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Welcome

What Toronto Said provides an easy way to browse, and respond to, your fellow citizen's responses to the Core Service Review survey. Or, more officially:

To address Toronto's 2012 budget gap of $774 million, City Council launched a review of all of its services and implemented a multi-year financial planning process. This data set contains the responses to the open-ended questions on the Services Review Public Consultation Feedback Form from members of the public.

The survey was available from May 11 — June 17, 2011. Most responses were from City of Toronto residents, with a few from GTA residents for flavour. The data has been culled of any personal information. Responses violating city policies regarding discrimination or confidentiality were removed.

What Toronto Said was created by Brian Gilham, your friendly neighbourhood web developer and open data enthusiast. Have a question or concern? Give a shout.

Who responded? (partial statistics)

Responses (full & partial): ~13,000
Individuals: 8,831
Groups or Organizations: 84
Male: 4,223
Female: 4,459
Transgendered: 63
University or College Diploma: 7,247
Other Post-Secondary Education: 987
High School or Less: 458
Tenants: 3,068
Home Owners: 5,579

Cutting out taxes such as vehicle registration and bag tax is a poor way of reducing your overall costs. People got used to these fees and now council has to make up more of a shortfall. More

Please stop wasting money removing graffiti downtown. We like it. More

Think towards the future and the present. Look to other cities for innovative, environmental and cost efficient ideas. Strive to be a leader and not pull our city back to last century. More

The better Toronto services are, the better able the city is to remain competitive in every way, with a high level of education, health and lifestyle across all socioeconomic classes. More