{"id":562,"slug":"ontario-open-data-catalogue-2948-datasets","title":"Ontario Open Data Catalogue: 2,948 datasets under OGL-Ontario v1.0","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["local-seo","open-data"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** The Ontario Open Data Catalogue contains **2,948 datasets** published under the Open Government Licence — Ontario v1.0.\n\n**Sources:** <https://data.ontario.ca/>; <https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Required attribution:** *\"Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.\"*\n\n**Canada has at least 9 substantively different Open Government Licences** in active use: federal, Ontario, BC, Alberta, plus municipal (Toronto, Guelph, Winnipeg, Niagara Region, York Region). Attribution and reuse terms differ subtly — the OpenStreetMap Foundation maintains a compatibility list. **For Candid KW-region work, the practical stack is OGL-Canada + OGL-Ontario + occasional municipal feeds.**","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"ogl-canada-v2-perpetual-royalty-free-commercial","title":"OGL-Canada v2.0: worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence for commercial use","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"underexploited-canadian-open-data-by-industry","title":"Reference: underexploited Canadian open data by industry — highest-leverage starts for KW SMB clients","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-public-data-private-moat","title":"Research brief: Public data as a private moat — building proprietary intelligence from government open data (piece 11 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.173Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:32:45.173Z"}