Civic Open Data Portal

Transparent data publishing for open government

Publish municipal datasets in machine-readable formats for public access. Dataset catalog management, API endpoints, developer documentation, and usage analytics — supporting open government commitments and enabling community innovation with municipal data.

4+

Data Formats

RESTful

API Access

100%

Transparency

Features

What's included

Dataset Catalog

Searchable catalog of published datasets with metadata, update frequency, data dictionary, and license information.

Multi-Format Publishing

Publish datasets in CSV, JSON, GeoJSON, and XML formats with automatic format conversion and scheduled updates.

API Endpoints

RESTful API endpoints for each dataset with query parameters, pagination, and rate limiting for application developers.

Automated Data Pipelines

Schedule data extraction from source systems with transformation rules, quality validation, and automated publication.

Developer Portal

API documentation, code examples, and a sandbox environment for developers building applications with municipal data.

Usage Analytics

Track dataset downloads, API calls, and popular datasets to prioritize data publishing efforts.

Benefits

Why choose this product

  • Meet open government and transparency commitments
  • Enable community-built applications using municipal data
  • Reduce FOI requests for frequently-asked-for data
  • Support academic research with accessible datasets
  • Demonstrate commitment to government transparency

Built For

Who uses this product

  • Open Data Coordinators
  • IT Directors
  • GIS Analysts
  • Clerks
  • Developers

Use Cases

Real-world scenarios

Budget Data Publication

The annual operating and capital budget is automatically published as open data with visualizations, enabling residents and media to explore spending by department and category.

Civic Hackathon

The municipality sponsors a hackathon. Developers access 50 datasets through the API to build transit apps, budget visualizers, and neighbourhood dashboards — all powered by real municipal data.

Integrations

Works with your stack

GISCMSBudget Management

Tags

Capabilities

Open DataTransparencyAPIsData Publishing

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