Winnipeg, MB – Today, Public Sector Digest (PSD) in partnership with Canada's Open Data Exchange (ODX) announced that the City of Winnipeg has climbed to 3rd spot in the listing of Canada's Most Open Cities for 2017. Winnipeg was ranked 10th in 2016.
“We have been working diligently with all City departments to increase the number of datasets that are publicly available through our Open Data Portal,” said Michael Legary, Chief Innovation Officer. “We are proud to see our increased efforts have been recognized, and will continue to see what data we can make publicly available to increase the openness and transparency of municipal government.”
Open Data is information that is widely available, in a format that can be read by a computer, and is made available for anyone to use, transform or republish without restriction – it normally only requires that the data source be cited. The practice of providing Open Data must respect all legislation and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) regulations.
Over the last year (September 2016 – September 2017), the City proactively shared 18 datasets to the Open Data Portal, including:
- Assessment Parcels – a list of all assessment parcels in the city
- Aggregate Building Permit Data – aggregate construction values for building permits, divided by year, neighbourhood, and permit type
- Voluntary Lobbyist Registry – a list of registrants
- Human Resources Report – dataset representing information on former and current employee complement
- Tree Inventory – detailed list and map of all public trees located in the city, including botanical name, common name, and precise location
For more information on Public Sector Digest and Canada’s Open Cities Index, please see: https://publicsectordigest.com/open-cities-index-results-2017
To access the City’s publicly available datasets, please see the Open Data Portal.