Cultural Spaces Inventory - Venue
These data were gathered by Apartment 613 Community Initiatives as part of a project with the City of Ottawa to build an updated inventory of spaces for cultural activities and events (broadly defined) in Ottawa. This project was an update to previous cultural mapping projects, such as Ottawa XYZ and the Cultural Experiences Inventory, and is related to Section 2.2.6 of the Official Plan.
Accuracy: “Culture” is a complicated concept. It can mean many different things. Therefore, there is no simple answer to the question of what constitutes a space for cultural activities or events. The project partners used a broad definition that includes spaces in several categories, including venues, studios, learning spaces, community spaces (including places of worship), food, sport, stores, heritage, nature (including parks), and public art. The project is ongoing and we are always open to suggestions on how to improve this dataset. The City will be maintaining this dataset going forward, and we may revisit the categorization and types of spaces we include in the future. When using these data, it is important to keep in the mind the following:- Not all categories are necessarily relevant to all users for all purposes.
- The dataset, while extensive (3,800+ spaces), may not be exhaustive. If you notice anything that is missing, please contact the Data Steward.
- Change occurs frequently. The City will be developing a plan for the long-term maintenance of this dataset. The data will be updated frequently, but there can be outdated information. If you notice anything that is out-of-date, please contact the Data Steward.
- The fields called “Size (Capacity/# seats)” and “Accessibility” have not yet been populated, as the research is still ongoing.
Attributes: Fields
- Unique ID – This is a unique identifier for each cultural space in the dataset.
- Category – See below for category descriptions.
- Sub-Category – Another level of categorization.
- Tags – Key words associated with a cultural space. Used for search.
- Name – The current name of a cultural space. Alternate or historic names may be identified in “Alternate Names”.
- Name FR – This field is used if the space has different English and French names.
- Latitude – Geographic coordinate.
- Longitude – Geographic coordinate.
- Address – Civic address in English.
- Address FR – Civic address in French.
- Location Notes – Additional notes in English to describe the location of the space if need. For example, explaining specifically where within a large campus, park, complex, etc. a space is located.
- Location Notes FR – Additional notes in French to describe the location of the space if need. For example, explaining specifically where within a large campus, park, complex, etc. a space is located.
- City – Most spaces are in Ottawa. Some spaces in Gatineau and other surrounding communities have been included for context.
- Province – Most spaces are in Ontario, though some are in Quebec as noted above.
- Postal Code – This is the postal code associated with the mailing address of the space. In some cases, that may be different than the postal code that would be associated with its physical location.
- Phone – All contact info was collected from public sources.
- Email – All contact info was collected from public sources.
- Website
- Website_FR
- "Outdoor Component (Y/N)" – Indicates whether at least part of the space is outdoors.
- "Active (Y/N)" – Spaces that are no longer in use (e.g. venue has closed) will be marked as “N” (inactive).
- "Seasonal Constraints" – Indicates whether there are limits on what times of the year a space can be used.
- Last Modified – The date that information about the space was last updated in this inventory.
- Additional Notes 1 – The “Additional Notes” fields are used to note any other pertinent information about a space. These are open text fields (unstructured).
- Additional Notes 1 (FR)
- Additional Notes 2
- Additional Notes 2 (FR)
- Additional Notes 3
- Additional Notes 3 (FR)
- Alternate Names – Other names used to refer to a place, including historic names or names in languages other than English and French.
- Size (Capacity/# seats) – This field is meant to give an indication of the size of the space. The way this is measured may be different depending on the type of space. For example, the number of seats is a good measure of the size/capacity of a theatre, but that would not be appropriate for other types of spaces. This field has not yet been populated, as the research is still ongoing.
- Accessibility – This field is meant to give an indication of the accessibility of a space. This field has not yet been populated, as the research is still ongoing.
- Apt613 Link – For spaces that do not have a website or another web presence, a link to articles published by Apt613 that mention the space is included.
- Venue – Available for programming/cultural presentations.
- Studio – Spaces for creation of cultural products.
- Learning – Museums, libraries, archives, education, lessons, etc.
- Community – Community centres, places of worship, fairgrounds, etc.
- Food – Cafes, restaurants, bars, etc., particularly those that have a venue component to them, plus other restaurants, vineyards, breweries, roasteries, food retail spaces, etc. the researchers felt were creative spaces or had a certain cultural significance. (Note: it could be argued that almost any food space has cultural significance. We may consider expanding this category in the future. Please feel free to share your thoughts with the Data Steward.)
- Sport – Fitness, recreational, club, etc.
- Store – Stores that have a specialty, cultural, or artistic component to them, such as record stores, music instrument stores, or art or photography supply stores.
- Heritage – Historic sites, archives, etc.
- Nature – Parks, beaches, etc.
- Public Art – Murals, sculptures, etc., including artworks that are not in the City’s collection.
Datasets available for download
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Venue / SalleFeature Layer
Layer 130 via ArcGIS REST API
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Venue / Salle (Explore)HTML
Explore Venue / Salle on ArcGIS Hub
Additional Info
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| Last Updated | March 24, 2026, 20:39 (UTC) |
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Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
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Title
Title for the Dataset.
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Cultural Spaces Inventory - Venue |
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Description
A description of the dataset.
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These data were gathered by Apartment 613 Community Initiatives as part of a project with the City of Ottawa to build an updated inventory of spaces for cultural activities and events (broadly defined) in Ottawa. This project was an update to previous cultural mapping projects, such as Ottawa XYZ and the Cultural Experiences Inventory, and is related to Section 2.2.6 of the Official Plan. Accuracy: “Culture” is a complicated concept. It can mean many different things. Therefore, there is no simple answer to the question of what constitutes a space for cultural activities or events. The project partners used a broad definition that includes spaces in several categories, including venues, studios, learning spaces, community spaces (including places of worship), food, sport, stores, heritage, nature (including parks), and public art. The project is ongoing and we are always open to suggestions on how to improve this dataset. The City will be maintaining this dataset going forward, and we may revisit the categorization and types of spaces we include in the future. When using these data, it is important to keep in the mind the following:
Attributes: Fields
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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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0.07 |
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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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2023-04-14 |
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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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public |
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License
License used to access the dataset.
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https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/get-know-your-city/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0 |
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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://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::cultural-spaces-inventory-venue |
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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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[email protected] |
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Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
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City of Ottawa |
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Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
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[email protected] |
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Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
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City of Ottawa |
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Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
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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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Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
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2025-01-17 |
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
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25df3288f0c84517864d17290914ae3a |
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Language
Language(s) of the dataset
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English |
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Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
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https://od-dev2-ottawa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::cultural-spaces-inventory-venue |
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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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None |
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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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City of Ottawa |
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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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275 |
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Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
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91 |
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Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
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25025 |
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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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