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Ottawa Open Data App Contest

$38,000 in prizes $38,000 in prizes

Ottawa’s second application contest is kicking off and it’s going to be bigger and better than the first.

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Voting is now open! Vote for your favourites and watch for the winners to be announced in June!

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Sponsored By

Microsoft

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  • On The Move

    Sponsored By:
    Telus

    These apps are intended to help people get around the city, including public transit, driving, cycling, and walking.

  • Having Fun

    Sponsored By:
    Nova_networks

    These apps are aimed at supporting leisure and fun in Ottawa, including recreation, museums, cultural events, libraries, and other activites.

  • Your City

    Sponsored By:
    Cgi

    These apps are designed to help people to understand what’s happening in their city regardless of subject matter, and they may encourage the public to get involved in civic and community events.

  • Data Analysis and Visualizations

    Sponsored By:
    Oracle

    This brand new category will encourage the development of digital presentations and analysis of City data in order to help provide a better understanding of the City and its operations.

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The City of Ottawa is committed to improving citizen engagement, and enhancing transparency and accountability by providing public access to its data. To encourage the meaningful and productive use of this data, the City has launched another Open Data contest.

The contest seeks to reward developers of the most useful, creative, and effective applications, data analyses, and visualizations, which utilize the City of Ottawa’s OpenData.

Previous Winners →

Overall Winner:
  • Ottawa Guide - Ekwa Jacob Duala-Ekoko
People's Choice:
  • Where is my bus? - Jonathan Rudenberg
  • Ottawa Guide - Ekwa Jacob Duala-Ekoko
Student Award:
  • OttawaFun.ca - Tyler Pearce
Having Fun in Ottawa:
  • Gold: OttawaFun.ca - Tyler Pearce
  • Silver: Ottawa Pastoral - James DeMond
  • Bronze: Ottawa Dog Park Finder - Thomas J Bradley
Getting Around:
  • Gold: Ottawa Enroute - Michael Russell
  • Silver: My Oc Transpo - Ali Al-Munayer
  • Bronze: Ottawa Pools - Phillipe Guitard
  • Bronze(tie): Ottawa Rinks - Phillipe Guitard
Green Environment/Sustainability:
  • Gold: Collection Calendar - Alec Mills
  • Silver: GoLocavore - Chris Wise
  • Bronze: Ottawa Recycles - Bill Wilson
Community Building:
  • Gold: Ottawa Biking Problems - Alex deVries
  • Silver: Ottawa Account - Fenqiang Zhuang
  • Bronze: ShinnyApp - Shawn French
Economic Development:
  • Gold: Ottawa Guide - Ekwa Jacod Duala-Ekoko
  • Silver: Ottawa Inside Out - Samir Al-Battran
  • Bronze: Temporals.com - Mike Felepchuk
Ideas:
  • Construction Ottawa - Magdalena Barys
  • Estimated Bus Location and Time - Mohamed Nur
  • Urgent Care! - Mike Kelly

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