Latest Wellbeing Toronto News

March 2023

Wellbeing Toronto version 3.0 is currently in development, and is expected to launch in 2023. If you have some data you would like to add to the application, please contact us at spar@toronto.ca. The new features in v3.0 will include:

• Now works on phones and tablets!
• Easier navigation
• More advanced options for researchers
• Export directly to popular formats like SHP and KML
• Find services within neighbourhoods
• Custom charting to compare neighbourhoods
• Add your own indicators or layers with a couple of easy steps

Look to this page for the latest announcements.

September 2017

Wellbeing Toronto has added 24 Youth Service Layers to the Reference Layers section. In conjunction with the new YouthTO Portal this provides a rich understanding of the many services available to youth in Toronto. Please note: this layer is not updated in real-time and may be old. For the most current information, please visit FindHelp Toronto at 211toronto.ca.

Wellbeing Toronto links in the news:

Several experimental applications use Wellbeing Toronto indicators to provide more insight into the underlying data:

• Richard Hydomako’s Cartogram visualization alters the sizes of neighbourhoods to show their weight on certain indicators.
• Sacha Chua‘s visualization of Toronto Public Library language holdings in combination with Wellbeing Toronto data has won the TPL Open Data Hackathon.