Rendered Data Library / Generated 2026-05-28

TorontoList data, rendered for browsing.

Findings, chart packs, chart inventories, source checks, and top-list tables from the local TorontoList data build. Raw bulk assets remain protected; this is the public browsing layer.

Atlas Findings Topic packs Chart engine Open data maps Rendered tables Licence archive Access rules

169,269

curated SVG charts

Presentation charts

The concise chart wall for the dataset.

chart specs

Chart engine

315

Reusable chart definitions across SVG, Vega-Lite, ECharts, Plotly, and Observable Plot.

generated charts

Bulk drilldowns

5,513

High-volume chart variants for deeper business licence and source analysis.

curated packs

Topic packs

Focused chart groups for wards, corridors, compliance, sources, time, and licences.

written insights

Findings

Narrative findings generated from the current local data build.

slides

Story deck

Presentation deck built from the same local data package.

Findings

Current data signals

All findings

169,269

indexed records

The dataset is now large enough for city-scale storytelling.

TorontoList combines events, places, people, services, and City business licence history into a single presentation layer.

158,709

historical licence records

City business licences dominate the evidence base.

37,340 active and 121,369 cancelled records are available locally.

42,518

records

Food and Drink is the largest business category.

Category-level aggregation makes the licence archive legible without reading raw municipal class names.

9,619

active records

Food and Drink leads active licence records.

Active records are the most useful signal for current market and neighbourhood views.

10,822

ward records

Ward 11 has the highest licence concentration.

Ward-level charts provide a quick path into council-district and neighbourhood analysis.

7,507

street records

Yonge St is the strongest commercial corridor in the archive.

Street aggregation turns licence data into a corridor map for retail, food, and services.

Topic Packs

Curated chart paths

Chart pack index

Executive Story

The fastest chart set for a City Hall walkthrough.

28 charts

dataset business categories status stack ward source

Ward Atlas

Where Toronto business activity concentrates and how categories vary by ward.

72 charts

ward

Food And Drink

Restaurants, take-out, food trucks, bars, and food retail patterns.

72 charts

food drink restaurant take-out food truck

Time Series

Issued, cancelled, and updated licence records by year and month.

80 charts

year month issued cancelled update

Commercial Corridors

Street-level concentration and corridor specialization.

64 charts

street corridor yonge bloor dundas

Compliance And Operations

Licence conditions, endorsements, status, and operating constraints.

80 charts

condition endorsement status

Postal And FSA Coverage

Forward-sortation-area concentration and category density.

56 charts

fsa postal

Sources And Coverage

Which source systems power each dataset and where coverage is strongest.

52 charts

source dataset open data coverage

People, Places, Events

Non-licence context around Toronto events, places, people, and services.

72 charts

people place event venue neighbourhood

Licence Classes

Raw municipal classes and category-level detail.

72 charts

raw class licence class taxicab building mobile

Top Lists

Ranked tables from the build

These tables make the generated CSV summaries visible as HTML: event mix, place mix, service categories, active licence categories, and raw municipal licence classes.

Event categories

14 rows

Music 772

Unknown 669

Tech 209

Community 158

Networking 70

Social 52

Food 20

Arts 17

Event sources

20 rows

Legacy Backup 943

Songkick Ext 384

Songkick 371

Nowtoronto 70

Manual 36

Narcity 30

Myguide 25

Luma 21

Place categories

18 rows

Restaurant 3,655

Cafe 806

Bar 586

Shop 516

Fitness 350

Venue 204

Unknown 183

Library 117

Place sources

7 rows

Openstreetmap 6,024

Yelp Ext 242

Unknown 210

Wikidata 172

Instagram Ext 13

Google Maps Ext 7

Opentable Ext 1

People roles

12 rows

Influencer 107

Company 106

Developer 89

Academic 67

Business 13

Artist 12

Tech Founder 7

Sports 4

Service categories

18 rows

Lawyers 118

Dentists 116

Contractors 100

Landscapers 96

Electricians 93

Cleaners 90

Painters 88

Accountants 87

Active City licence categories

16 rows

Food-And-Drink 9,619

Transportation 7,375

Retail 7,344

Health-And-Wellness 4,326

Automotive 3,166

Plumbers 1,865

Home-Services 1,474

Vendors 771

Top raw licence classes

25 rows

Eating Or Drinking Establishment 36,397

Take-Out Or Retail Food Establishment 26,051

Public Garage 11,706

Personal Services Settings 10,917

Taxicab Owner 9,362

Building Renovator 9,073

Tow Truck Owner 4,983

Noise Exemption 4,960

All rendered tables

Source Inventory

Local files rendered

Access policy

Dataset	Records	Source
Events	1,990	TorontoList event imports and scrapers
Places	6,669	OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, local imports, and venue harvests
People	413	TorontoList people dataset
Directory services	1,488	TorontoList service imports
City business licences active	37,340	City of Toronto Open Data
City business licences historical	158,709	City of Toronto Open Data
Historical archive chunks	90	Generated TorontoList archive