BUSN - Open Data
This guide will help you discover sources of open data with resources categorized geographically and thematically.
Open Data: Regional
This page provides open data sources by region covering Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the World. Use the tabs to access open data sources for the region you are researching.
Regional Guide to Open Data sources
- City of Calgary Open Data CatalogueIncludes data sets from various business units and departments. These data sets are available in multiple file formats and can be downloaded at no charge.
- Calgary Region Open DataThe Calgary Region Open Data catalogue provides free and open access to over 100 datasets from all over the Calgary Region and new datasets are being added on a continual basis.
- Banff Open DataCategories of datasets include Address; Boundaries; Facilities; Google Transit Feed; Heritage; Hydrography; Permits and Licenses; Topography.
- Edmonton Open Data PortalA wide range of data, charts, maps and APIs from various City departments.
- Red Deer Open Data CatalogueThis catalogue provides access to City managed datasets.
- Lethbridge Open Data CatalogueCategories of data include Facilities; Land & Property; Local Government; Parks & Recreation; Public Safety; Tourism;Transportation.
- Medicine Hat Open Data CatalogueSelect the categories you would like to see, or fill in the date or keywords and press filter. Categories of data include: Cemetery;
City Administration; Facilities and Structures; Infrastructure; Planning and Building; Recreation; Southern Alberta Summer Games 2011; Tax and Assessment - Alberta Open Data Portal (Government of Alberta)Provides industry-specific income statement and balance sheet data for small and medium sized Canadian businesses. Data is available at provincial and national levels.
- Financial Performance Data (Small Business Profiles)Provides industry-specific income statement and balance sheet data for small and medium sized Canadian businesses. Data is available at provincial and national levels.
- Open Government (Government of Canada)Search open data that is relevant to Canadians. Find open data sources by keyword search or by examining the sources available under "Open Data". "Open information" and "Open Dialogue".
- Scholars Portal Research Data RepositoriesCanadian data repositories by discipline. "The data centres and repositories described in this guide collect, organize, and disseminate datasets in order to stimulate research and accelerate discovery."
- Open Government: Open MapsOpen maps provides access to the Government of Canada’s geospatial information. You can combine, visualize, and analyze geospatial data and collaborate with other Canadians.
- Open Government Across CanadaLinks to provinces and municipalities across Canada that have launched open data sites.
- Financial Performance Data (Small Business Profiles)Provides industry-specific income statement and balance sheet data for small and medium sized Canadian businesses. Data is available at provincial and national levels.
- CANSIM@Statistics CanadaCANSIM is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database. Updated daily, CANSIM provides fast and easy access to a large range of the latest statistics available in Canada.
- Open Data Inception2500+ Open Data portals around the world. Search by topic or location or view the data as a list on the OpenDataSoft website.
- Open Knowledge InternationalOpen data sources are categorized by major themes: Global Challenges; Citizens, democratic accountability and governance; Research, science and culture; and Consumers and business accountability.
- Google Public Data ExplorerGlobal and U.S. datasets covering economic indicators, demographic, labour, health, education statistics and more. Create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them in webpages.
- Registry of Open Access RepositoriesFind relevant repositories by selecting country, software, and type of repository. "Research data" and "Open and linked data" are 2 of the available repository types.
- OpenDOAR: Directory of Open Access RepositoriesA global directory of academic open access repositories. As well as providing a simple repository list, OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents. You may filter by content type to retrieve datasets.
- Re3Data: Registry of Research Data RepositoriesUse the Search tab to search for global repositories. The left sidebar provides filters to retrieve relevant results.
- UNdata This link opens in a new windowAn important resource for those studying regional and international development or economics.More than 450 statistical time series for countries from around the world covering a wide range of economic and socio-demographic topics. Descriptions of the international sources and definitions used in compiling the data are included.
Search by keyword or select a country to see relevant data tables.
- World Data Bank - World Bank GroupDataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.
- Data.govThis site is home to the U.S. government open data. Search by keyword or browse topics.
- PEW Research Center: DataFind key U.S. political, economic and demographic trends over time with regularly updated charts and explore further by downloading data sets, trying data interactives or viewing key data points. Themes include: US National conditions; Political attitudes; Domestic issues; Media & technology; Society & demographics.
- Data portalsA comprehensive list of open data portals from around the World.
- OECD DatalabExplore a collection of data visualizations.
- OECD iLibraryThe online library of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Extensive statistical resources, economic indicators, country tables and more. Many of these resources are publicly available.
- USA.govFind data about the U.S., such as Census data, maps and population, demographic, and economic data.
- IMF eLIBRARY- International Monetary Fund