Data & Statistics: Open Data

As defined by Wikipedia, open data "is the idea that certain data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control."

The following list of sources will grow as time permits.

• datacatalogs.org
  "DataCatalogs.org aims to be the most comprehensive list of open data catalogs in the world. It is curated by a group of leading open data experts from around the world - including representatives from local, regional and national governments, international organisations such as the World Bank, and numerous NGOs. "
• Open Data Inception -- 1600+ open data portals around the world
  This exists both as a list (by country) and a geotagged version of the list as a map. An article that describes how the list was created is available.
• OpenData Links & Resources (datalibre.ca)

Governments

• Australia
• Canada
  • Toronto
  • Mississauga
  • York Region
  • Peel Region
  • Ontario
• United Kingdom
• United States

• European Data Portal
  "The European Data Portal harvests the metadata of Public Sector Information available on public data portals across European countries. Information regarding the provision of data and the benefits of re-using data is also included. ... The specific scope of Open Data used within the European Data Portal is data published by public administrations or on their behalf. The metadata contains the information made available with the data set by the initial publisher. Different licences, or absence of licence may occur and re-uses are invited to check with the owners/publishers of the data what terms and conditions apply to the re-use of the data."

Organizations

• Open Data Foundation