Sidewalk Inventory and the analytical procedures undertaken.

Pednet is a data model resembling a network graph (edges and nodes) weighted by linear distance. Shortest routes were calculated from every building centroid in the city to the nearest nth amenity at the maximum distance of 5000m. Walk times were calculated in the nearest minutes, using the prescribed 1.0m/per-second velocity used by Transportation services. Two separate versions of pednet were created in this iteration of the project: 

1) using actual linear distances as network weights, and 

2) where crosswalks were “extended” by 20% of their length to impose additional impedance to their distances and walk times. 

For every address within the City of Toronto, the walk times were calculated to various amenities like schools, libraries, hospitals, supermarkets, TTC stops and convenience stores see Section 3. Walk times were assigned to individual addresses as attributes. We then aggregated all these walk times to the census tract level and calculated the minimum, maximum, standard deviation, median, and average walk times. We used these aggregated values to both: 

1) relate walkability measures to Statistics Canada Census data for socio-demographic analysis, as well as 

2) the building footprints, pednet centerlines, and census tract area boundaries to be used in choropleth maps contained within the following sections.

Organization: City of Toronto
Toronto Fire Services Run Areas

A run area is a geographical area in proximity to a fire station that is normally served by the personnel and apparatus from that facility in the event of a fire, rescue or other emergency. There are 84 run areas in the City of Toronto. Run area boundaries have been derived from the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. This shapefile provides an approximate representation of the run area boundaries in the CAD system.


Tags: fire station, first in, run area, toronto fire services
Organization: City of Toronto
Doors Open Toronto 2016

This dataset lists all properties participating in Doors Open Toronto on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, 2016. The dataset comprises more than 130 architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings across the city. The Doors Open Toronto 2016 theme of Re-used, Re-visited and Revised will explore the adaptive re-use of buildings throughout Toronto's architectural history.

**Comment:**

The quality of the data has been reviewed. Although City staff make best efforts to review the accuracy of the data, we must rely on the properties themselves to provide accurate data. The data is considered accurate as of the date the JSON file is posted. Although it is not encouraged, it is possible for properties to change their data or remove themselves from the event right up to the event weekend.

This data will not be maintained after the Doors Open event on May 28 and 29, 2016.


Tags: doors open
Organization: City of Toronto
Doors Open Toronto 2017

 This dataset lists all properties participating in Doors Open Toronto on Saturday, May 27 and Sunday, May 28, 2017. The dataset includes 150 architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings across the city. Doors Open Toronto 2017 is part of the City of Toronto's year-long program of celebrations, commemorations and exhibitions marking Canada's 150th birthday. Doors Open Toronto is presented by Great Gulf and produced by the City of Toronto in partnership with the broader community.

The quality of the data has been reviewed. Although City staff make best efforts to review the accuracy of the data, we must rely on the properties themselves to provide accurate data. The data is considered accurate as of the date the JSON file is posted. Although it is not encouraged, it is possible for properties to change their data or remove themselves from the event right up to the event weekend.

This data will not be maintained after the Doors Open event on May 27 and 28, 2017.


Tags: doors open
Organization: City of Toronto
Doors Open Toronto 2018

This dataset lists all properties participating in Doors Open Toronto on
Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27, 2018. The dataset includes 130
architecturally, historically, culturally and socially significant buildings
across the city. Doors Open Toronto is presented by Great Gulf and produced by
the City of Toronto in partnership with the broader community.



The quality of the data has been reviewed. Although City staff make best
efforts to review the accuracy of the data, we must rely on the properties
themselves to provide accurate data. The data is considered accurate as of the
date the JSON file is posted. Although it is not encouraged, it is possible
for properties to change their data or remove themselves from the event right
up to the event weekend.



This data will not be maintained after the Doors Open event on May 26 and 27,
2018.





Tags: doorsopen
Organization: City of Toronto
Councillors' Constituency Services & Office Expense Reporting

Each Councillor has a constituency services and office budget to pay for expenses that are allowable under the Constituency Services and Office Budget Policy*. This dataset contains Members of Toronto City Council total annual constituency services and office expenses broken down into categories (e.g. Office Equipment and Supplies, Conferences & Office Travel) . The budget per year is as follows:

  * 2008 office expense budget - $53,100 
  * 2009 office expense budget - $53,100 
  * 2010 office expense budget - $50,445 
  * 2011 office expense budget - $30,000 
  * 2012 constituency services and office budget* - $30,000
  * 2013 constituency services and office budget - $30,450
  * 2014 constituency services and office budget - $30,815.40
  * 2015 constituency services and office budget - $31,585.79
  * 2016 constituency services and office budget - $32,059.58



*The Office Expense Budget has been renamed the Constituency Services and Office Budget and the Councillor Expense Policy has been renamed the Constituency Services and Office Budget Policy as per City Council approval of EX21.9 on July 11, 2012.

The data provided is not in the same order as presented on the City's website.

**Comment**  
  
2010 and 2014 are election years. Councillors are allocated 11/12ths of the approved constituency services and office budget until the end of the Council term on November 30 of the year. The remaining 1/12th of the budget was allocated to December for returning Councillors. New Councillors also received 1/12th of the allocation.  
Therefore each Councillor had a constituency services and office budget of:

  * $46,241.25 for January 1 - November 30, 2010; $4,203.75 for December 2010
  * $28,247.45 for January 1 - November 30, 2014; $2,567.95 for December 2014



 

 


Tags: council budget, council expense, council office expense, council spending
Organization: City of Toronto
Toronto Police Budget By Command

This dataset includes a summarized breakdown of the Toronto Police Service approved budget and actual expenditures by command at a Service-wide level. Approved budget and actual expenditures are defined as follows: 

* Approved Budget: Operating funding approved by the Toronto Police Services Board and City Council for a specific fiscal year.

* Actual Expenditures: Operating expenses incurred by the Toronto Police Service during a fiscal year.

Organization: City of Toronto
King St. Transit Pilot - 2015 King Street Traffic Counts



The [King Street Transit Pilot](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/) launched on Sunday, November 12, 2017 between Bathurst Street and Jarvis Street. The Pilot aims to improve transit reliability, speed, and capacity by prioritizing streetcars over private vehicles.

Baseline metrics for traffic volume were collected during 2015.

  * One week captured during November 2015 at 5 locations
  * Counted using traffic counting cameras temporarily installed at counting locations.
  * Data are aggregate for all vehicle classes. 
  * Data are only available for the dates and locations where the counters were installed.



 


Tags: king st pilot, traffic, transportation
Organization: City of Toronto
King St. Transit Pilot - Bluetooth Travel Time Summary


The [King Street Transit Pilot](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/) launched on Sunday, November 12, 2017 between Bathurst Street and Jarvis Street. The Pilot aims to improve transit reliability, speed, and capacity by prioritizing streetcars over private vehicles.

  * Data is collected by Bluetooth sensors installed in the King St. Transit Pilot study area
  * Data is averaged by day type and time period for each month of the Pilot
  * Data is updated monthly during the duration of the Pilot. 
  * This data has been published on the City's website in [monthly dashboards](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/data-reports-background-materials/) since the beginning of the Pilot.
  * Visit [Travel Times Bluetooth](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/travel-times-bluetooth) for travel times on other streets monitored using Bluetooth sensors, including historical data.



Note: There are discrepancies in the summary travel times for February and March in comparison to what was published in the [monthly dashboards](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/data-reports-background-materials/). The previously published data in the February and March dashboards were not filtered as aggressively for outliers and erroneous observations.

 


Tags: king st pilot, traffic, transportation
Organization: City of Toronto