AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Street Furniture - Litter Receptacle

The City of Toronto entered into a 20-year contractual agreement with Astral
Out-of-Home in 2007 for the installation and maintenance of up to 25,000
street furniture elements including up to 12,000 litter receptacles.  This
program is a public-private partnership wherein Astral Out-of-Home
manufactures, owns, cleans, and repairs all of their street furniture within
the City of Toronto.



Tags: litter bin, litter receptacle, waste receptacle
Organization: City of Toronto
Street Furniture - Poster Structure

The City of Toronto entered into a 20-year contractual agreement with Astral
Out-of-Home in 2007 for the installation and maintenance of up to 25,000
street furniture elements including up to 800 poster structures.  This program
is a public-private partnership wherein Astral Out-of-Home manufactures, owns,
cleans, and repairs all of their street furniture within the City of Toronto.



Tags: poster column, poster structure, postering
Organization: City of Toronto
Street Furniture - Publication Structure

The City of Toronto entered into a 20-year contractual agreement with Astral
Out-of-Home in 2007 for the installation and maintenance of up to 25,000
street furniture elements including up to 2,500 publication structures.  This
program is a public-private partnership wherein Astral Out-of-Home
manufactures, owns, cleans, and repairs all of their street furniture within
the City of Toronto.



Tags: publication corral, publication kiosk, publication structure
Organization: City of Toronto
Street Furniture - Transit Shelter

The City of Toronto entered into a 20-year contractual agreement with Astral
Out-of-Home in 2007 for the installation and maintenance of up to 25,000
street furniture elements including up to 6,000 transit shelters.  This
program is a public-private partnership wherein Astral Out-of-Home
manufactures, owns, cleans, and repairs all of their street furniture within
the City of Toronto.



Tags: bus shelter, transit shelter, ttc shelter
Organization: City of Toronto
Fire Incidents

This dataset includes only fire incidents as defined by the Ontario Fire Marshal (OFM) up to December 31, 2023.

**Refresh date displayed is not representative of the vintage of this dataset.**



This dataset provides more detail than the basic incidents dataset provides for only fire Incidents to which Toronto Fire Service(TFS) responds to. The format is similar to the reporting data sent by TFS to the OFM.

For privacy purposes personal information is not provided and exact address have been aggregated to the nearest major or minor intersection. Some incidents have been excluded pursuant to exemptions under Section 8 of Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA).

Incidents with incomplete data may be under investigation or is classified as a no loss outdoor fire.

Organization: City of Toronto
Cost of Living in Toronto for Low-Income Households

The City of Toronto monitors food affordability every year using the Ontario Nutritious Food Basket (ONFB) costing tool. Food prices, among other essential needs, have increased considerably in the last several years in Toronto. People receiving social assistance and earning low wages often do not have enough money to cover the cost of basic expenses, including food. As such, ONFB data is best used to assess the cost of living in Toronto by examining food affordability in relation to income, alongside other local basic expenses.

The dataset describes the affordability of food and other basic expenses relative to income for 11 household scenarios.

* Scenarios were selected to reflect household characteristics that increase the risk of being food insecure, including reliance on social assistance as the main source of income, single-parent households, and rental housing. A median income scenario has also been included as a comparator.

* Income, including federal and provincial tax benefits, and the cost of four basic living expenses - rent, food, child care, and transportation - are estimated for each scenario.

* Results show the estimated amount of money remaining at the end of the month for each household.

Three versions of the scenarios were further created to describe:

* **Impact of Subsidies**: Income scenarios with subsidies 
  
    * Subsidies can substantially reduce a households’ monthly expenses. Local subsidies for rent (Rent-Geared-to-Income), child care (Child care Fee Subsidy), and transit (Fair Pass) are accounted for in this file.

* **Impact of Paying Average Market Rent**: Income scenarios without subsidies + average market rent 

    * In this file, rental costs are based on average market rent, as measured by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).	

* **Impact of Paying Current Asking Market Rent**: Income scenarios without subsidies +  asking market rent 

    * Rental costs are based on asking rental prices for available units (as of October 2024), as measured by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB).

All values are rounded to the nearest dollar.


Organization: City of Toronto
Minister-Approved Major Transit Station Areas

Chapter 8 of Toronto’s Official Plan contains policies and delineations for Major Transit Station Areas and Protected Major Transit Station areas. The delineations for these areas are set out in Map 1 of the policy for each station, respectively. This dataset contains a shapefile with the 120 Major Transit Station Area and Protected Major Transit Station Area delineations which were approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing on August 15, 2025.

For the full text of the Major Transit Station Area and Protected Major Transit Station Area policies, please visit [http://Toronto.ca/OurPlan](http://toronto.ca/OurPlan) .

Organization: City of Toronto
Annual Energy Consumption [City Owned/Operated Buildings]

Energy consumption and GHG emissions data for City owned and operated buildings as per requirements under [Ontario Regulation 25/23](https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/r23025) under the Electricity Act, and starting in 2024 [Chapter 367 of the Toronto Municipal Code - Building Emissions Performance](https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/toronto-code-367.pdf). This data set is derived from monthly utility billing.  
  
**Additional details:**  
**In scope:** Buildings owned and operated by the City of Toronto, Toronto Parking Authority, Toronto Public Library, Toronto Transit Commission and Toronto Zoo where the City of Toronto (or the mentioned agencies) are responsible for making the payments for the building or facility’s energy consumption.  
**Out of scope:** Buildings owned and operated by agencies not specifically mentioned as ‘in scope’ and leased properties.

Tags: consumption, energy, energy consumption
Organization: City of Toronto
Toronto Employment Survey Summary Tables

The Toronto Employment Survey Bulletin summarizes the highlights of the field survey by City Planning. Surveyors visit all businesses in the city to collect information about the number of employees working in each business located within the city of Toronto boundaries, and the type of work that is taking place. Each business provides information on the number of full- and part-time employees as well as the type of employment activity taking place at each location. For more information, refer to the bulletin.

The Toronto Employment Survey explores one or more special topics related to Toronto's economy. As a result, additional tables related to those topics may exist for some years that do not exist for other years


Additional contact: [cityplanning@toronto.ca](mailto:cityplanning@toronto.ca)


Tags: employment, jobs, toronto employment survey
Organization: City of Toronto
Topographic Mapping – Impermeable Surface

- The Impermeable Surface dataset is a 1-bit raster indicating mainly artificial structures

o Pixel values of 0 indicate impermeable land

o Pixel values of 1 indicate permeable land

- Impermeable surfaces will not absorb water, and will instead cause surface runoff of water

- Permeable surfaces will absorb water

 

Please note: Data was derived from remotely sensed multispectral optical data. Data is limited to the City of Toronto geographic boundary. The methodologies used in this process are under development, and known artefacts and omissions exist within it. Data is intended for planning use only, not to be used as a replacement for rigorous field inspection and validation.


Tags: impermeability, impervious surface, permeability, pervious surface
Organization: City of Toronto
HousingTO Action Plan

The HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan (HousingTO Plan) provides a blueprint for action across the full housing continuum. These actions are aimed at improving housing, health, social and economic outcomes for Toronto residents.

Successful implementation of the HousingTO Plan requires ongoing monitoring, tracking and reporting on targets to ensure transparency and accountability.

This dataset accompanies the HousingTO Dashboard, which provides an annual update on the City’s progress towards meeting the HousingTO targets. The Plan’s 13 strategic actions have been consolidated across five key themes, including: new rental homes; preserving existing homes; assisting renters; homeownership assistance; and long-term care support.


Organization: City of Toronto
TTC GTFS-Realtime (GTFS-RT)

This GTFS-RT feed provides improved real-time service disruptions information.

The new feed has the following information:

* Subway, Streetcar, and Bus Alerts (No Service, Bypass, Delays, and Detour)

* Planned Alerts (Full Weekend Closures, Early Closures, Late Openings, and Single Track Operations)

* Service Changes (part of Service Advisories)

* Inactive Stops (Winter Readiness)

* Reduced Speed Zones

* Elevator and Escalator Unplanned and Planned Alerts

Organization: City of Toronto
Green P Parking

See "Green P Parking Readme" file.

The Toronto Parking Authority is a local Board of the City of Toronto which owns and operates the system of Municipal off-street parking lots ('Green P') and the on-street metered parking. This dataset includes general information on the Green P and 17 TTC parking lots operated by the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) about off-street parking (capacity, rates, location, type, operation method).   

**Note:** Unless otherwise stated, regular rates apply in our facilities on Holidays. There are no known limitations; however the posted rates in the lots override the rates in this dataset.


Tags: green p, parking
Organization: City of Toronto
Community Referrals by EMS (CREMS)

From 2008 to 2020 inclusive, this dataset provides the number of referrals made by frontline Paramedics who identify patients whom they feel should be assessed by Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) Home and Community Care teams to confirm whether these patients require alternative or additional healthcare options. These referrals are made through the electronic patient care record and securely received by the LHIN


Tags: ambulance, paramedic
Organization: City of Toronto
Elections - Official By-Election Results

The by-election results are used to identify the candidates running, the number of votes each candidate received, which candidate received the most votes, analysis and for statistical purposes. The City Clerk is responsible for declaring the official by-election results.

The data set contains the:

- name of the elected position in which candidates are running

- names of all candidates running in a City of Toronto municipal by-election by subdivision and ward number

- official voting results by ward and subdivision.

Organization: City of Toronto
Paramedic Services 911 Language Interpretation

This dataset provides a list of instances when Toronto Paramedic Services' Emergency Medical Dispatchers utilized a designated language translation service during medical emergency 9-1-1 calls to provide translation into English. The service allows 9-1-1 callers to access life-saving Paramedic services in over 240 languages.


Tags: dispatcher, emergency, language, language services, paramedic, translation services
Organization: City of Toronto
TTC Real-Time Next Vehicle Arrival (NVAS)

**Service Decommission Notice – Effective November 30, 2025**

Please be advised that this catalogue as well as the associated XML feed service currently accessible via the URL (with parameters) provided: (example: http://webservices.umoiq.com/service/publicXMLFeed?command=routeConfig&a=ttc&r=501)  will officially be decommissioned by November 30, 2025.

All users and integrators are required to transition to the TTC BusTime Real-Time Next Vehicle Arrival Service (NVAS), which provides real-time vehicle location and arrival data in GTFS-realtime format.

The new service is available at:

[https://bustime.ttc.ca/gtfsrt](https://bustime.ttc.ca/gtfsrt)

Additional information are available via the following link in Open Data:

* [https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/ttc-bustime-real-time-next-vehicle-arrival-nvas/](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/ttc-bustime-real-time-next-vehicle-arrival-nvas/)

* [https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/surface-routes-and-schedules-for-bustime/](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/surface-routes-and-schedules-for-bustime/)

* [https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/ttc-routes-and-schedules/](https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/ttc-routes-and-schedules/)

Please update your systems and integrations accordingly to avoid service disruption. 


This page contains old XML feed data accessed using URLs with parameters specified in the query string (example: [http://webservices.umoiq.com/service/publicXMLFeed?command=routeConfig&a=ttc&r=501](http://webservices.umoiq.com/service/publicXMLFeed?command=routeConfig&a=ttc&r=501))

Please read the following documents for a breakdown of the URLs that can be used and examples of the XML that is returned.


Tags: real-time next vehicle, streetcar, ttc, ttc bus
Organization: City of Toronto
Financial Information Return - Revenues (Schedule 10) and Expenses (Schedule 40)

Through the Financial Information Return, the Ministry collects data on municipal financial position and activities, such as assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, over the course of the previous fiscal year, as well as municipal statistical information. The Schedule 10 outlines the revenue sources for the municipality and the Schedule 40 details the municipality’s spending across various service areas. For more information, visit [https://efis.fma.csc.gov.on.ca/fir/index.php/en/financial-information-return-en/](https://efis.fma.csc.gov.on.ca/fir/index.php/en/financial-information-return-en/) .

Organization: City of Toronto
Heritage Formerly Listed

Through Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, the Province of Ontario made extensive amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, 1990. These included the introduction of a two-year time limit on the inclusion of non-designated (listed) properties on the City’s Heritage Register. If not designated prior to the expiry date, listed properties must be removed from the Register and may not be re-listed for a period of five years.

The City’s Heritage Register contains approximately 3,700 listed properties. While a handful of these properties will reach their expiration dates beginning in February of 2025, the vast majority will expire on January 1, 2027. Staff will be recommending a subset of these properties to Council for designation prior to their required removal date. Those that are not designated will be removed from the Register. Despite Heritage Register time limits, delisted properties are still important and have been identified by Council as holding cultural heritage value or interest.

Organization: City of Toronto
Poverty Reduction Strategy Consultation - Qualitative Input


One in four families in Toronto does not have the income necessary to live a healthy life and participate fully in their community. Inequality can be based on geography; some neighbourhoods experience greater poverty than others. People from Aboriginal and racialized communities, newcomers to Canada, people with disabilities, youth and children, lone parents, and others are dealing with the biggest challenges.   
  
Many people work more than one job, yet still have low incomes. Having an education is not proving to be a pathway to well-paid jobs for almost 1/4 of graduates. More than 1 million visits to food banks in Toronto means families, especially with children, are unable to put food on the table every day. Housing costs can take more than 70% of household income, yet can be poorly maintained or inadequate for the size of the family.

The Phase 1 engagement (November, 2014 to February, 2015) of the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy aimed to seek feedback in four key areas:

  * The drivers of poverty in Toronto;
  * A vision for the kind of Toronto we want;
  * What we are doing that helps address poverty and what else could be done; and,
  * An engagement plan for the next phase of the work.



 

The data contained in the Excel file titled Phase 1 Questionnaire Responses, was collected through an online questionnaire. The information recorded in the PDF file, titled Phase 1 Community Conversations was collected by community members using a PDF Facilitation Guide developed by City staff. The information recorded in the PDF file, titled Phase 1 Multisector Dialogue was collected by staff and table facilitators at a full day workshop on November 28, 2014.

Phase 2 engagement (February, 2015 to  April, 2015) built on community input from Phase 1 and gathered public feedback on key actions for various themes, (Access to Services; Child Care; Employment and Income, Food Access; Housing; and Transportation), and on principles that should guide City decisions.  
  
The Phase Two data includes two Excel files:

1.    The Days of Dialogue data that was transcribed into Excel from the ten community meetings.  
2.    The Online Feedback data that was collected through an online feedback form.  
  
For more information visit [TOProsperity](http://www.toronto.ca/toprosperity)

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Tags: inequality, low income, poverty, poverty reduction strategy
Organization: City of Toronto
Wellbeing Toronto - Demographics


**Demographics (2006 and 2011 Census Data)**

This dataset contains three worksheets. The full description for each column of data is available in the first worksheet called "IndicatorMetaData". The data came from the 2006 and 2011 Census. Some of the data from the 2011 Census was not available at the time of publishing. Refer to the descriptions in worksheet 1 for more information.   
  
Users should note that the data for each neighbourhood are based on the mathematical aggregation of smaller sub-areas (in this case Census Tracts) that when combined, define the entire neighbourhood. Since smaller areas may have their values rounded or suppressed (to abide by Statistics Canada privacy standards), the overall total may be undercounted.

**Population Total   (2016 Census Data)**

The data refers to Total Population from the 2016 Census, aggregated by the City of Toronto to the City's 140 Neighbourhood Planning Areas.  Although Statistics Canada makes a great effort to count every person, in each Census a notable number of people are left out for a variety of reasons. For Census 2016: Population and Dwellings  example, people may be travelling, some dwellings are hard to find, and some people simply refuse to participate.  Statistics Canada takes this into account and for each Census estimates a net 'undercoverage' rate for the urban region, the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), but not for the city. The 2011 rate for the Toronto CMA was 3.72%  plus or minus  0.53%. The 2016 rate is not yet available


Tags: demographic, population
Organization: City of Toronto
Wellbeing Toronto - Civics & Equity Indicators



This dataset contains Civics and Equity indicators which include information about the diversity index, City grants funding, Salvation Army donors, City Beautification, water main breaks, voter turnout, walk score and neighbourhood equity score.   
  
A full description for each column of data provided in worksheets 2 and 3 is available in the 1st worksheet.


Tags: city beautification, diversity index, equity, wellbeing toronto
Organization: City of Toronto
Wellbeing Toronto - Culture



For Reference Period 2008: Martin Prosperity Institute, Year 2010 data. The Cultural Location Index (CLI) is an economic indicator that shows the intersection of where people who work in culture occupations live and work, and cultural facilities. This indicator was developed to provide a quantifiable city-wide view of the geographic concentration of Toronto's cultural sector. This indicator is positively influenced in part by the physical presence of cultural facilities, and the concentration of the people who live and work in the cultural sector. The indicator does not capture culture as a set of community values or beliefs. As such a community could have a very active cultural life, and be lower on the Cultural Location Index.

The Cultural Location Index (CLI) was produced by the Martin Prosperity Institute for the City of Toronto in 2010. For Reference Period 2011: Data not yet available.

For Reference Period 2008: Data not available. For Reference Period 2011: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census, language tables; calculations performed by City of Toronto, Social Policy Analysis & Research (contact spar@toronto.ca). The Linguistic Diversity Index (LDI) is the probability that any two people selected at random would have different mother tongues. Calculated using Greenberg's Linguistic Diversity Index. Lower values mean less diversity, higher values mean more diversity.

The Linguistic Diversity Index (LDI) was developed by the City of Toronto, Social Policy Analysis & Research, based on Census 2011 data.


Tags: cultural location index, linguistic diversity
Organization: City of Toronto
TTC Ridership - All Day Weekday for Surface Routes


This dataset lists typical all day and peak hour weekday ridership for each TTC surface route based on the latest available ridership counts.

**Attributes:**

**Name**

| 

**Description  
**  
  
---|---  
  
Rank

| 

This column lists in descending order from the highest to lowest number of people boarding a bus or streetcar.  
  
Route #

| 

   
  
Route Name

| 

   
  
All-Day Ridership

| 

Total number of riders boarding vehicles during a typical business day that the count was taken  
  
This is a small sampling of a single typical business day and are subject to plus or minus 10% variation.


Tags: ridership, ttc, ttc weekday ridership
Organization: City of Toronto