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Analysis of Toronto's open data initiatives. 🌆 Exploring Toronto's urban systems through data science 📊 Python-based analyses of public datasets 🔍 Focus on community impact and urban patterns 🎓 Academic rigour meets practical insights 🔄 Regularly updated with new analyses
https://github.com/tsbarr/toronto-open-data
api-integration civic-tech ckan-api data-analysis data-cleaning data-science data-visualization exploratory-data-analysis jupyter-notebook open-data pandas public-data python tableau toronto urban-analytics
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Analysis of Toronto's open data initiatives. 🌆 Exploring Toronto's urban systems through data science 📊 Python-based analyses of public datasets 🔍 Focus on community impact and urban patterns 🎓 Academic rigour meets practical insights 🔄 Regularly updated with new analyses
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/tsbarr/toronto-open-data
- Owner: tsbarr
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-10-23T16:06:04.000Z (3 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-11-25T17:31:46.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-11-25T17:44:16.366Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: api-integration, civic-tech, ckan-api, data-analysis, data-cleaning, data-science, data-visualization, exploratory-data-analysis, jupyter-notebook, open-data, pandas, public-data, python, tableau, toronto, urban-analytics
- Language: Jupyter Notebook
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- Size: 699 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Toronto Open Data Analysis
## Overview
This repository contains analyses of various public datasets from the [City of Toronto's Open Data Portal](https://open.toronto.ca/). Each analysis explores different aspects of urban life and city services, combining data science techniques with a focus on community impact.
## Motivation
As a data scientist transitioning from evolutionary biology research, I'm fascinated by patterns in urban systems just as I once studied patterns in natural systems. Cities generate rich datasets that can help us understand and improve urban life. Toronto, my home city, provides extensive open data that enables evidence-based insights into how our city works and how we might make it better.
## Projects
### 🏥 [Mental Health Services Analysis](mental-health-services)
Analyzing Toronto's mental health infrastructure (2014-2024) to understand:
- Geographic distribution of mental health services
- Patterns in crisis response and apprehensions
- Relationship between service availability and crisis events
- Spatial equity in mental health resource distribution
### 🚢 [Ferry Service Analysis](ferry_tickets)
Analyzing patterns in Toronto Island Ferry usage to understand:
- Seasonal and daily transit patterns
- Impact of weather and events on ridership
- Opportunities for service optimization
### 🐱🐕 [Pet Names Analysis](licensed-pets)
Exploring a decade of Toronto's pet licensing data (2012-2022) to reveal:
- Evolution of pet naming trends
- Comparative analysis between cat and dog names
- Time series analysis of name popularity
- Interactive visualizations of naming patterns
## Technical Stack
- **Data Collection**: Python, CKAN API
- **Analysis**: Pandas, NumPy
- **Visualization**: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau
- **Documentation**: Jupyter Notebooks, Markdown
## Repository Structure
```
toronto-open-data/
├── mental-health-services/ # Mental Health Services analysis
├── ferry_tickets/ # Toronto Island Ferry analysis
├── licensed-pets/ # Pet Names analysis
└── common/ # Shared utilities and helpers
├── utils.py # Common functions
├── toronto_api.py # API interaction tools
└── weather.py # Weather data tools
```
## Contributing
While this is a personal portfolio project, I welcome suggestions and discussions about:
- Additional datasets to analyze
- New analytical approaches
- Improvements to existing analyses
- Bug fixes
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
## Contact
- Tania Barrera
- [My website](taniabarrera.ca)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-sofia-barrera/)
- [Tableau Public](https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/tsbarr/vizzes)
## Acknowledgments
- City of Toronto Open Data Team
- Toronto's data science community