Research Guides: Open Education: Open Data

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Open Data is defined as structured data that is machine-readable, freely shared, used and built on without restrictions (Open Data 101). The Government of Canada outlines three principles of open data:

Availability and Access: The data must be available as a whole and at no or low cost. The data must also be available in a convenient and modifiable form.
Re-use and Redistribution: The data must be provided under terms that permit re-use and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets.
Universal Participation: Everyone must be able to use, re-use and redistribute. For example, 'non-commercial' restrictions that would prevent 'commercial' use, or restrictions of use for certain purposes (e.g. only in education), are not allowed.

Open Data 101

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Data Portals
A comprehensive list of Open Data portals from around the world.
Kaggle
Kaggle includes a public dataset platform where community members can share data on everything from city crime to sports.

Find Open Data for B.C.

DataBC
DataBC, provided by B.C.'s Provincial Government, encourages and enables the sharing of government data with the public. Use DataBC to search thousands of datasets by license type to find Open Government Licensed data.
BC Geographic Data and Services
B.C.’s investment in Spatial Data Infrastructure provides government agencies, businesses and citizens with direct access to authoritative, geographic data through a wide variety of web applications and services.
Open Data Vancouver
A wide range of datasets from operational to policy driven numbers.

Find Open Data for Canada

Open Government Canada
Open Government Across Canada pulls together relevant Open Canadian projects. Scroll part way down the page and you'll see drop down menus that list each Open Project, Municipality, and Initiative, with relevant websites and links to locate the resources.

Find International Open Data

UK Open Government
Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies to help you build products and services.
United Nations Data
UNdata is a service provided by the United Nations to users of statistical data around the world. It provides easy access to data compiled and produced by UN agencies as well as other international agencies. Data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed provided that UNdata is cited as the reference.
US Government Open Data
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data.

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