Latest Announcements
Civic Spark: A Volunteer-Led Gathering for Public-Minded Builders
July 25, 2025 • Jamie Pantling
Civic Spark is coming to Toronto this August 16–17 — a two-day gathering for people building the future of public life. What makes it special? It’s entirely volunteer-organized. From curating...
Goodbye, Meetup
November 11, 2024 • Gabe Sawhney
Summary: Civic Tech Toronto has (at long last) stopped using Meetup, and has moved to Guild for event pages and Publer for social media post scheduling. Like many civic tech...
CodeAcross Toronto 2021
November 25, 2020 • Sam
CodeAcross is an annual event about using open data and civic tech for positive impact. Alongside cities across Canada, Toronto hosts a local event every year, and this year we’re...
GO Open Data
April 02, 2019 • Yan Matagne
Go Open Data is an annual conference that is attended by all sectors interested in learning about and promoting the creation and use of open data. Saturday May 4th, 2019...
CodeAcross Toronto 2019
February 23, 2019 • David Cox
Toronto’s take on sustainable development. Saturday March 2nd, 2019 - 8:00am to 6:00pm Register on Eventbrite Design for real problems Take on public challenges using data, design and development. Build...
Hacknight #All of 2018
December 18, 2018 • Kate Skipton
Civic Tech Toronto hacknights took place every Tuesday evening in 2018, except during December holidays. We truly appreciate all our 2018 speakers, venue hosts, guests and amazing volunteers! Watch speaker livestreams and...
CodeAcross Toronto 2018
February 08, 2018 • Yefan Chen
Wondering what happened at CodeAcross Toronto 2017? Check out photos and tweets from the event here! CodeAcross Toronto 2018 Collaborate with the community on real-world challenges. March 3rd, 2018 @ the...
Civic Tech Toronto 2017 highlights
December 31, 2017 • Gabe Sawhney
2017 was a big year for civic tech in Toronto — here were some of the highlights for us: Civic Tech Toronto celebrated its 2-year anniversary (and 100th hacknight) Several...
CodeAcross Toronto 2017: in photos and tweets
March 06, 2017 • Claire McWatt
This year’s CodeAcross was truly something special. The eager crowd worked on eight challenges brought to us by key government departments, including the Ontario Ministry of Health, the Landlord and Tenant Board,...
CodeAcross Toronto 2017
February 07, 2017 • Lia Milito
Wondering what happened at CodeAcross Toronto 2017? Check out photos and tweets from the event here! Civic Tech Toronto presents a hackathon for Open Data Day 2017 Join us on March...
Youth Employment Challenge
October 18, 2016 • Gabe Sawhney
Wondering what happened at the Youth Employment Challenge? Read a blog post about it here! To view the Youth Employment Challenge intro presentation, scroll to the bottom of this page. Challenge...
Announcing: Youth Employment Challenge
October 12, 2016 • Lia Milito
Civic Tech Toronto is excited to host the Youth Employment Challenge! Come to the hacknight on Tuesday, October 18 for the full challenge details, including: Information about problem framing Participation details Time...
User Research 101: A human-centered design workshop is back by popular demand
May 18, 2016 • Meghan Hellstern
**Sunday, June 5, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM Mozilla (366 Adelaide St. West, Suite 500, Toronto, ON)** Register here! Building on the success of Civic Tech Toronto’s first user...
User Research – towards insight and success
April 08, 2016 • Joy Nelson
Update: Building on the success of Civic Tech Toronto’s first user research 101 workshop, we are thrilled to invite you to join us at the next User Research 101 Workshop, presented by Urban+Digital. ...
CodeAcross Toronto: Community collaboration in celebration of International Open Data Day
April 08, 2016 • Meghan Hellstern
What happens when you mix together 100 Torontonians who share an interest in making their city more prosperous, sustainable and equitable, nine challenging civic problems, and a liberal helping each...
CodeAcross Toronto 2016: Photos, videos and tweets
March 07, 2016 • Gabe Sawhney
Toronto’s first CodeAcross — and fourth Open Data Day — was great success! 112 attendees participated in nine challenges, and made amazing progress in just a few hours. We’ll post a...
CodeAcross Toronto 2016
February 05, 2016 • Gabe Sawhney
Wondering what happened at CodeAcross Toronto 2016? Read our post about it here!. Civic Tech Toronto and Urban+Digital present a hackathon for Open Data Day 2016. On March 5 join us to: Meet designers,...
Join our first-ever User Research 101 Workshop!
January 29, 2016 • Helén Marton
**Tuesday, February 16th 6.30 PM – 9.30 PM Mozilla (366 Adelaide St West, Suite 500)** UPDATE The workshop is at capacity, but we’re working on making some more spots available!...
Decoding the Budget: A participant’s recount of the November 10 Hacknight Workshop
December 02, 2015 • Anowa Quorcoo
The Toronto budget is a dense tome. Its development a process that only the brave, the passionate and, for the sake of argument, economists dare to traverse. At the risk...
Help Us Demystify Toronto’s Budget on Nov 10
October 14, 2015 • Henrik Bechmann
The Toronto budget is confusing, but it doesn’t need to be. Civic Tech Toronto’s Toronto Budget Workgroup in collaboration with BetterBudgetTO is rethinking how citizens debate, research and demystify the annual City of Toronto...
Civic Tech Toronto’s First Hack Day: June 6
July 17, 2015 • Dorothy Eng
On June 6, 2015, a group of engaged citizens came together to participate in Civic Tech Toronto’s first hackday. Over 30 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, came together...