Open Data

This is the federal government's website where it provides data that has made available by its various departments, including Environment Canada, Health Canada, and Statistics Canada.

This site has downloadable data and maps in a number of sub-areas of geoscience.

This site has downloadable data and maps related to forestry in Nova Scotia.

Provides access to TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) map data, some census tallies, as well as some other other map data.

This blog advocates for all levels of Canadian governments to make civic information and data accessible at no cost in open formats to their citizens.

This entry on The Guardian's DataBlog looks at the work of data journalist Patrick Cain and other journalists who are using Canadian (especially Toronto-specific) data in exciting ways.

Open North is a Canadian non-profit that creates online tools to educate and empower citizens to participate actively in Canadian democracy. They develop tools for civil society and governments that make government information more accessible and empower citizens.

PublicData.eu is a Pan European data portal built using CKAN, providing access to open, freely reusable datasets from local, regional and national public bodies across Europe.