Databases
As part of our commitment to transparency and public interest journalism, here you’ll find searchable databases designed to empower citizens, researchers, and policymakers with invaluable information. Our mission is to illuminate the inner workings of institutions, highlight issues of public concern, and foster accountability through the power of data. Our goal is to equip citizens with the access to information they need to ensure public officials and institutions are held accountable.
Ontario Hospital Finance Explorer
By searching the name of their local hospital, readers can review metrics such as annual operating deficit or surplus past three fiscal years, amount borrowed from a chartered bank and one-time government funding.
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Radon in Public Housing: an Interactive Map
The IJB has published an interactive map based on more than 20,000 radon results in social housing units. The data is drawn from government-owned social housing authorities that test for radon and have provided results to reporters. But there are no rules mandating radon testing in social housing units. And most do not test for radon, the IJB found.
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School and Daycare Lead Tracker
In collaboration with the University of Toronto’s HIVE Lab, we’ve developed an interactive database that allows you to check lead test results for Ontario schools and daycares between 2019 and 2023. Simply enter the name of a school or daycare in the box below and press enter. The results will appear automatically.
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Patient Files
To give the Ontario public an inside look at the failures and triumphs of the province’s hospitals, we've published several years’ worth of patient-survey data obtained for the first time through dozens of freedom-of-information requests. Included are scores showing how patients rated their care, and how hospitals compared to one another on those patient ratings. We are also sharing anonymized comments written by patients and their loved ones.
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