Afrobarometer is an independent, non-partisan research project that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa.

Afrobarometer surveys are conducted in more than 30 African countries and are repeated on a regular cycle. Because the instrument asks a standard set of questions, countries can be systematically compared. Trends in public attitudes are tracked over time. Results are shared with decision makers, policy advocates, civic educators, journalists, researchers, donors and investors, as well as average Africans who wish to become more informed and active citizens.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Microdata, Open Data, Statistics

Country: International

URL: http://www.afrobarometer.org/ All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/organisation/ville-de-blainville/ All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset?organization=ville-de-gatineau All Users

The City of Hamilton’s Open Data Program is moving the City toward being a more open, transparent and accessible government.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.hamilton.ca/city-initiatives/strategies-actions/open-data-program All Users

​The intent of the Open Data London initiative is to provide information and data that is easily reusable and can be used by the user as they wish. The limitations around the re-use of this data are dictated by the Terms of Use, which essentially state that:

- users are free to re-use the data
- recognition should be given to the City of London.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: http://www.london.ca/city-hall/open-data/Pages/default.aspx All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset?organization=ville-de-longueuil All Users

The City of Ottawa (City) now grants you a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, modify, and distribute the datasets in all current and future media and formats for any lawful purpose.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: http://data.ottawa.ca/ All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset?organization=ville-de-repentigny All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/organisation/ville-de-rimouski/ All Users

This public platform also allows you to explore and download open data, discover and build applications, and commit to solving important local problems. 

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: http://catalogue-saintjohn.opendata.arcgis.com/ All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset?organization=ville-de-shawinigan All Users

In 2016, the Québec government and the municipalities of Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Quebec City, and Sherbrooke joined forces to create the new Data Québec open data portal. Several other municipalities then followed suit, and thanks to this collaboration, several hundred datasets are now available. The site contains digital data distributed in a structured way according to a particular method, with an open license guaranteeing their free access and reuse.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/organisation/ville-de-sherbrooke/ All Users

Access the City's data, organized into 15 categories.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: Canada

URL: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/ All Users

In September 2013, the City adopted the Canadian Open Government Licence (OGL). It gives users consistent terms for accessing and using government data, making it easier to combine, integrate, and share data from multiple providers across Canada. This is a major step towards encouraging wider use of open data and delivering more value to the public. Vancouver joins the Government of Canada, Provinces of BC, Alberta, and Ontario, and the cities of Nanaimo, Edmonton, and Toronto in adopting the OGL.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: http://data.vancouver.ca/datacatalogue/index.htm All Users

Citizens are encouraged to use or repurpose the City of Windsor's open data for research purposes or to improve their interaction with municipal services and facilities. Members of the community can use the raw data provided here to create and share resources from maps to applications and more.

Please be aware that by downloading or accessing this data, you agree to be bound by the City of Windsor's Open Data Terms of Use.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: https://opendata.citywindsor.ca/ All Users

The Datahub provides free access to many of CKAN's core features, letting you search for data, register published datasets, create and manage groups of datasets, and get updates from datasets and groups you're interested in. You can use the web interface or, if you are a programmer needing to connect the Datahub with another app, the CKAN API.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: Canada, International, US

URL: https://datahub.io/ All Users

This site is a first-release of the Commerce Data Hub, a platform to connect data customers with the data they need. Search over 40,000 datasets.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: US

URL: https://data.commerce.gov/ All Users

CREA compiles and analyzes numerous factors affecting the real estate market for the public, REALTORS® and governments.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada

URL: http://www.crea.ca/housing-market-stats/ All Users

A trusted source for a variety of data and statistics on the US. This website lists statistical information on a wide range of topics from many government agencies in US. You may need to do further research to find out which agency has the information you are looking for.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Data Visualization, Microdata, Open Data, Statistics

Country: US

URL: https://www.usa.gov/statistics All Users

A comprehensive list of Open Data catalogs from around the world.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: International

URL: http://datacatalogs.org/ All Users

The Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Data Resource Center provides information on how data are collected and used in the states. Funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the purpose of the Center is to provide information to researchers, practitioners and members of the public interested in finding, using, or understanding domestic and sexual violence and stalking data. Please note that JRSA does not collect data, but is a resource for assisting you to find the information that you need.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Microdata, Statistics

Country: US

URL: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/domviol.html All Users

A database of 24,619 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® you can download data in Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: International, US

URL: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/ All Users

The portal is intended to be used by Government of Ghana Ministries/ Departments their organizations to publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications collected by them for public use. The objective of the initiative includes promoting transparency in Government transactions and creating business opportunity for reuse of open government data. The initiative Involves rethinking governance and how administrations should adapt their procedures to meet the demands and necessities of their citizens.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: International

URL: http://data.gov.gh/ All Users

In 2011, GlobalNews.ca dramatically increased the number of requests made across Canada under Freedom of Information laws.

Moving forward, we will be releasing more articles and interactive features based on analysis of this data. We see this type of journalism as an important public service. So we're happy to confirm that we're 'open-sourcing' the data used to create our reports. As much as possible, one to two days after publication, we'll make the datasets we used available here.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: Canada

URL: http://globalnews.ca/tag/open-data/ All Users

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large, public-interest datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.

Students, journalists, policy makers and everyone else can play with the tool to create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them in their own webpages. Embedded charts and links can update automatically so you’re always sharing the latest available data.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: Canada, International, US

URL: http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory All Users

IPUMS-International is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Its goals are to:

• Collect and preserve data and documentation
• Harmonize data
• Disseminate the data absolutely free!

Data Access: All Users

Type: Microdata

Country: International

URL: https://international.ipums.org/international/ All Users

IPUMS-USA is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data. Its goals are to:

• Collect and preserve data and documentation
• Harmonize data
• Disseminate the data absolutely free!

Data Access: All Users

Type: Microdata

Country: US

URL: https://usa.ipums.org/usa/ All Users

An international consortium of more than 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Microdata

Country: Canada, International, US

URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/landing.jsp McMaster Users

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data, Statistics

Country: Canada, International, US

URL: http://www.eia.gov/ All Users

This site makes public government data accessible to the people of Kenya. High quality national census data, government expenditure, parliamentary proceedings and public service locations are just a taste of what's to come. Our information is a national asset, and it's time it was shared: this data is key to improving transparency; unlocking social and economic value; and building Government 2.0 in Kenya.

Data Access: All Users

Type: Open Data

Country: International

URL: http://www.opendata.go.ke/ All Users