Welcome to the Town of Newmarket’s Open Data page. In keeping with our commitment in making Newmarket even better, the Town is embracing the Open Data information movement and releasing data for free to the public.
What is Open Data?
Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike. - Open Knowledge Foundation
Why Open Data?
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Transparency and Accountability
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Participation
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Improved or new private products and services
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Innovation
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Improved efficiency and effectiveness of government services
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Impact measurement of policies
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New knowledge from combined data sources and patterns in large data volumes
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(adapted from the Open Knowledge Foundation)
Going Forward
In the months ahead, we will be making more data available. We encourage users to give us feedback and your thoughts of this pilot project, and to share with us not only the data they’d like to have available, but also potential uses of the data (e.g. mobile/web applications). Please send us your comments and ideas to
open@newmarket.ca.
Open Data User Licence
By downloading any data or files from the Open Newmarket Portal, you agree to abide by the
Town of Newmarket Open Data Licence Agreement.
