Public Notices
The Public Notice website contains open source data related to notices published by the City Clerk as of January 1, 2018. This dataset is part of the City of Toronto's ongoing commitment to proactive disclosure and the Open Data project.
The City gives notice to the public on a variety of different matters, such as fees and charges, heritage designations, renaming of roads, and sale of property.
The City also gives notice through the newspaper, mail, or personal service, depending on legislation.
Visit http://app.toronto.ca/nm/opendata.do to search for and customize your dataset.
All data fields prefaced by an (*) may contain multiple entries. Some data fields may not contain a value as not all data fields are mandatory.
- noticeId – The unique numerical identifier for each notice.
- title – The title of the notice describing the subject of the notice and the address, if any.
- subheading – The subheading is used to provide additional detail about the notice.
- decisionBody – The governing body with final decision-making power over the matter in the notice.
- *eventList – The event date, time and address of any event associated with the notice. The time is in milliseconds.
- noticeDescription – The details of the notice, which contains HTML markup for layout/formatting.
- accessibilityDescription – The description of accommodations available in advance of an event.
- noticeDate – The date and time the notice was published. The time is in milliseconds.
- *addressList – The municipal address related to the notice. Addresses contain map latitude/longitude for recommended map display placement.
- *topics – The tiered classification of each notice based on the notice subject.
- *planningApplicationNumbers – The file number assigned by City Planning to a planning application.
- *backgroundInformationList – Additional documents attached to a notice.
- *otherReferenceList – URLs directing web-based material associated with a notice.
- contact – The name and contact information for the key person associated with the notice.
- signedBy – The name of the person authorizing the notice.
Datasets available for download
Additional Info
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| Last Updated | December 17, 2025, 18:40 (UTC) |
| Created | December 17, 2025, 18:40 (UTC) |
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Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
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City government |
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Public Notices |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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The Public Notice website contains open source data related to notices published by the City Clerk as of January 1, 2018. This dataset is part of the City of Toronto's ongoing commitment to proactive disclosure and the Open Data project. The City gives notice to the public on a variety of different matters, such as fees and charges, heritage designations, renaming of roads, and sale of property. The City also gives notice through the newspaper, mail, or personal service, depending on legislation. Visit http://app.toronto.ca/nm/opendata.do to search for and customize your dataset. All data fields prefaced by an (*) may contain multiple entries. Some data fields may not contain a value as not all data fields are mandatory.
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Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
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Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
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Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
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Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
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Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
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2019-07-23 |
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Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
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Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
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Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
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License
License used to access the dataset.
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License not specified |
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Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
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Location
Location of the dataset.
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https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/public-notices |
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Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
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Owner
Owner of the dataset.
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City Clerk's Office, [email protected] |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
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[email protected] |
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Author
Author of the dataset.
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[email protected] |
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Author Email
Email of the author.
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[email protected] |
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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
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Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
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Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
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Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
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Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
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Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
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Version
Version of the datatset
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None |
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Source
Source of the dataset.
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https://www.toronto.ca/notices |
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Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
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Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
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Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
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Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
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Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
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Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
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GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
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Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
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Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
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Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
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Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
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Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
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Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
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Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
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Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
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Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
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Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.
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