Election Results 100% open

Canada

Canada is ranked #1 for this dataset
Canada's Index ranking for election results has no change from #1 in 2013

What data is expected?

Results by constituency / district for all major national electoral contests

What data is available

  •   Does the data exist? Yes
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes published by Elections Canada)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV)
  •   Available in bulk? Yes
  •   Openly licensed? Yes(Here)
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

Elections Canada is the elections authority at a national level. Its terms and conditions prohibit commercial reproduction of materials on its website (http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&document=index&lang=e). However, data.gc.ca publishes many of the same materials under an open license. Elections are also held in the provinces and territories as well as municipalities. Each jurisdiction would need to be contacted to assess the degree of openess. Regarding the conflicting licences we have sent a question to the respective authorities but we have assessed that data is available under an open licence.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • James McKinney
  • Tracey Lauriault

Submitters

  • Frank Hangler
  • Zile Ozols
  • Tracey P. Lauriault
  • James McKinney
  • Tracey Lauriault