Information/Datasets Added to Open Data Portal

New information or datasets has been added to government’s open data portal. The portal provides free, easy access to a variety of government data.

Datasets available today, July 5, include:

• historical data listing of the 3,865 Nova Scotia women and men who signed petitions for the vote to be extended to women
• details on boil water advisories
• data on Serious Reportable Events from the Health Authorities and IWK Health Centre
• geographic data including county boundaries, deer management zones, and Department of Natural Resources field office locations
• locations of tourism operators listed on Novascotia.com, including accommodations, restaurants, trails
• public opinion research data

Datasets made available on June 29 included:

• cruise ship passenger visits
• ferment on premises licensees, which are facilities where people can make their own wine and beer
• same gender marriages data
• numbers and rates of substance-related fatalities
• solar electricity for community buildings program
• environmental monitoring program data
• public opinion research data
• grants and funding data
• crude prevalence rates for four chronic diseases - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, hypertension and ischemic heart disease

Quick Facts:

• the Government of Nova Scotia will continue to publish non-sensitive data in accessible formats, promoting the reuse of government data for innovative purposes
• the open data portal has received more than 690,000 page views and 36,000 downloads since its launch in February 2016.

More information is available at http://data.novascotia.ca .