The Canadian Urban Institute have released a report titled The Case for a Canadian Urban Policy Observatory, which discusses the need for "a 'one-stop-shop' for comprehensive, comparable, and actionable information on the state of Canada’s cities and city-regions".
From the Canadian Urban Institute:
Toronto Public Health launched a new COVID-19 monitoring dashboard. This publicly viewable dashboard uses current evidence and local data to provide an up-to-date summary on how the city is progressing in the response to COVID-19. The dashboard will be useful as Toronto moves forward through its restart and recovery.
Over the next two weeks, the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), in partnership with Statistics Canada, will be hosting a series of online panel discussions. Each webinar will be focusing on a different topic relating to COVID-19 research, response and data needs.
From CRDCN:
This webinar series will engage CRDCN researchers, Statistics Canada subject matter experts and government policy-makers to:
Statistics Canada is holding a free online learning session, focused on their newly-launched Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer. The webinar is titled A Brief Overview of the Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer, and is being offered in English and French. See below for information.
English Session
Date and time: Thursday May 21st, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time
Statistics Canada have realeased the April 2020 edition of their Business and Community Newsletter, which focuses on COVID-19.
From Statistics Canada:
Our Commitment to serving Canadians
Statistics Canada is responding to the COVID-19 challenge by collecting information vital to the economy and society—remotely and safely. Our employees are working hard to support critical government operations with data, analytics and methodological expertise.
The Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer is an interactive online mapping tool accessible for free on the Statistics Canada website. It allows users to to view, visualize and download census, health and community data at geographies across Canada.
From Statistics Canada:
CityWatch Canada is an interactive platform that tracks emergency response measures put in place by local governments across Canada, updated daily.
Find information on which cities are in a state of emergency, the status of municipal buildings and public facilities, the impact on local governance, and any financial supports announced for residents, businesses, and municipal employees. Additional emergency measures will be monitored as the COVID-19 situation evolves.
The MaRS Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge is a competion, launched June 2019, in which Canadians were asked to "identify and/or create new data sets, data sources and methodologies to improve our understanding of physical environments and promote healthy living". Among the finalists of the competition are Community Data Program members, City of Calgary and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.
On Thursday, April 23rd at 1:00 pm EDT, MaRS Discovery District will be hosting an online showcase, where the five finalists will present their work.
From April 3rd to April 16th, Statistics Canada will be conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Your country, province and municipality need reliable information on the current economic and social situation, as well as on people's physical and mental health, to effectively assess the needs of communities and implement suitable support measures during and after the pandemic.
If you are looking for data on COVID-19 or looking to track cases in Canada or globally, there are several online resources available to help with this:
COVID-19 Tracker Canada: Provides tables and visualisations showing COVID-19 cases and deaths by province in Canada.
Worldometer Coronavirus Updates: Shows global COVID-19 cases as well as cases by country and other related statistics.