This repository contains analyses of various public datasets from the City of Toronto's Open Data Portal. Each analysis explores different aspects of urban life and city services, combining data science techniques with a focus on community impact.
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.
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
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
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
- Data Collection: Python, CKAN API
- Analysis: Pandas, NumPy
- Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau
- Documentation: Jupyter Notebooks, Markdown
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
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
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Tania Barrera
- My website
- Tableau Public
- City of Toronto Open Data Team
- Toronto's data science community