Canadian Handout to be distributed in Brazil as part of the OGP Civil Society Meetings

1. For CCSD OGP Civil Society Consultation Information please go to
http://www.ccsd.ca
Some Canadian Open Government and Open Data Initiatives
List Compiled by Tracey P. Lauriault, April 2012 for URL go to
http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/
Civil Society Groups:
 Civicaccess.ca
 Open North: builds online tools to make democracy better
 Datadotgc.ca a citizen-led beta for government data
 VisibleGovernment.ca a Canadian non-profit that promotes online tools for
government transparency
Civil Society Community Based Groups
 Community Data Program, Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
 Municipal Data, Federation of Canadian Muncipalities (FCM)
 Geographic and Numeric Information Systems – A Social Planning Network of
Ontario (SPNO)
Canada – Open Data/Access/Government/Transparency – Law:
 Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
 Democracy Watch has an Open Government Campaign
 Canadian Civil Liberties Association – Transparency and Open Government
 CitizenLab – Munk School of Global Affairs
 Michael Geist’s Blog
 Centre for Law and Democracy
 Centre for Law, Technology and Society, Ottawa University
Applications:
 WellBeing Toronto  MontrealAccessible
 Zone Cone  Patiner Montréal
 Budget Plateau  Gazette Documents
 Citizen Budget  Electoral Boundary API, Vote.ca
 MAMairie (MyMayor)  How’d They Vote.ca
 Represent.ca  OpenConcept
 Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness
Public Health
 CommunityView Collaboration (Saskatoon)
 Espace montréalais d’information sur la santé (EMIS)
Provinces
 Québec Ouvert – Citizen Led
 BC: Data BC – Province, OpenData BC- Citizen Led and B.C.’s Climate
Change Data Catalogue

2. Cities/Munipalités
1. G4 Open Data Framework; 14. City of Nanaimo (BC)
Municipal Open Government 15. City of Niagara Falls (ON)
Framework 16. District of North Vancouver (BC)
2. City of Burlington (ON), Pilot GeoWeb
3. City of Calgary (AB) 17. City of Ottawa (ON), Citizens’ APP
4. City of Edmonton (AB) Group – OpenData Ottawa
5. City of Fredericton (NB) 18. Ville de Québec Catalogue de
6. Gatineau Ouverte – Citizen Led données, Capitale Ouverte (QC)-
7. City of Guelph (ON), Guelph Coffee Citizen Led in Ville de Québec
and Code – Citizen Led 19. City of Prince George (BC) catalog
8. City of Hamilton (Transit Feed) 20. City of Regina (SK) Open Gov & Open
(ON), Open Data Hamilton – Data site
Citizen Led 21. City of Surrey (BC) GIS Catalog
9. OpenHalton (ON) – Citizen Led 22. City of Toronto (ON); DataTO –
10. City of London (ON), OpenData Citizen Group
London – Citizen Led 23. City of Vancouver (BC); Open Data
11. Township of Langley (BC) Wiki
12. City of Mississauga – Mississauga 24. Region of Waterloo (ON) – Citizen
Data (ON) Led
13. Ville de Montréal Portails données 25. City of Windsor (ON) Open Data
ouvertes (QC), Montréal Ouvert – Catalog
Citizen Led
Canada Open Data Hackfests:
 Hacking Health  Edmonton Hackfest
 Open Data Ottawa Hackfest  Toronto Hackathon- Mobile Info. Week
 Random Hacks of Kindness  Vancouver Hackathons
 Hackfest Canada 2011?  Hackfests Montreal
 Hackfest Québec  Canadian Int. Hackathon participants
Canada Open APPS Contests:
 Apps4Good
 Apps4Edmonton
 Apps4Ottawa / AppsPour Ottawa
 Apps4ClimateAction BC
Canada – Associations:
 International Association for Social Science Information Services &
Technology
 Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
 Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU)
 Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)
 Community Data Canada, Multi-Sector Collaboration and Multi-Government
Collaboration
Data Visualization/Consultants:
 FFunction (Montreal)