AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Reducing Single Use and Takeaway Items

**Phase 1 Consultation** 

This dataset includes responses from this public survey. The Online Survey was available from September 20, 2018 to October 28, 2018 and received approximately 20,000 responses.

In Fall 2018, Solid Waste Management Services held a series of engagement opportunities to seek feedback from the public on how to reduce single-use and takeaway items — such as coffee cups, plastic bags, take-out containers and plastic cutlery, etc., in Toronto. Engagement was focused on determining which single-use or takeaway items residents and stakeholders are most interested in addressing and their preferred methods or approaches to reducing these items or promoting additional reuse. An online survey was hosted by the City of Toronto, available online from September 20, 2018 to October 28, 2018. The results of quantitative questions from this survey are presented in this dataset. The definition presented for a single-use or takeaway item was: A single-use or takeaway item is any product designed for a single use after which is it disposed of, whether into garbage or a waste diversion stream, as solid waste. Typically, these products are not designed for durability or reuse.

**Phase 2 Consultation**

In the fall of 2019, Solid Waste Management Services held another series of engagement opportunities to gather feedback from the public on the approaches and proposed timelines to reduce specific single-use and takeaway items.

This dataset includes responses from this public survey and independent polling. The Online Survey was available from September 24, 2019 to November 11, 2019 and received approximately 23,700 responses. A sample of 1,000 Toronto residents aged 16 or older was surveyed online as part of the independent polling from November 26 to December 3, 2019.


Organization: City of Toronto
Recreational Courses Historical Data


This dataset includes data on courses of recreational programs offered by the City of Toronto. There are various courses with certain number of classes running for each type of recreational program at multiple facilities over the city. Course is the most granular level of the data presented, and 'Course Barcode' is the unique identifier. Courses are classified by sections and run separately for different age groups (refer to 'SubSection' column). 'Location', 'Facility_District', 'Facility_Type', 'Postal_Code', and 'Ward' fields describe geographical location of a course, whether it is a community centre, a club, a pool, an institute, etc. Courses have age restrictions and certain capacity ('Max_Reg'), as well as a requirement for minimum number of registrants in order for a course to run ('Min_Reg'), Courses run on schedules - particular days of the week, - and possess time attributes such as 'Start Date', 'Start Hour', etc. Attendance of the recreational courses by public is tracked in 'Visits' field.

Thus, courses information you'll find in this dataset is the following:

  * Course_Barcode      
  * Program      
  * Course        
  * Section       
  * SubSection 
  * Location      
  * Facility_District        
  * Facility_Type           
  * Postal_Code
  * Ward           
  * Facility        
  * Min_Age      
  * Max_Age     
  * Min_Reg      
  * Max_Reg     
  * Number_of_Classes 
  * Days_of_the_Week  
  * Reg_Session           
  * Session_Year          
  * Course_Reg
  * Course_Waitlist        
  * Number_of_Weeks  
  * Course_Type           
  * Course_Hours          
  * StartYear     
  * StartMonth  
  * StartDay      
  * EndYear      
  * EndMonth   
  * EndDay       
  * StartHour     
  * StartMinute  
  * StartQuarter 
  * StartTime     
  * Visits



The source of the data is the City of Toronto Recreation Management System. Dataset has gone through necessary inter-divisional validation.

In this dataset, you will find historical data for the year of 2015.


Tags: courses, parks and recreation, rec program, recreation
Organization: City of Toronto
Special Committee on Governance -- Public Consultations on Civic Governance and decision making

The Special Committee on Governance was established by City Council at its meeting on December 4, 2018, to consider the impacts on City's governance structures and decision-making processes that resulted from the reduction in the size of Council.<br />

To better understand the public’s perspective on the City’s decision-making structures and processes, five facilitated round table discussions were held at civic centres across Toronto on June 10-17, 2019. This data set represents the compiled notes taken from these sessions. It also includes responses from a facilitated discussion on July 24, 2019, with members from Neighbourhood Improvement Area (NIA) Planning Tables.<br />

Additional information is available as part of the public consultations for the Special Committee on Governance, including:<br />

"Special Committee on Governance – Online survey on civic governance and decision-making" is a data set which includes the responses to a public survey about what was working and what needed improvement with respect to Council's decision-making bodies and processes, as well as city-led and community-led civic engagement processes. The survey was broadly advertised and accessible on the www.toronto.ca/TOgovernance website from June 1 until July 27, 2019. <br />

GV4.2 (September 11, 2019) "Report from the City Manager on Special Committee on Governance: Public Consultation and Work Plan Update" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137449.pdf<br />

GV4.2 Attachment 1 – "Details on Public Engagement Activities" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137468.pdf <br />

In addition, Special Committee on Governance asked staff to provide targeted engagement opportunities for neighbourhood associations across Toronto. The "Summary of Input from Neighbourhood Associations to the Special Committee on Governance" can be found here: https://www.toronto.ca/special-committee-on-governance-consultations/<br />

"Workshop with Neighbourhood Associations" is a data set of responses gathered from two table exercises conducted at a workshop with neighbourhood associations held from 6:30-8:30 pm at Metro Hall on October 1, 2019. <br />


Organization: City of Toronto
Special Committee on Governance -- Public Consultation on Governance and Decision Making -- Survey #1

The Special Committee on Governance was established by City Council at its meeting on December 4, 2018, to consider the impacts on the City's governance structures and decision-making processes that resulted from the reduction in the size of Council. <br>

In keeping with a work plan and engagement strategy approved by the Special Committee on Governance, City staff conducted public consultations. The responses from a survey, open to the public from June 1 until July 27, 2019, are included in this data set. The survey was broadly advertised and accessible on the www.toronto.ca/TOgovernance website.<br>

In the survey, respondents were asked what was working and what needed improvement with respect to Council's decision-making bodies and processes, as well as city-led and community-led civic engagement processes. The survey included multiple-choice and open-ended questions. <br>

Additional information is available as part of the public consultations for the Special Committee on Governance, including: <br>

"Special Committee on Governance -- Public Consultations on Civic Governance and decision making" is a data set which contains the notes gathered from five consultations held from June 10-17, 2019, in civic centres across Toronto to better understand the public’s perspective on the City’s decision-making structures and processes. The data set also includes responses from a dedicated discussion with participants of the City's Neighbourhood Improvement Area (NIA) Planning Tables held on July 24, 2019.<br>

GV4.2 (September 11, 2019) "Report from the City Manager on Special Committee on Governance: Public Consultation and Work Plan Update" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137449.pdf<br>

GV4.2 Attachment 1 – "Details on Public Engagement Activities" http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/gv/bgrd/backgroundfile-137468.pdf<br> 

In addition, Special Committee on Governance asked staff to provide targeted engagement opportunities for neighbourhood associations across Toronto. The "Summary of Input from Neighbourhood Associations to the Special Committee on Governance" can be found here: https://www.toronto.ca/special-committee-on-governance-consultations/<br>

"Workshop with Neighbourhood Associations" is a data set of responses gathered from two table exercises conducted at a workshop with neighbourhood associations held from 6:30-8:30 pm at Metro Hall on October 1, 2019. 

Tags: Council, Decision-making, Goverment
Organization: City of Toronto
Parking Lot Facilities



This dataset includes data on parking lots operated by the City of Toronto PF&R Division. Parking lots are located in parks or on the building grounds of community centres, schools, pool buildings, etc. These buildings or parks are considered parent assets of parking lots and listed in 'Park Name' column.   
A parking lot has certain number of spaces including handicap spots. Every parking lot is identified by (X, Y) GIS coordinate. Parking lots may be private, open for public, or used by members/staff only.  
  
Thus, parking lot information you'll find in this dataset is the following:  
-    Parking Lot Asset ID  
-    Park Name  
-    Parking Spaces  
-    Handicap Parking Spaces  
-    GIS Coordinates  
-    Access

**Comment:**

  1. The source of the data is the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation Asset Management System. Dataset has gone through necessary inter-divisional validation and on-site validation with parks supervisors.


  1. The dataset contains information about parking lots operated by Parks, Forestry, and Recreation Division of the City of Toronto. All other City-owned parking lots (either public, or private) are out of scope of this dataset. Valid date range of the data: 2013 - 2015. Data is currently going through additional validation process, estimated to be completed at the end of 2016. Some facilities or some values may be missing from the dataset. These will be added after data is captured by the validation team. As per the end of the validation, additional refresh of the data is planned.




Tags: parking lot
Organization: City of Toronto
Open Government Staff Survey



In January 2015, the City's Open Government Committee - senior staff who promote an organizational culture of greater collaboration and openness - organized an internal Open Government Survey for the Toronto Public Service. The purpose of the survey was to learn how City staff viewed Open Government and discover their thoughts and stories about "opening up" government. The honest assessment provided by City staff would enable the committee to set priorities and focus on things that would help Toronto achieve the City's Strategic Action #13 Open Government by Design.

**Comment:**

The data represented here was provided only by a subset of City staff. Personal and identifiable information was removed in accordance with privacy standards.

The City is committed to 'opening up government'. Open Government is about ensuring access to timely, reliable and relevant information which enables the public to choose when and how to use City services or engage in policy decision-making. Being transparent about what the City does demonstrates accountability. Being open builds public trust and confidence in government.


Tags: open government
Organization: City of Toronto
King St. Transit Pilot - Detailed Traffic & Pedestrian Volumes


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 traffic & pedestrian volumes were collected during October and early November 2017. 

 

Monthly updates of traffic & pedestrian volumes on King St. (between Bathurst and Jarvis) will be published until the end of the pilot timed together with [monthly dashboard](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/data-reports-background-materials/) releases.

  * Volumes are classified into cars, single-unit trucks, articulated trucks, bicycles and pedestrians
  * Volumes are collected at 31 intersections in the Pilot area using a video-based counting system
  * Approximately one week of activity is captured per month, with more intensive collection conducted in the first months of the pilot
  * Counts are aggregated by 15 minute time bins
  * Counts are presented by intersection approach leg (N, S, E, W) and direction of travel (NB, SB, EB, WB)



 

Relevant dataset- [King St. Transit Pilot - Traffic & Pedestrian Volumes Summary](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/king-st-transit-pilot-traffic-pedestrian-volumes-summary)

 


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


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. This dataset includes travel times measured along the King St. Corridor, collected by Bluetooth sensors prior to the start of the Pilot as well as continuous collection after the Pilot's launch.

  * Data is averaged into 5 minute snapshots based on a sample of detected vehicles
  * Data is updated together with the publishing of monthly dashboard releases
  * 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.



Data are only available on the subset of City streets within the King Street Transit Pilot study area where detectors are placed and operational.

Relevant dataset: [King St. Transit Pilot - Bluetooth Travel Time Summary](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/king-st-transit-pilot-bluetooth-travel-time-summary)

For more information, visit: [King Street Transit Pilot](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/)

 


Tags: king st pilot, traffic, transportation
Organization: City of Toronto
King Street Pilot - Disaggregate headway and travel time



- The King Street Transit Pilot launched on Sunday, November 12, 2017 between Bathurst Street and Jarvis Street. 

- The Pilot aimed to improve transit reliability, speed, and capacity by prioritizing streetcars over private vehicles.

- Data was collected from the TTC CIS vehicle dispatch systems.

- Data is in three files

o TTC - King St, Pilot - Disaggregate - Weekday - Travel Time - 2017-2018.xlsx

o TTC - King St. Pilot - Disaggregate - Weekday Peak Headway - 2017-2018.xlsx

o TTC - King St Pilot - Summary - Monthly Dashboard

- Data covers the time frame from January 3rd, 2017 to December 31, 2018.

- Data is a one-time upload

 


Tags: king stpilot, transportation, ttc
Organization: City of Toronto
Humber Bay Parks Survey Results Data



The 2016 Humber Bay Parks Project Survey is a City of Toronto 'park user' survey that was conducted to obtain resident input into the development of the Humber Bay Parks Master Plan. The survey was open for responses from May 6 to June 30 2016. In total there were 1,021 valid respondents included in the report for the Humber Bay Parks Project Survey.

This dataset contains all data entered by survey respondents into the City of Toronto corporate account of the Fluid Surveys application for the online Humber Bay Parks Project Survey (2016).

The target population for the 2016 Humber Bay Parks Survey was all residents living in the City of Toronto. The sampling method was self-selection in the online survey. Public awareness of the survey was promoted through the City of Toronto's website page for the Humber Bay Parks Master Plan, social media and email notices.

There are 2 tabs in the dataset:

1\. **Full and Truncated Headers**

  * Col #
  * [Question Number]
  * Truncated Header
  * Full Question Headers  
  




2\. **Final Dataset All Cases** : questions and responses data

The questionnaire had 24 questions in total. Seventeen questions captured quantitative data with multiple items in each question. Respondents were asked to check the options that applied to them. Checked items appear as "1" in the dataset. Respondents were allowed to check multiple items. Free format option (text) was also offered in the seven questions that captured open text written comments.


Tags: humber bay park
Organization: City of Toronto
Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild Story Form – Vulnerable Populations

From June 24 to July 24, 2020, the City of Toronto contracted Social Planning Toronto (a local non-governmental organization) to conduct additional outreach to equity-seeking or vulnerable residents and groups on their ideas and priorities for response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This data set contains the responses (in story form) to an online and phone survey conducted as part of this outreach.

For all related Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild (TORR) engagement datasets, please see [here] (https://open.toronto.ca/catalogue/?search=TORR&sort=score%20desc).


Tags: TORR, covid19, outreach, pandemic, residents, story, survey, vulnerable
Organization: City of Toronto
Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild Survey for Individuals - Vulnerable Populations

From June 24 to July 24, 2020, the City of Toronto contracted Social Planning Toronto (a local non-governmental organization) to conduct additional outreach to equity-seeking or vulnerable residents and groups on their ideas and priorities for response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This data set contains 965 responses to an online and phone survey conducted as part of this outreach.  

For all related Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild (TORR) engagement datasets, please see [here] (https://open.toronto.ca/catalogue/?search=TORR&sort=score%20desc).

Tags: TORR, covid19, pandemic, surveys, vulnerable
Organization: City of Toronto
Municipal Licensing and Standards - Business Licence Renewals and New Issues Summary


See "MLS Business Licence Renewals and New Issues Readme" File.

  
Business licences (renewals and new licences) administered by the City per month beginning in year 2009. The City of Toronto tracks the number of business licences it administers (renewals and new licences), and reports these data quarterly in its Management Information Dashboard report (available at www.toronto.ca/progress).


Tags: business licence, renewal
Organization: City of Toronto