Do you want to let the Province know what you think about potential changes to rental housing replacement laws? You can tell them what you think here: ontariocanada.com/registry/view.…

The CANSSI Ontario Statistical Software Conference is this Thursday. Free. Hybrid (Zoom or in-person at University of Toronto Faculty of Information ) Register: eventbrite.ca/e/canssi-ontar…

This is a little thing that we're proud to be putting out tomorrow. Still time to register for the webinar at eventbrite.com/e/introducing-…

Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for our webinar launching our new CensusAggregator tool! This free tool makes #2021Census data easier to access for social sector organizations and the broader public. Give it a spin at censusaggregator.ca

This #NationalHousingDay on November 22, we’re putting #HumanRights first. Join us in highlighting the #NationalRightToHousingDay instead – and say loud and clear that housing is a human right for every person in Canada. 🏘️

One of our favourite features in our new CensusAggregator tool is the ability to share a selected region with others. Here is a link to the #2021Census summary stats for Scarborough, Toronto: censusaggregator.ca/?aggregate_are…

Great to see investment in data literacy for small- to medium-sized businesses, but notable that similar supports are not available at scale for the non-profit and charitable sectors. Borrowing from Patrick Gill's pithy quote: not every non-profit has a data scientist on staff

Today, we're launching with eight public interest databases that will be updated in real-time. These databases are just the beginning. With your support, we will roll out dozens of public interest databases in the coming years.

📢Funding alert: a rare opportunity for non-profits and charities to invest in internal systems and processes. Have an idea for a data- or digital transformation-related project? Get in touch – our "Ask Us" service provides free consultation. purposeanalytics.ca/ask-us

An important story. The lack of data transparency in this country is a huge problem that keeps many other stories like this out of public view.

Fresh update: CensusAggregator now includes educational attainment. Download a census profile for any custom area in Canada at censusaggregator.ca

You probably don't have to worry about 'Big Data'... "MotherDuck: Big Data is Dead" buff.ly/3XdHV20

.Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) is doing important work on advancing the right to #housing across the country. We're thrilled to be partnering on this project with them!

📣 We’re #hiring for a Data Scientist to join our growing team. We work exclusively with #nonprofits to help them use data more effectively. A full-time #datascience for good gig! Work remote in Canada. Posting closes April 2. careers.risepeople.com/purpose-analyt…

HART Tools are LIVE 📢 Go to hart.ubc.ca to see the newly unveiled Housing Needs Assessment, Land Assessment, and Property Acquisitions Tools, as well as a number of other features. #HARTlaunch

Just a few days left to apply!

We're proud to announce that our DEAL project has culminated in a new report: A framework for nonprofit data strategies. theonn.ca/publication/de… The report provides an overview of the complexities, challenges + opportunities on how our sector can make the best use of its #data!

📢Released today! The new Canadian Rental Housing Index data reveals the alarming increase in rental costs across Canada. This is an urgent call to action that more needs to be done to address affordability and housing quality. News release: ow.ly/gxY750ORW3k 🧵 1/5

StatCan's updated proximity index database came out today, at first glance it looks like an improvement over the earlier version. More here: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/17-26-0…

Great to see that Statistics Canada has published estimates of Spatial Access to opportunities (jobs, healthcare, schools etc) for the whole Canada at the dissemination block level www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/27-26-0… We're chuffed to know they used our #rstats📦r5r to calculate access by transit