Current Open Projects
These are some of our currently community projects open to new contributors.
Bikespace
BikeSpace is a free web app run by volunteers from Civic Tech Toronto that allows users to report issues with bicycle parking in Toronto.
status:active contributors:openCivic Dashboard
Figuring out how to make city council's activity accessible!
contributors:open status:activeClimate Voting Records Toronto
To track and show how climate-related items are being voted on within Toronto City Council.
status:active contributors:openPol.is Toronto
Polis is a good engagement tool for large-scale, open-ended feedback gathering.
contributors:open status:activetobus.ca
A extremely fast and simple website, parsing TTC's ETA data.
status:active contributors:openOther Community Projects (70)
Adroit - Toronto City Hall app
A mobile app for providing input on upcoming votes in city hall. An interface to the Toronto City Hall API.
status:inactiveOpen Cabinet
Info on what cabinet is doing in Ottawa can be hard to find and use. We’re trying to make it easy.
status:inactive#greathumanexperiences
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI)
Coordinating tech talk about the Guerilla Archiving Event to support Internet Archive's End of Term harvesting project.
status:active contributors:unknownDemocracy Kit
A not-for-profit startup working to open the democratic process by publishing a shared campaign resource package for councillor and trustee races.
status:activeBasecount
Mapping the capacity and current occupancy of City of Toronto emergency shelters
status:inactiveBudgetpedia
Making the City of Toronto budget more accessible to promote informed debate; advocate for better budgeting
status:inactiveWomen and Color
An online community of talented women and people of color available for speaking opportunities at tech-related events.
status:inactiveTheCarded.ca
provide user-friendly resources for youth and people affected by racial profiling.
status:unknownAmple Labs
Ample Labs is a social start-up using AI & data to help cities prevent homelessness.
status:inactiveBikespace
BikeSpace is a free web app run by volunteers from Civic Tech Toronto that allows users to report issues with bicycle parking in Toronto.
status:active contributors:openCOVID Connect
a lightweight process to match design and technology volunteers to existing COVID-19 initiatives and mutual aid projects that need digital support
status:inactiveToronto Tech Mentoring
Aims to help homeless and at-risk youth escape the cycle of poverty by helping them to use tech skills.
status:inactiveCivic Hall Toronto
Civic Hall Toronto aims to create a hub for civic innovation in the city.
status:unknownChalmers Cards
Chalmers Cards are wooden information booklets that are designed to be given out at Toronto's emergency shelters and to folks sleeping on the streets of Toronto. They explain how to access social services!
status:inactiveTabs Toronto
Tabs sends email alerts for new Toronto city council/committee agenda items.
status:activeCan I Take my Bike on the TTC
Awaiting content from the community’s oral historians.
status:inactiveChalmers Signal (OpenShelter.space)
The Chalmers Signal hopes to make shelter occupancy data more accessible and faster to communicate among shelters in Toronto. It is an internet connected device that publishes real-time occupancy data amongst shelters around Toronto!
status:inactiveCivic Dashboard
Figuring out how to make city council's activity accessible!
contributors:open status:activeCivic Tech Toolkit
Awaiting further content from the project team.
status:active contributors:pausedClimate Voting Records Toronto
To track and show how climate-related items are being voted on within Toronto City Council.
status:active contributors:openHousingNowTO
Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units
status:unknownLaw & Design CoLab
The Law & Design CoLab is a volunteer-led nonprofit based in Toronto. It conceived, scoped, and built digital products by engaging with legal experts and community stakeholders.
Missing Persons Project
facilitates the identification of missing persons by comparing physical characteristics and personal information with unidentified remains.
status:inactiveOpen Water Data
For open water swimmers, paddleboarders, surfers and other beach-goers to check beach conditions.
status:unknown contributors:unknownOur Data Futures
Collaboration to develop a community perspective on "data trusts" and create education materials around the topic of "data trusts".
status:inactivePlain Language Project
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
Planning Applications
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
status:inactivePol.is Toronto
Polis is a good engagement tool for large-scale, open-ended feedback gathering.
contributors:open status:activePolice Tech Audit
Technology Audits of Law Enforcement Agencies such as the Toronto Police Services.
status:unknown contributors:unknownRate the Landlord
We are a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote landlord accountability.
status:unknownRespitely
Awaiting further content from the community’s archivist.
status:active contributors:unknownSection 37 funding
For discussion of a potential project related to Section 37 funding.
status:inactiveTPL Digital Innovation Hub booking app
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
status:unknownTaxGPT
TaxGPT generates answers based on publicly information from the Canada Revenue Agency website.
status:unknownTechfugees Toronto
Techfugees Toronto related work stream - specific focus on refugee housing challenges in GTA
status:unknownThe Toronto Bids Archive
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
status:unknownToronto Meshnet
We help communities create better networks with open source and peer-to-peer technologies that promote digital literacy and privacy.
status:unknownToronto Tree Inequities
relationship between Toronto neighbourhoods' street tree density, income, and visible minority population, utilizing spatial autoregression methods
status:unknownTracking Gentle Density in Toronto
Visualizing 10 years (2012 to 2022) of Secondary Suite and Laneway / Garden Suite building permits in Toronto
status:unknownWelcomeHomeTO
Collecting all the amazing resources Torontonians have been providing our refugee community. Covering Peel, Toronto and York regions.
status:unknownWeather Report Card
grading calculations based on how well the previous forecasts were
status:inactiveYouth Employment Challenge
Awaiting further content from the community’s oral historians.
itsneerby
Discover things you didn’t know about the city’s past with a photo web map.
status:inactiveLibrary Passport
Explore libraries, check in, and track your journey with your kids.
status:abandonedtRacket - Noise Meter Project
We’re making it easy and affordable to collect data about noise
status:active contributors:unknowntime2reach Transit Map
time2reach is an interactive map that lets you see how far you can go just using public transit.
status:unknowntobus.ca
A extremely fast and simple website, parsing TTC's ETA data.
status:active contributors:open